Catalyst 5.11 & X850xt no go in Doom3

[Dead3ye]

My card, Saphire X850XT 605/651 is running Doom3 way slower with the Cat 5.11's:

Both drivers ran at 1280x1024, UQ, 4x AA, same exact settings:

5.10 = 58.1
5.11 = 43.2

I installed the 5.10's back in and I'm back up to 58 fps. Did anybody else experience this? Can anybody confirm this?

BTW, I did a complete uninstall of the drivers using ATI's utility.

 

[tvdang7]

try driver cleaner? im still running 5.9

 

[Dead3ye]

Yep, I just ran driver cleaner and reinstalled the 5.11s and got the same results. I went back to the 5.10s and I'm back to 58 fps.

I guess I'll stick with the 5.10s.

 

[tvdang7]

.....i guess the new ones are more optimized for the newer generation. we are of no importance now

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

What are the rest of your rig specs?

 

[Chesebert]

connect3D GTO mod 16p 850xt clock cat 5.11 doom runs great. something else must be causing the problem.

 

[BFG10K]

Have you enabled Catalyst AI under OpenGL? It has a tendency to get disabled after a driver update.

 

[Chesebert]

any radlinker, ati tool, overclocking ...things?

 

[Dead3ye]

Originally posted by: BespinReactorShaft
What are the rest of your rig specs?

Here's the rest of my rig.

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Have you enabled Catalyst AI under OpenGL? It has a tendency to get disabled after a driver update.

Not sure. I'll have to check into that.

Originally posted by: Chesebert
any radlinker, ati tool, overclocking ...things?

The only thing I'm running is ATI Tool. The only thing I'm using it for is overclocking.

I don't know what else it could be besides something in the driver since that's the only thing that gets changed when my framerates go south.

 

[Dead3ye]

Well, I uninstalled the 5.10s and installed the 5.11s and made sure that Catalyst A.I. was enabled. Still slower.

This is a relatively new install of XP (1 month). The only drivers I had on my system were the 5.10s, so I don't think there is a whole lot on my system that could be screwing things up.

I out of things to try. Anymore suggestions?

 

[M0RPH]

You can see what Tweak Town got with the new drivers here. I think you've made a mistake somewhere.

 

[Dead3ye]

Originally posted by: M0RPH
You can see what Tweak Town got with the new drivers here. I think you've made a mistake somewhere.

I know, that's why it's bugging me so much, and I want the extra performance.

I don't know what mistake I'm making though. I'm uninstalling and reinstalling both driver versions in the exact same way in the same order, (uninstalling, driver cleaner, reinstall) which I've done like 6 times. Everytime the results are the same.

The only thing I haven't done is tried other resolutions or IQ settings with each driver set. I dunno, this is driving me crazy.

Do you think overclocking the card has anything to do with it?

 

[Dead3ye]

Ran a bunch at different res and settings with both drivers, settings in DOOM3 at High Quality, all thrid party software removed and the card clocked a normal speeds:

1024x768:

no AA
5.10 = 97.8 5.11 = 98.2
4xAA
5.10 = 72.7 5.11 = 62.5

1280x1024:

no AA
5.10 = 80.2 5.11 = 79.0
4xAA
5.10 = 51.9 5.11 = 45.0

1600x1200:

no AA
5.10 = 60.1 5.11 = 58.9
4xAA
5.10 = 37.4 5.11 = 32.4

It's only happening when I enable AA either through DOOM or CCC. Other than doing a fresh install of XP, I don't see what it is other than the drivers.

 

[w00t]

I am running newest seems fine to me.

 

[Hacp]

This is a little tangent, but BespinReactorShaft, there are PCI-E mobos for 754. Biostar one costs 60 bucks. Go get your GT.

 

[M0RPH]

How are you benchmarking this, exactly?

 

[Dead3ye]

Originally posted by: M0RPH
How are you benchmarking this, exactly?

Not sure what you mean but:

Pull down the console in Doom 3 and type "TIMEDEMO DEMO1" and hit enter. I do this 2 times since the first time is loading textures and what not. After each video setting change I restart Doom and run the demo again.

I do the exact same routine for each driver set. I can't see what I'm doing differently between drivers. I'm back to the 5.10's right now and my frames are up again. This is just plane weird.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Originally posted by: Hacp
This is a little tangent, but BespinReactorShaft, there are PCI-E mobos for 754. Biostar one costs 60 bucks. Go get your GT.

lol. my sig is actually a quote from another forum. but thanks anyway.
(apologies for OT post)