ATI Catalyst Beta 6.6 Driver & ATI Chuck for CrossFire and Conroe Driver

Widkidone · Jun 22, 2006, 09:34 AM

In order to provide you with the ability to test the world’s fastest processor with world’s best dual graphics solution, ATI is making two special drivers available for press only. The first driver enables two ATI graphics cards to be installed and run in CrossFire mode on the Intel® 975X Express chipset with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor or Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor. All performance improvements found in this production candidate driver will be made available to the public the first week of June in Catalyst release version 6.6. We ask that you please test with the publicly available Catalyst 6.6 driver or the press version to ensure the best quality benchmarking experience possible, and deliver results that reflect what the public can expect.

The second driver unlocks the best image quality possible in a game today, delivering simultaneous HDR and AA in Oblivion like the now famous “Chuck” patch. While the driver is not officially supported, we’re making it available to press to demonstrate the astounding gaming possible on Intel® Core™ Duo processors using CrossFire graphics.

ATI Catalyst Beta 6.6 Driver

ATI Chuck for CrossFire and Conroe Driver

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 22, 2006, 11:07 AM

So 975X gets Crossfire!

Why would ATI be suckying up to Intel now when AMD is supposed to be purchasing them I wonder....

Skinner · Jun 22, 2006, 01:37 PM

Are these Conroe/i975 only, or do they also work and have improvenments for other configs such as 3200CF chipsets?! I'm dying to get better CF support.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jun 22, 2006, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

So 975X gets Crossfire!

Why would ATI be suckying up to Intel now when AMD is supposed to be purchasing them I wonder....

975 has always had crossfire support and ATI and intel are parters notice
the "intel boards" with ATI press graphics? ATI seems to be big with intel now.
In thier both @ MML5 they had 2 conroe processors system intel boards and crossfire!
among that other systems all intel...

Hapatingjaky · Jun 22, 2006, 02:45 PM

These work on other platforms, installed it on an AMD Athlon64 4400+ with an X850XT PE, performance improvements galore, 10% improvement in Farcry so far, 6FPS+ in HL2, 3FPS+ in Doom 3 and a good 5% improvement in Fear.

buddydog12 · Jun 22, 2006, 03:37 PM

These drivers are no good on my X1600 AGP ,when i clone HDTV (via component)switches to 640 x480 ,i then get black screen on primary monitor.

INSTG8R · Jun 22, 2006, 03:37 PM

Im wondering if the 6.6 Beta has the "Chuckness" in it or whether to D/L the other one?

X1800XTTOP · Jun 22, 2006, 03:42 PM

Im bored so im going to try these out. I think you need to install the 6.6 beta and the the chuck driver (for conroe blabla..) on them. Thats what i will do and hopefully ill be able to at least boot into windows ^_^

They installed just fine. 3dmark scores (both 05 and 06) are very low (e.g. in 05 i went from 9800 to 9200). However in FEAR i had 8% more in "above 40fps" (total of 80%, min fps=32, avg 60) with maxxed settings 1280X1024 4xAA 16xAF. Oblivion works with 4xAA and 16xAF (i installed the chuck driver over the 6.6 beta and replaced the older files with newer ones). Performance in oblivion seems like before.

I think ill keep these until the official 6.6 are released.

Dyre Straits · Jun 22, 2006, 06:54 PM

Just to be clear: While these are definitely BETA drivers, ATI has officially released them for public testing, right?

Spyre · Jun 22, 2006, 07:49 PM

No they were intended for the press, so have been leaked by a member of the press (again)

Zenoth · Jun 22, 2006, 07:56 PM

It was about time we had a new drivers version anyway. I had problems with 6.5 and 6.4. I'll try these Beta 6.6 right away.

Thanks to whoever leaked them.

