Catalyst 5.7

[Bakurei]

Zazing:

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_57_release_notes.html
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

Look at those performance improvements.

 

[Icarusintel]

are these ones supposed to work with mobility cards yet? i know the support is coming but i'd like to know if i'm gonna need to mod the cat 5.7's to use them

 

[Dekstar]

Thanks. I'll upgrade right away!

 

[jimbo118]

great, i hope they help my bf2 probs...

edit: guess not

Battlefield 2: Geometry corruption or missing textures maybe noticed when playing the game for an extended period of time under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon® X800 XT installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19709

doh, i get this prob.

 

[Bakurei]

Remember the performance increases are only for cards with 128MB or 64MB memory. Some people have said to gain +20fps in BF2. I'm going to do some benchmarking and post the results soon.

 

[jimbo118]

in relation to bf2

This new set of drivers actually made things worse. I now have significant stuttering, even in single player, when before it was near flawless.

I think its time for ATI to stop devoting resources to increasing the performance of useless benchmarking programs for the e-penis strokers, and get down to fixing real world applications.

what this guy said @ totalbf2.com, im now getting more stutter than before and more texture corruption on maps i never had it with like karkand

 

[Bakurei]

Results (Battle at Karkand was the map):

Omega 2.6.25a

Low settings (aa&af off, 1024*768, draw distance 80%):
min, max, avg
20, 78, 44.077

High settings:
min, max, avg
0, 56, 20.510

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Catalyst 5.7

Low settings:
min, max, avg
25, 77, 46.108

High settings:
Game crashed.... I was playing Battle at Karkand, when suddenly I noticed a bug, I could see through walls! Then when I tried to take a screenshot out of it my comp restarted.

So I gained a little more fps.. And got more bugs!!! Every time it's the same with these catalyst's! But the game did run way more smoothly when playing in Low-mode, BUT it ran WAY more choppy when playing with everything high.

edit: Forgot to mention my system specs:
AMD xp 2400+
Abit Nf7 rev2.0
768mb 400ddr
Club3d 9800np

 

[cadaveca]

9xxx series should still eb using catalyst 4.12-based drivers. The 5.x series are optimized fo rthe newest cards, x300, x600, x700, etc., with not alot od attentio paid to the past gen of cards.

I am currently using and x850xt, and the only difference from this one to the past version is the addition of a functional auto-overclocking utility in the CCC version. performance is about the saem, however the auto-overclcoker is not quite perfect yet.

 

[halflifeguy]

wtf??
they should make the drivers for all cards not just the newer ones.........
this complete bullshit

 

[bosox188]

9xxx series should still eb using catalyst 4.12-based drivers. The 5.x series are optimized fo rthe newest cards, x300, x600, x700, etc., with not alot od attentio paid to the past gen of cards.

I am currently using and x850xt, and the only difference from this one to the past version is the addition of a functional auto-overclocking utility in the CCC version. performance is about the saem, however the auto-overclcoker is not quite perfect yet.

If they were only intented for newer cards, I doubt they would bother optimizing for cards with 128mb memory, and definitely not for cards with 64mb memory. I'll get them later, not now.

 

[halflifeguy]

theres no problem for me.........
bf2 runs just the same as it always has........

 

[Dekstar]

Remember the performance increases are only for cards with 128MB or 64MB memory. Some people have said to gain +20fps in BF2. I'm going to do some benchmarking and post the results soon.

Negative. I'm running a 9800 pro 128mb, and my performance has DECREASED while playing Counter-Strike: Source. Used to get 100+FPS on Dust with Low model detail and High Texture detail, yet now I get stuttery performance (30-FPS) with less background programs running. Terrible.

 

[duffers20]

I dont' think I will upgrade my drivers, my pc is working fine as it is, no need to really. Don't want to mess it up.

 

[OmegaX]

I installed these drivers and my memory usage went from 140mb's to 260mbs. These things must use alot more memory than any of the previous ones.