ATi still having driver issues?

[HeavyD]

Originally posted by: chizow
I'd say you may want to list out some games you play or plan to play, do a bit of research and then make a decision about drivers. I'd also highly recommend a faster CPU as that X2 4800+ will bottleneck either GPU you're considering. That's not to say you won't see an improvement over your 7900GS, it just won't be as great as if you had a faster GPU as well.

I'm getting a Phenom II X3 720BE.

Think I'll buy the cheapest card after the price drop.

Thanks for your help

 

[kmmatney]

I have been very happy with ATI drivers since Catalyst 9.2 and 9.3. No problems at all with my HD4830. In fact, I really haven't have too many issues with ATI driverws the last several years, owning the following cards:

Radeon LE (Bios flashed to a non-LE version)
Radeon 8500LE
X800GTO2 -> Bios flashed to an X859XT
2900 Pro -> Bios modded to run silent

In the past, I've done a bit of Bios editing and used custom drivers or ATI Tray Tools, but I've felt the latest catalysts are good enough to run without any help. I'm runnings Windows XP, though. One thing I like about the latest drivers is that all screen scaling options now work perfectly.

 

[Acanthus]

Nvidia had a tremendous lead on ATis drivers back in the AGP days, but currently i would say they are about on par with each other quality wise.

 

[BladeVenom]

I would go ATI over Nvidia, unless you use Linux.

 

[aigomorla]

if your a gamer, id go nvidia over ati.

If you like CoD series, you cant go ati because of lines on water effect. *SO ANNOYING*

if i could pick all over again, id grab 2 x 285GTX's in SLI over my X2's in xfire.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
if your a gamer, id go nvidia over ati.

Why is that?

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
if your a gamer, id go nvidia over ati.

If you like CoD series, you cant go ati because of lines on water effect. *SO ANNOYING*

if i could pick all over again, id grab 2 x 285GTX's in SLI over my X2's in xfire.

Don't forget stuttering in Far Cry 2.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
if your a gamer, id go nvidia over ati.

That's WAY too general. So ATI may as well stop making cards then since video cards are mostly bought by gamers?

Some games play better on nV hardware and others on ATI hardware.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
How do the ATI drivers work under Windows 7?

with 8.12/9.1 i had problems getting CCC and the driver installed (Vista CCC didnt like working with Win7 drivers and Vista drivers didnt like installing on Win7 after I installed Win 7 drivers)

9.3 finally unified the drivers and CCC in Win7 and installation was perfect, i'm not sure if tis because of the driver system but installing 9.3 didn't even require a reboot, I was pleasantly surprised by that.