ATi Catalyst 3.4 Released

[RaiderJ]

Half-Life plays like @ss, I think my TNT2 card worked better. Lots of tearing, and slow framerates. Sheesh

 

[Dug]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam

There's got to be some wierd software/ or configuration on some people's systems for so many problems to be reported.

I am having zero problems with XP SP1, 9700pro, 8rda+

Not to mention I like the new clone mode options.

Agreed.

Most likely this!

-DAK-

LMAO

 

[hdeck]

hmm...they have worked fine for me. i've played CS and enter the matrix with no slow downs.

 

[TROGDORdBURNINATOR]

I've been using this on my Saphire card and never had a problem. I don't see why a different brand would need different drivers.

Saphire makes ATI's cards. They're one in the same. Other manufacturers sometimes do have problems with ATI drivers.

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: TROGDORdBURNINATOR

I've been using this on my Saphire card and never had a problem. I don't see why a different brand would need different drivers.

Saphire makes ATI's cards. They're one in the same. Other manufacturers sometimes do have problems with ATI drivers.

Some manufacturers alter the reference design when making a company's video card, and therefore the normal drivers won't work. As above, Sapphire doesn't deviate from the reference design, at least not to the point where new drivers are needed.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam

There's got to be some wierd software/ or configuration on some people's systems for so many problems to be reported.

I am having zero problems with XP SP1, 9700pro, 8rda+

Not to mention I like the new clone mode options.

Agreed.

Most likely this!

-DAK-

Same here... runs flawless...

 

[KDOG]

Maybe the people having the problems should reformat and start fresh with the new drivers, could be a registry thing....

 

[snidy1]

Cool, thank's. I'll try them tomarrow

 

[Dacalo]

thanks for the heads up

I will give it a try later tonight

 

[Markfw]

This may sound strange, but I have been having strange audio problems with my A7N8X deluxe in Emperor (Dune and in W2K w my 9700 pro), and after installing the 3.4 cat's all problems went away ! I have changed nothing else !!!!! These are great as well as my 3dmark going up, and no pausing !!

 

[JBT]

work good so far with my 9500 pro w/ XP Pro

 

[Wolfsraider]

made elite 2 load/run smoother

but thats all ive had time to try.

mike

 

[Viper96720]

No difference noticeable to me. Don't benchmark much I just play games and they work fine. Haven't tried 3d03 to see what I get compared to before.

 

[Oalex]

Got to love this!
Old 3dmark score: 12,740 (cat 3.2)
New 3dmark score: 15,105 (cat 3.4)
(its a Club 3d 9700 soft moded to 9700Pro)

thats 2,365 boiy

Haven't tried any games yet, got to go to work is 8:13 here

I think the new control panel twicks are great too.

 

[NWRMidnight]

Well, I just installed them, and jumped into Counter Stike, and I was suprised to see 33 fps, and down to the teens. WTF I thought, so I exited, turned off my TV out (tv is hooked up) and my second monitor (running off my 2nd SIS cheap pci video card) and went back in to Counter Strike, and 99fps... that is with 4XFSAA and 16X AF. on my 9700PRO.

So my advice to anyone having problems, disable your secondary monitor when play your games.. see if that will help.
In my case, it could be the half-life engine defaulting to software mode due to the 2 different videocards.. not sure,k but disabling the 2 monitors (TV and Second monitor) cleared up any problems I had.


Daniel

 

[Oalex]

BFG10K is right,

Same here with my TV out, I had to turn it off, you only need that when watching movies. Its just two clicks.

 

[Challenger]

Anybody else have any feedback on these drivers before I try them?

 

[paperfist]

Nice my 3DMark'03 went from 5033 to 5207 after changing the CATs from 3.2 to the new 3.4s. Games all look the same to me and I never had any artifacts or corruption before so I wasn't really expecting a change.

 

[CraigRT]

3.4's work OK for me... some games seem to be more "playable" , they seem to just run more seemless... other than that, not much difference... great stability so far though... IE: no problems.