CATALYST 3.4 Rating

Jincuteguy · May 23, 2003, 07:34 PM

Get the Omega Driver , it's fixed.

csl1010 · May 23, 2003, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jincuteguy
Get the Omega Driver , it's fixed.

fixed what?

General M · May 27, 2003, 12:24 PM

Well, the boost isn't as much as expected but the gamma tool is quite nice. Therefore - 8.

[DraGuN] · May 28, 2003, 06:31 PM

Well i cant really see the difference between the last ones, but then i aint no techie. anyways what i wanted to say was that i cant really see no difference except for the number of crashes these new drivers give me.... unfortunately lots, loads more, way too many, infact i only had 1 on the old 3.2's so i will be going back to them. my gfx card is saphire radeon 9000 pro, these drivers are supposed to be compatable arnt they? and its not just in 1 program either, cs glitches, half-life in general, movies, quake, all things are effected. WHats gone wrong??

cowgaR · May 31, 2003, 08:24 AM

as for me, the release of 3.0 was nothing but horrible(mainly Arx Fatalis was unplayable, freezup every 5 min(need hard reboot sometimes), so I switched to 3.1 just to see that Arx isn't fixed(i uninstalled it after that forever) and that the main OGL game I am using, quake3, get crashes at least twice a day(with hard reboot every time). So I preinstalled just OGL library from 3.2 just to see quake3 and all MODs are no longer crashing 3 times a day just once =)))
//note sometimes it will crash after 10 minutes sometimes after long 4-6 hours of play

I never had a problem in quake3 with 2.x catalyst. And one more question, catalyst 3.4 are here and the quake3 SKY-BOX LINES problem isn't fixed, I have it for 2 years now, reported many times(tried many settings, like compressions off, aniso off etc.)..
I don't know, but catalyst 3.xx series seems very badly for quake games here at old Radeon64DDR, maybe because its DX7 card =))

BWX · May 31, 2003, 12:54 PM

RTCW ET froze after an hour and gave me the dreaded "we have experienced a problem and need to close, sorry for the ....................blah blah blah" error.

SpiderMAN-PL · Jun 2, 2003, 01:38 AM

New Catalyst Roxx. 3.4 version runs very stable and much faster

Cleaner · Jun 7, 2003, 10:45 PM

werd...

BWX · Jun 8, 2003, 12:11 AM

Yeah, It only did that once- and now it works fine, hmmm--- cool anyway.

bocybo · Jun 9, 2003, 08:21 PM

Kinda strange, but Counterstrike runs slow with these drivers.

Electronic Punk · Jun 13, 2003, 07:54 PM

The CS menu bug is still there, with a screwed up refresh rate.
Also with the Steam beta and therefore the next release of CS & HL, alt-tabbing to teh desktop means you can't get back in the game - repeated efforts cause a system reboot.

This never happened with my GF3, but then the 9800 does have it's advantages

May 28, 2003, 06:31 PM	#124
[DraGuN] DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: uk Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Well i cant really see the difference between the last ones, but then i aint no techie. anyways what i wanted to say was that i cant really see no difference except for the number of crashes these new drivers give me.... unfortunately lots, loads more, way too many, infact i only had 1 on the old 3.2's so i will be going back to them. my gfx card is saphire radeon 9000 pro, these drivers are supposed to be compatable arnt they? and its not just in 1 program either, cs glitches, half-life in general, movies, quake, all things are effected. WHats gone wrong?? __________________ RAR..... be afraid, be very afraid!

May 31, 2003, 08:24 AM	#125
cowgaR DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Slovakia Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	catalyst problems... as for me, the release of 3.0 was nothing but horrible(mainly Arx Fatalis was unplayable, freezup every 5 min(need hard reboot sometimes), so I switched to 3.1 just to see that Arx isn't fixed(i uninstalled it after that forever) and that the main OGL game I am using, quake3, get crashes at least twice a day(with hard reboot every time). So I preinstalled just OGL library from 3.2 just to see quake3 and all MODs are no longer crashing 3 times a day just once =))) //note sometimes it will crash after 10 minutes sometimes after long 4-6 hours of play I never had a problem in quake3 with 2.x catalyst. And one more question, catalyst 3.4 are here and the quake3 SKY-BOX LINES problem isn't fixed, I have it for 2 years now, reported many times(tried many settings, like compressions off, aniso off etc.).. I don't know, but catalyst 3.xx series seems very badly for quake games here at old Radeon64DDR, maybe because its DX7 card =)) Last edited by cowgaR; May 31, 2003 at 08:31 AM.

May 31, 2003, 12:54 PM	#126
BWX Spinal Tapped Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,573 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	RTCW ET froze after an hour and gave me the dreaded "we have experienced a problem and need to close, sorry for the ....................blah blah blah" error. __________________ One Big Ass Mistake America

Jun 2, 2003, 01:38 AM	#127
SpiderMAN-PL DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cracow, Poland Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	New Catalyst Roxx. 3.4 version runs very stable and much faster __________________ \|[color=blue]Powered by:[/color] AMD Athlon XP 1700+ [JIUHB0312] @ 11x 200MHz [ZALMAN CNPS-7000A-Cu]\| \|EPoX 8RDA3\|2x TwinMOS 256MB DDR 400MHz [DualDDR]\| \|Sapphire Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB DDR @ 320/610MHz [ZALMAN CNPS-ZM80A-HP; homemade ramsinks]\| \|SB Live!\|AVerTV GO FM\|Micronet SP2500R\| \|HDD: Barracuda ATA IV 80GB; U8 17GB\|DVD-ROM Pioneer 16/40\|CD-RW LiteOn 48/24/48\|

Jun 8, 2003, 12:11 AM	#129
BWX Spinal Tapped Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,573 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Yeah, It only did that once- and now it works fine, hmmm--- cool anyway. __________________ One Big Ass Mistake America

May 23, 2003, 07:34 PM	#121
Jincuteguy DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 200 Rep Power: 0	Get the Omega Driver , it's fixed.

May 27, 2003, 12:24 PM	#123
General M DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Well, the boost isn't as much as expected but the gamma tool is quite nice. Therefore - 8.

Jun 7, 2003, 10:45 PM	#128
Cleaner MPSH GAMING Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hawaii Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	werd...

Jun 9, 2003, 08:21 PM	#130
bocybo DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0	Kinda strange, but Counterstrike runs slow with these drivers.

Jun 13, 2003, 07:54 PM	#131
Electronic Punk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: StoneHenge Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	The CS menu bug is still there, with a screwed up refresh rate. Also with the Steam beta and therefore the next release of CS & HL, alt-tabbing to teh desktop means you can't get back in the game - repeated efforts cause a system reboot. This never happened with my GF3, but then the 9800 does have it's advantages