Laggy

[Ownzed]

Ok, When I played cs source it worked fine. I installed the new ATI Catalyst 4.11 drivers and it still worked fine. Now, after I installed the ATI Catalyst 4.12 beta drivers, It got laggy even when my ping was low and I had desint fps. So, I tryed downloading the Omega drivers and idk how they work so scratch that, then I installed the windows xp service pack 2(idk why, thought it could be it), then I installed the ATI Catalyst 4.11 drivers again and it helped some, but not all of it, like on some maps it lags and some it doesn't. I have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mbs, P4 2.4 Ghz, 1024mbs of ram. The video card settings are on: Resolution-1024x768, Details and shadows etc..-High, AA-2x, AF-4x, Vsync-disabled, reflect all. I had it like this before it started lagging. Now it does. Can someone PLEASE help me or fix this problem. I have no clue anymore! Thanks alot.

 

[Ownzed]

Can someone PLEASE HELP ME!!^^

 

[im2emo2shower]

wish i could....i have a geforce4 mx 440...***ns great sadely enough...i can get up to 70fps lol on sucky dsl connection. that was only after i updated my driver...i give you props for trying a beta driver i wasn't gonna dare with the coming days of hl2

 

[Ownzed]

Yeah, I just hope HL2 doesn't lag like this! I will be PISSED!

 

[Ownzed]

Can someone please tell me a solution or at least something!

 

[Ownzed]

Thanks for nothing! :flame:

 

[RabidMeatloaf]

They are called BETA for a reason. Have you tried going to like the 4.10s or anything? I heard that the 4.11s were not good for CSS begin with. Also, the Service Pack 2 probably isn't helping things.

Here are my suggestions:

1. Roll back to 4.10 or something.
2 Get rid of the serice pack 2 (if possible).

 

[Slik]

also be sure to properly uninstall your old drivers, use regclean to take out the ATI registry and delete your ati drivers from your system 32 folder after you uninstalled your drivers from the control panel.

Edit: for a more details go here, http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review&dId=569
and follow the guide.

 

[Schock Therapy]

Wow, you posted 5 times within an hour and got pissed because you didn't have a response in that time? Patience!

Definitely follow the steps above for a clean driver install. As for which driver to use, the vast majority of radeon owners saw a big performance boost from the 4.11s, and the Omegas are even better. (The omegas are based on the the beta version of the 4.11). I would go with Omega if I were you. The control panel is better, and the drivers seem to be tweaked better.

 

[Killa_TJH]

wish i could....i have a geforce4 mx 440...***ns great sadely enough...i can get up to 70fps lol on sucky dsl connection. that was only after i updated my driver...i give you props for trying a beta driver i wasn't gonna dare with the coming days of hl2

I have the same card. What drivers did you upgrade too???