Dyre Straits · Jun 22, 2006, 08:12 PM

Well, actually, if my installation is correct, these are NOT CAT 6.6s at all. Just check the newly installed CCC from these 'beta' drivers:

3DChipset · Jun 22, 2006, 08:27 PM

That's why when we helped host these we just put their version number. Never liked how when ATI beta drivers are available everyone assumes that they are the next month's version.

Chuck Patch: 8.26.3.0 - May 3rd
Press Driver: 8.26.0.0 - May 3rd

Dyre Straits · Jun 22, 2006, 08:41 PM

I very rarely ever install BETA anything. Something, though, prompted me to check these out this time.

Zenoth · Jun 22, 2006, 10:23 PM

Yes indeed I confirm that both my CCC and my ATi Tool detects those Beta drivers as being Catalyst version 6.5.

I have done three tests, however, and I noticed a little performance improvement in Half-Life 2.

Catalyst 6.5
Loast Coast (Right after map loads, without moving character, using net-graph 1)
1024x768, 4x A-A-A (Adaptive) + 16x HQ A-F = 44 to 45 FPS
1280x960, 4x A-A-A + 16x HQ A-F = 34 to 35 FPS

Catalyst 6.6 "Beta"
Loast Coast (Same conditions as above of course)
1024x768, 4x A-A-A + 16x HQ A-F = 47 to 48 FPS
1280x960, 4x A-A-A + 16x HQ A-F = 36 to 37 FPS

It's nothing huge of course. It's barely noticeable. But with a frames-rate detector like the in-game "net_graph 1" command, then I can technically see a difference.

They might show as CAT 6.5, but there must be something new anyway somewhere in there.

HolyAvenger · Jun 23, 2006, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Widkidone

will be made available to the public the first week of June in Catalyst release version 6.6.

ROFL

Dyre Straits · Jun 23, 2006, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HolyAvenger

ROFL

Yeah, I caught that, too. Posted it elsewhere and forgot to point it out here. But, yes, they seem to be kind of late, huh??

Spyre · Jun 23, 2006, 12:04 PM

Just because they promise 12 drivers a year doesn't mean they have to be exactly monthly, you could get two in a month and still get 12 a year.

Andrew_e1 · Jun 23, 2006, 01:56 PM

Wow...

my 3dmark06 score went from 5387 to 5674 without a single change in something else

heres link with 6.5

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...ojectId=329029

and heres link with 6.6

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...ojectId=356947

WiseAzz1 · Jun 23, 2006, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

Well, actually, if my installation is correct, these are NOT CAT 6.6s at all. Just check the newly installed CCC from these 'beta' drivers:

Seems peeps having win64 are showing 6.6 in control panal and win 32 6.5 .
Either way they both have a nice increase for me in all benches and games so no complaints here.Also just for fun I installed both files and got an increase again even though I do not run crossfire .

Dyre Straits · Jun 23, 2006, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spyre

Just because they promise 12 drivers a year doesn't mean they have to be exactly monthly, you could get two in a month and still get 12 a year.

I think you might have missed what we were referring to.

From the notes provided in the first post:

All performance improvements found in this production candidate driver will be made available to the public the first week of June in Catalyst release version 6.6.

According to that, they're late.

Zenoth · Jun 23, 2006, 02:50 PM

How surprising anyway.

They ain't the first Catalyst to be released that late during a month.

It happened not only with 6.5. And they could have just skipped those to 6.6.

Meh ... anyway, doesn't matter much I guess.

Hapatingjaky · Jun 23, 2006, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiseAzz1

Seems peeps having win64 are showing 6.6 in control panal and win 32 6.5 .
Either way they both have a nice increase for me in all benches and games so no complaints here.Also just for fun I installed both files and got an increase again even though I do not run crossfire .

Yeah I am showing 6.6 in my CCC, and yes I am using Windows X64

Spyre · Jun 23, 2006, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

I think you might have missed what we were referring to.

From the notes provided in the first post:

All performance improvements found in this production candidate driver will be made available to the public the first week of June in Catalyst release version 6.6.

