ATI Releases CATALYST? 3.0

[rbV5]

Get it Here While its HOT!

Drivers...Demos..screensavers

 

[boyRacer]

Heh... timed it with DX9...

 

[pillage2001]

Uncertified for 8500. Seems that the new drivers do not need you to uninstall and clear the register. Wonder if it holds true.

 

[Dacalo]

my radeon 9700 is jumping with joy

 

[CurtCold]

Originally posted by: pillage2001
Uncertified for 8500. Seems that the new drivers do not need you to uninstall and clear the register. Wonder if it holds true.

Waaaahhhhhh!

Wish they would work with the 8500, but I guess it's not DX9 compliant? Ohh well Cat2.5, and DX8.1 and me are doing just fine with games right now anyway.

 

[rbV5]

Wish they would work with the 8500

They'll work.

 

[spanky]

i installed it on my 8500 rig

didn't do any testing yet... but my desktop looks nice

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
i installed it on my 8500 rig

didn't do any testing yet... but my desktop looks nice

Anything with bewbies look nice to you.

 

[Adul]

works fine on my bro's pc

 

[eGAK]

It has "bewbies" :Q

 

[WaTaGuMp]

THE CAR DEMO OWNS and yes im yelling it.

 

[JHeiderman]

Installing Direct X 9 broke 3dMark2001SE for me, anyone else have that? It wants ver. 8.1

Games still seem to run well though although I swear I've gotten gradual performance losses when I benchmark Serious Sam 2 from Catalyst 2.3 to 2.4 to 2.5 and now 3.0 Oh well.. new drivers can't really be a bad thing right?

- J

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: JHeiderman
Installing Direct X 9 broke 3dMark2001SE for me, anyone else have that? It wants ver. 8.1

Games still seem to run well though although I swear I've gotten gradual performance losses when I benchmark Serious Sam 2 from Catalyst 2.3 to 2.4 to 2.5 and now 3.0 Oh well.. new drivers can't really be a bad thing right?

- J

You need to dl the new version of it the 330 build to work with dx9.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: pillage2001

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
i installed it on my 8500 rig

didn't do any testing yet... but my desktop looks nice

Anything with bewbies look nice to you.

and that includes u!

 

[TheWart]

Well, these demos, especially the bear look absolutely gorgeous. I haven't tried OpenGL games yet, but D3D is running fine post-3.0!

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I dont like the bear I like the cars using multi color.

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
my radeon 9700 is jumping with joy

So is mine, but I still have a CPU overheating problem to solve

 

[rbV5]

Installing Direct X 9 broke 3dMark2001SE for me, anyone else have that?

Build 330 supports DX9, you need a patch from here.

 

[Pacfanweb]

3.0's didn't help me, I still have the infamous stuttering problem. I'm about ready to chuck this 9700 pro for a 4600.

 

[Slappy00]

my question is has anyone had problems with the 3.0 drivers and the VIA hyperion(4.45) AGP miniport driver for win XP?

 

[kylebisme]

acutaly i had to get the hyperion drivers to help some momentary hanging in cs that happend with the dx9 and the 3.0 drivers. it still hangs in cs every now and again and for just a second, seems to be somewhat related to my soundblaster as it always sticks on a sound.

 

[TheWart]

Yea, the Soundblaster is known to cause that problem, but if it does not bother you, then just keep it....

Back to Catalyst:

I think this version is worth it just for the DX9 Demos/Screensavers alone.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

installed the the directx 9 beta...(forget which version) and now I get ~20 fps in UT2003 with my ti4600

 

[TheWart]

GTR...you know that the DX9 FINAL is out, correct? That muight help out some.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: TheWart
GTR...you know that the DX9 FINAL is out, correct? That muight help out some.

sweet...i'll have to install that when I get home. thanks.