CATALYST 4.9 Beta drivers for doom 3

[Schadenfroh]

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[Corporate Thug]

ok, someone has to run doom benchies with this

 

[stardust]

Wow I will give these a try! Hope they work for 9800Pro and not just newer X800 cards

 

[VIAN]

whatever happened to 4.8?

 

[Drizzy]

lol their warning is funny - we do not guarantee anything install at your own risk is the basic jist of it. LOL

 

[gururu]

benchies!!!! benchies!!!!

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Drizzy
lol their warning is funny - we do not guarantee anything install at your own risk is the basic jist of it. LOL

they usually applies for anything BETA

 

[itwt]

i currently have recent omega drivers on my ati 9800 pro 128, my rig is p4 3.0, 1gb hyperx, intel 875 mobo, 74gb raptor...game runs perfectly fine with 1240 x 1024 with derfault high settings...will try to see is these can squeeze out more performance

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

I wonder if this contains the new openGL driver they have been rewriting?

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

Can anyone comment on any increased performance in other openGL titles?

 

[brigden]

Are you guys installing over top of your old drivers, or uninstalling them completely?

 

[itwt]

now runs same way with verticl sync on and 4x aa...i thuink i can hold off buying 6800 or x800 for now...

 

[Mareg]

go see the 4.8 thread, someone claim to get 4-5 fps boost out of the CAT 4.8

 

[Manzelle]

I am running 4.8 right now and get 48.3fps @ 1024x768 on High Quality with no AA...I'll install the 4.9 drivers in a bit and let you know how they go...
By the way, here are my general specs...

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2.3GHz (200x11.5)
Epox 8RDA3+ Rev. 3.2 - 5/13/04 Beta BIOS
1GB Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (420/750)
Windows 2000 SP4

 

[OnEMoReTrY]

Someone post some comparison benchmarks! =O i would but no one around here is selling doom 3 today =(

 

[Brian48]

I'll give it a shot tonight. Bought the game during my lunchbreak today. Maybe you can get away without having to install the whole driver set (ie. drop the OpenGL driver file directory directly into the game's .exe directory.

 

[oLLie]

before and after benchmarks would be nice

 

[Manzelle]

Originally posted by: Manzelle
I am running 4.8 right now and get 48.3fps @ 1024x768 on High Quality with no AA...I'll install the 4.9 drivers in a bit and let you know how they go...
By the way, here are my general specs...

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2.3GHz (200x11.5)
Epox 8RDA3+ Rev. 3.2 - 5/13/04 Beta BIOS
1GB Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (420/750)
Windows 2000 SP4

Before: 48.3fps - 1024x768 High Quality NoAA
After: 48.6fps = 1024x768 High Quality NoAA

 

[PrayForDeath]

Originally posted by: Manzelle

Originally posted by: Manzelle
I am running 4.8 right now and get 48.3fps @ 1024x768 on High Quality with no AA...I'll install the 4.9 drivers in a bit and let you know how they go...
By the way, here are my general specs...

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2.3GHz (200x11.5)
Epox 8RDA3+ Rev. 3.2 - 5/13/04 Beta BIOS
1GB Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (420/750)
Windows 2000 SP4

Before: 48.3fps - 1024x768 High Quality NoAA
After: 48.6fps = 1024x768 High Quality NoAA

No performance gain?
Can you try some Before/After AA and AF? And Ultra High quality too.

 

[Noid]

1024x768 Medium ----- r9700pro
Cat 4.7 = 46.6 fps
Cat 4.9 = 46.9 fps

 

[GeneralGrievous]

Might be an x800 only thing.

 

[Marsumane]

I bet they focused more on the x800 series rather then the 9xxx series and thats y they dont have that much of a benefit for his 9800p

 

[brigden]

I'm running:

2700+
8RDA+
1GB PC3200
9700 Pro
WinXP Pro

Cat. 4.9

1024x768, High Quality, no AA.

I run timedemo demo1 and the result is always about 35 fps.

Some of you have similar rigs - how are you getting 40% more performace?

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Noid
1024x768 Medium ----- r9700pro
Cat 4.7 = 46.6 fps
Cat 4.9 = 46.9 fps

Like a dog.

My R9700PRO is looking worse and worse every day.

 

[Excelsior]

Hi.

The Catalyst 4.9 beta drivers are a sneak peak into future drivers that ATI is continuously working on. They were released mainly for the OpenGL component update, targeting improved Doom3 performance. Having said that, newer generations of hardware will get the most benefit from this driver (X800* series). While I haven't done specific benchmarks, X800 users can see performance increase of 5~30%, depending on the level and the system/hardware type. Regretfully, older hardware, such as 9700's and even 9800's will not get as much benefit. And if paired with a slower system (or with less memory) might see +/- performance improvements.

We are working very hard to get future drivers out that will add quite a bit to the performance of these.

Remember that these are Beta drivers, and so are unsupported. If you want stability and good speed, please stick with the release drivers. Cat 4.8 has not been skipped, and should arrive soon.

Thanks