According to that, they're late.

Nope I didnt miss it, just explaining that they dont have to release one every month and still be on target to keep their promise.

goingtojapan · Jun 23, 2006, 06:25 PM

thx for the tip

cadaveca · Jun 24, 2006, 12:40 PM

Anyone try Crossfire on SLi board with these drivers?

975 is not an ATI chipset....

mind you i run x1800xl and x1800xt

Jun 22, 2006, 09:34 AM	#1
Widkidone DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 716 Rep Power: 0	ATI Catalyst Beta 6.6 Driver & ATI Chuck for CrossFire and Conroe Driver In order to provide you with the ability to test the world’s fastest processor with world’s best dual graphics solution, ATI is making two special drivers available for press only. The first driver enables two ATI graphics cards to be installed and run in CrossFire mode on the Intel® 975X Express chipset with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor or Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor. All performance improvements found in this production candidate driver will be made available to the public the first week of June in Catalyst release version 6.6. We ask that you please test with the publicly available Catalyst 6.6 driver or the press version to ensure the best quality benchmarking experience possible, and deliver results that reflect what the public can expect. The second driver unlocks the best image quality possible in a game today, delivering simultaneous HDR and AA in Oblivion like the now famous “Chuck” patch. While the driver is not officially supported, we’re making it available to press to demonstrate the astounding gaming possible on Intel® Core™ Duo processors using CrossFire graphics. ATI Catalyst Beta 6.6 Driver ATI Chuck for CrossFire and Conroe Driver __________________ Case- Cooler Master ATC-201B-BXT Aluminum Case Power Supply- Antec 480w TrueBlue480 ATX-12V MX518 Mouse CPU- AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket-939 Motherboard-K8N Neo2 Platinum 2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual Channel Platinum Hard Drive- WD 74GB 8MB 10000rpm S-ATA WD740GD Sound Card- Creative SB Audigy 2 Zs Platinum CDRW- LG GCE-8525BI 52X32X52 CD-RW OS- Microsoft Windows XP Pro Edition w/SP2 Video-Radeon X850XT AGP 256MB

Jun 22, 2006, 03:37 PM	#7
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Jun 22, 2006, 03:42 PM	#8
X1800XTTOP DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 346 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Im bored so im going to try these out. I think you need to install the 6.6 beta and the the chuck driver (for conroe blabla..) on them. Thats what i will do and hopefully ill be able to at least boot into windows ^_^ They installed just fine. 3dmark scores (both 05 and 06) are very low (e.g. in 05 i went from 9800 to 9200). However in FEAR i had 8% more in "above 40fps" (total of 80%, min fps=32, avg 60) with maxxed settings 1280X1024 4xAA 16xAF. Oblivion works with 4xAA and 16xAF (i installed the chuck driver over the 6.6 beta and replaced the older files with newer ones). Performance in oblivion seems like before. I think ill keep these until the official 6.6 are released. Last edited by X1800XTTOP; Jun 22, 2006 at 04:35 PM.

Jun 22, 2006, 07:49 PM	#10
Spyre DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 1,217 Rep Power: 48	No they were intended for the press, so have been leaked by a member of the press (again) __________________ ATI Beta Tester game.AMD.Moderator

Jun 22, 2006, 07:56 PM	#11
Zenoth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	It was about time we had a new drivers version anyway. I had problems with 6.5 and 6.4. I'll try these Beta 6.6 right away. Thanks to whoever leaked them. __________________ *CPU: Intel C2D E8400 @ Stock* *Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 BIOS F9f* *Memory: OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-6400 4GB @ Stock* *GPU: eVGA GeForce GTX285 @ Stock* *APU: SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music* *PSU: Corsair TX750W* OS: Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64

Jun 22, 2006, 11:07 AM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,818 Rep Power: 0	So 975X gets Crossfire! Why would ATI be suckying up to Intel now when AMD is supposed to be purchasing them I wonder....

