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Old Aug 10, 2004, 04:56 PM   #1
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ATI Catalyst drivers, are they getting better?
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 04:59 PM   #2
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They seem to be, always seeing improvements on games with them. Just need to see improvements in OpenGL now. Hopefully 4.9's will do just that.
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 05:00 PM   #3
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if they were getting worse.. or not improving... would ATI be were they are now?
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 05:02 PM   #4
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lol what a question
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 05:06 PM   #5
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is it ok if I vote or would I be considered a little biased?
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 05:09 PM   #6
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just vote and pretend you didnt, then everyone is happy.
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 05:11 PM   #7
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just vote and pretend you didnt, then everyone is happy.
hey even the president of the US gets to vote for himself in elections right? So ya, Im gonna go vote
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 05:20 PM   #8
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They look better for me... Keep up the good work
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 05:21 PM   #9
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This poll is RIGGED! Terry is going to have all of ATI Staff vote I think they are getting better. lol

Na, before the Catalyst drivers, I hated ATI. Had good hardware, but drivers was really horrible. Catalyst drivers have totally turned around ATI, good hardware, and very stable drivers. I don't think Terry or anyone at ATI would let their drivers get worse. You have a good team and keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing what ATI will come out with next,
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 06:29 PM   #11
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This poll is RIGGED! Terry is going to have all of ATI Staff vote I think they are getting better. lol

Na, before the Catalyst drivers, I hated ATI. Had good hardware, but drivers was really horrible. Catalyst drivers have totally turned around ATI, good hardware, and very stable drivers. I don't think Terry or anyone at ATI would let their drivers get worse. You have a good team and keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing what ATI will come out with next,

I have to agree with you 100%
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 06:58 PM   #12
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better to the point that there are so few bugs to report that I am at a loss
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Old Aug 10, 2004, 10:36 PM   #13
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i knew someone who would do that
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i think they are gradually.but i don't expect huge increase of performance when they are released in a month appart from the previous.

(this don't include the unreleased ones being worked on)
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Old Aug 11, 2004, 02:17 AM   #15
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My vote is.........they re getting better of course! ATI always has little performance boosts here and trhtere and sometimes even major boosts! But ya know....if the price was right i could vote the other way............. heh yeah right, i would never do that
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Well I guess to be fair I'd have to vote twice,,...I still have my second rig with my XT in it,..
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Old Aug 11, 2004, 03:14 AM   #17
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my friends complaining that his gaming is getting worse on the Catalysts

and these are older games that already have been fixed for him,

also why are ATI updates so big
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Old Aug 11, 2004, 03:42 AM   #18
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I think they are getting better but its not going to be long before they're as good as they can be...good work ATI!!
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Old Aug 11, 2004, 03:50 AM   #19
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Old Aug 12, 2004, 01:52 AM   #20
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Well I guess to be fair I'd have to vote twice,,...I still have my second rig with my XT in it,..
if that were the case.... i'd need to vote more then 2 dozen times.....

yep... i've got 4 computers with ati cards...

and i've built just over 2 dozen with ati cards...

I've gone as far as to bargain to pull a nvidia card out some peoples pc's and replace them with better ati cards.....

I've got a hand full of tnt's now.. and a few geforce's... gaud.. there just so awefull.....
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Old Aug 13, 2004, 12:07 AM   #21
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I'm really happy since the 4.8 beta's leaked and the 4.9's were icing on the cake. It's been quite awhile since I was actually satisfied with a driver package, and now I have 2 that haven't even been fully tested that I'm happy with. Thanks Catalyst Team

Can you believe ME of all people are happy now?
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better to the point that there are so few bugs to report that I am at a loss

I'm with ya on that one
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indeed they are much improved

...so much so that i have no bugs to wait to be fixed, thus i am waiting on this new CP
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Old Aug 14, 2004, 12:36 AM   #24
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my friends complaining that his gaming is getting worse on the Catalysts
No complants here?

and these are older games that already have been fixed for him,
Old games, like DX6/7 games who plays those

also why are ATI updates so big
As opposed to what? thier not pathes their full releases
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Old Aug 15, 2004, 04:41 PM   #25
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When are the 4.9's supposed to be out???
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When are the 4.9's supposed to be out???
From what I understand, 4.8's are suppose to be released sometime next week.
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