New set of Leaked Beta ATi Catalyst drivers released

[Killrose]

Have'nt tried them yet, but saw it mentioned over at Rage3D. HERE

 

[ZimZum]

I gained a couple hundred points in 3dmark with these to 9290.

 

[Alex]

nice!

also, Omega and Plutonium have made their own set based on these drivers... get here!

 

[MrDudeMan]

just for a side note, these dont work very well in everquest. i have an 8500 128mb and at the opening few screens the text is all messed up....but in game it works fine

 

[Semper Fi]

Just downloaded the drivers from omega.

I'll install them after i eat me some supper.

 

[BD231]

Repost.....

Link

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: bdog231
Repost.....

• Fixed Link
• Killrose's "repost" was posted 91 minutes before your post.
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On a more serious note... What's the benefit of the Omega/Plutonium drivers?

 

[rbV5]

What's the benefit of the Omega/Plutonium drivers?

Perhaps no benefit, perhaps the best drivers for a particular setup, perhaps degraded performance. He mixes parts of various drivers sets, creates install routines and includes utilities/tweaks. He used to "optimize" 3DFX driver sets and created quite a following, and continues to work his magic with other video drivers including ATI's. Myself, I've found the ATI drivers to work best for me, others swear by his tweaks. Pretty cool stuff for guy that IIRC gets no compensation other than personal satisfaction, and a pat on the back from the community IMHO

 

[HGC]

How do you guys install new drivers? Delete old ones, use Windows generic VGA driver, reboot and install? Do you have to delete registry stuff? I had a nightmare experience changing from Matrox to ATI, had to reformat and start from scratch, so I am a bit nervous about upgrading to Catalyst. Thanks.

 

[ZimZum]

Originally posted by: HGC
How do you guys install new drivers? Delete old ones, use Windows generic VGA driver, reboot and install? Do you have to delete registry stuff? I had a nightmare experience changing from Matrox to ATI, had to reformat and start from scratch, so I am a bit nervous about upgrading to Catalyst. Thanks.

Youve got the steps right. Uninstall, reboot, install new drivers, reboot. You dont Have to delete old registry entries (Rage3d recomends you do but most dont) but I usually do. Its easier with a registry tool such as regcleaner. Changing cards such as you did can be a hassle but merely upgrading drivers is usually a fairly painless afair.

 

[dunkster]

Here's what I did when I replaced older ATI 8500 drivers with Catalyst drivers (98SE):

Add/Remove left an ATI folder, several files in C:\Windows and C:\Windows\System, and 4 registry entries.

Searched for all ATI folders and files with search string ata*.* and deleted them.

Used RegEdit to remove 4 ATI registry entries.

Installed the Catalyst driver for 98SE. No problems.

Hope this helps!

 

[gregor7777]

Originally posted by: Wingznut PEZ

Originally posted by: bdog231
Repost.....

• Fixed Link
• Killrose's "repost" was posted 91 minutes before your post.
• 

On a more serious note... What's the benefit of the Omega/Plutonium drivers?

ReadME files are good for you and me! j/k