New Radeon drivers for Directx9 and Directx9RC0 and the Radeon 9700 Demos, all out :)

[Czar]

http://www.rage3d.com/

Directx9 RC0
Directx9 ATI demos and drivers

I'm currently downloading the new drivers, will be done in 30 minutes (stupid slow.. ahemm dc++ taking up all my bandwith, still slow) then off for dx9 and then off for demos

 

[Megatomic]

I found DX9 Public Beta earlier today and posted it in the Operating Systems Forum but I am too chicken to install it. I just did a fresh install of WinXP and all my apps/games yesterday and I don't relish the idea of having to do it again any time soon. I'll be watching for the reactions of the braver souls among us.

 

[Czar]

what worries me is that the drivers are over 20mb while the older drivers were always around 5-6mb .... and that the drivers are from ati

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Czar
what worries me is that the drivers are over 20mb while the older drivers were always around 5-6mb .... and that the drivers are from ati

Did they re-bundle the control pannel with the drivers again? That could be why...

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: Czar
what worries me is that the drivers are over 20mb while the older drivers were always around 5-6mb .... and that the drivers are from ati

Did they re-bundle the control pannel with the drivers again? That could be why...

yeah, just finished downlaoding and I'm installing right now, control panel and multimedia drivers for vivo and other things included

 

[sharkeeper]

Can't install DX9 RC0! Servants must be overloaded!

Cheers!

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Can't install DX9 RC0! Servants must be overloaded!

Cheers!

exactly what I was going to rant about :|

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Can't install DX9 RC0! Servants must be overloaded!

Cheers!

What were you expecting from slave labor?

 

[halkebul]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Can't install DX9 RC0! Servants must be overloaded!

Same problem for me.

 

[bfonnes]

Is there any reason to d/l DX9 if I don't have a Radeon 9700 Pro?

Bfonnes

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: bfonnes
Is there any reason to d/l DX9 if I don't have a Radeon 9700 Pro?

Bfonnes

no, so quit taking bandwith from microsoft so I can get dx9


anyways I'm realy not sure if you would gain anything from it

 

[Czar]

not sure what to make of this but this is from one of the users on rage3d

MS pulled them?!! Tried to manually download using the link the downloader setup.exe program uses. The file doesn't exist anymore on download.microsoft.com!

 

[BFG10K]

ATi is keeping up on the ball with beta driver releases but I'm interested to see when the official Catalyst 2.4s will arrive. Not that the 2.3s are bad by any means...

 

[fishingeek]

All I have to say is "WOW"

All the demos are impressive, but the paint on the car was unbelievable.

 

[Adul]

i'll mirrror it for you guys if someone wants tosend it to me

 

[Czar]

well... that was fscking amazing





I have never seen a tech demo so far ahead of everything else I have seen

 

[Spicedaddy]

holy crap, I almost fell off my chair when I loaded the car demo!


They're all impressive IMO. (bear's fur, lighting in the crystal balls, etc.) I can't wait to play full DX9 games...


Oh yeah, the new ATI drivers and DX9 RC0 seem to run fine in all the games I tried until now.