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Which non-official ATI driver should I choose for getting max fps in BF2?

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pkw111

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Which non-offial ATI drivers?
I am new these Forums. I have been doing research on how to make the most of my video card, expecially targeting Battlefield 2. I wanted your most up-to-date opinion on that subject....

I am looking for max FPS and fairly high resolutions (1600x1200) for competitive gaming....I don't care about terrain quality or texture quality. I understand that the non-official ati drivers (like omega) have better capabilities to achieve this due to enhanced customizability and other optimizations.

Care to reccomend which ati driver 'brand' (ngo, omega, warcat, etc) is the best suited for these aims in BF2?

Also I would love to know specific optimizations to target. Highly technical responses are cool

PS: I have a x800xl @stock [AGP], 2GB RAM @1T, amd64 venice 3200 @stock, ASRock939,
 
None. Catalyst is the best driver to choose. I wouldn't recommend anything other than official drivers. You get zero tech support if you use unofficial drivers and they often hurt more than help. If you don't care about terrain quality or texture quality, then you can get best FPS now with what you've got.
 
Haven't even heard of warcat! Were do you get them? Best thing to do is to download and install each driver and test it in game. Use FRAPS or if you can find a timedemo to download or some way to benchmark each driver in the game itself. I've tied the Omega's and NGO's and didn't really see much if any improvement in fps. Best way is what you said- keep turning down settings. What fps range are you hoping to hit?

P.S. Even though X800XL's aren't overclocking champions, OC that vid card as high as possible!!
 
Another vote for Catalyst.

If textures don't matter, simply turn down the detail (in game settings) and get at it.

Your post reminds me of the old hardcore Quake3 players who refused to play above 640X480 as their framerates dropped below 200.

As for tweaking see: http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_1.html
 
meh I want at least 60 fps, but optimally I would be vsynced at 85hz or so.

I will begin oc'ing very soon. Is there a way to monitor the temperature on the x800xl? The only 'limit-test' i know of is the 'scan for visual artifacts' feature in ATI Tray Tools.

Also, I have tried the ngo drivers....I experience a very slight performance drop with them. On to the next one.
 
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