Jun 22, 2006, 01:37 PM	#3
Skinner DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0	Are these Conroe/i975 only, or do they also work and have improvenments for other configs such as 3200CF chipsets?! I'm dying to get better CF support.

Jun 22, 2006, 02:45 PM	#5
Hapatingjaky DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edmonton AB Posts: 155 Rep Power: 0	These work on other platforms, installed it on an AMD Athlon64 4400+ with an X850XT PE, performance improvements galore, 10% improvement in Farcry so far, 6FPS+ in HL2, 3FPS+ in Doom 3 and a good 5% improvement in Fear.

Jun 22, 2006, 03:37 PM	#6
buddydog12 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	These drivers are no good on my X1600 AGP ,when i clone HDTV (via component)switches to 640 x480 ,i then get black screen on primary monitor.

Jun 22, 2006, 08:27 PM	#13
3DChipset DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	That's why when we helped host these we just put their version number. Never liked how when ATI beta drivers are available everyone assumes that they are the next month's version. Chuck Patch: 8.26.3.0 - May 3rd Press Driver: 8.26.0.0 - May 3rd

Jun 22, 2006, 10:23 PM	#15
Zenoth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Yes indeed I confirm that both my CCC and my ATi Tool detects those Beta drivers as being Catalyst version 6.5. I have done three tests, however, and I noticed a little performance improvement in Half-Life 2. Catalyst 6.5 Loast Coast (Right after map loads, without moving character, using net-graph 1) 1024x768, 4x A-A-A (Adaptive) + 16x HQ A-F = 44 to 45 FPS 1280x960, 4x A-A-A + 16x HQ A-F = 34 to 35 FPS Catalyst 6.6 "Beta" Loast Coast (Same conditions as above of course) 1024x768, 4x A-A-A + 16x HQ A-F = 47 to 48 FPS 1280x960, 4x A-A-A + 16x HQ A-F = 36 to 37 FPS It's nothing huge of course. It's barely noticeable. But with a frames-rate detector like the in-game "net_graph 1" command, then I can technically see a difference. They might show as CAT 6.5, but there must be something new anyway somewhere in there. __________________ *CPU: Intel C2D E8400 @ Stock* *Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 BIOS F9f* *Memory: OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-6400 4GB @ Stock* *GPU: eVGA GeForce GTX285 @ Stock* *APU: SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music* *PSU: Corsair TX750W* OS: Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64

Jun 23, 2006, 12:04 PM	#18
Spyre DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 1,217 Rep Power: 48	Just because they promise 12 drivers a year doesn't mean they have to be exactly monthly, you could get two in a month and still get 12 a year. __________________ ATI Beta Tester game.AMD.Moderator

Jun 23, 2006, 01:56 PM	#19
Andrew_e1 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	Wow... my 3dmark06 score went from 5387 to 5674 without a single change in something else heres link with 6.5 http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...ojectId=329029 and heres link with 6.6 http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...ojectId=356947 Last edited by Andrew_e1; Jun 23, 2006 at 02:01 PM.

Jun 23, 2006, 02:50 PM	#22
Zenoth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	How surprising anyway. They ain't the first Catalyst to be released that late during a month. It happened not only with 6.5. And they could have just skipped those to 6.6. Meh ... anyway, doesn't matter much I guess. __________________ *CPU: Intel C2D E8400 @ Stock* *Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 BIOS F9f* *Memory: OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-6400 4GB @ Stock* *GPU: eVGA GeForce GTX285 @ Stock* *APU: SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music* *PSU: Corsair TX750W* OS: Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64

Jun 23, 2006, 06:25 PM	#25
goingtojapan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	thx for the tip __________________ www.justiceforjapan.net.ms

Jun 24, 2006, 12:40 PM	#26
cadaveca DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Anyone try Crossfire on SLi board with these drivers? 975 is not an ATI chipset.... mind you i run x1800xl and x1800xt

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