CATALYST 5.1 out now

Tiribulus · Jan 22, 2005, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by jasonbourne

This Drivers Are Working Fine On My System For The First Time I Scored 3006 On 3dmark05.but Hl2 Still Jumping Alot.i Do'nt Know What To Do Anymore I Thought Ati Radeon Cards Were Preferrerd To Play Hl2.such A Lie

There may be an issue specific to the 256mb versions, but I can tell you on the card in my sig which is now in my daughter's machine HL2 runs very well, even @ quite attractive settings. If you're talking about stuttering in the audio you may want to try the pci latency tool which ca be found here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=951 try setting all devices that already have any setting except zero to the same timing. I'd try 64 first. Once you set all the new latencies you'll have to go into the settings menu on top, save your new settings and check apply on startup. You have nothing to lose as this will not hurt anything and is easy to undo.
>>>--Tiribulus->

me972 · Jan 22, 2005, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Spyre

Uninstall .NET 1.1 and then install .NET 2.0 beta as that fixes this problem for most (not everyone) people

If I've learned one thing in my life about my main PC is never install BETA's or soon enought I'll be reinstalling everything..

thanks.

can any one give another solution to the problem?!?!?!?

maybe CATALYST MAKER????????

Blackboost · Jan 22, 2005, 12:24 PM

.NET 2.0 BETA is pretty stable, so you could try that out without thinking that it might screw your PC later on. I went back to the 4.12 OMega's because CS:S started freezing.

With the 4.12 Omega the game runs flawlessly. I also noticed a bit of texture corruption on Far Cry after spending some time with the 5.1 driver.

I always have my Windows XP running in top form and all the mobo drivers are up to date too.

*EDIT* Game locks-up with the 4.12 Omega's too.

I believe that this has soemthing to do with CS:S and not the video card drivers too. However I don't have anymore texture corruption in Far Cry with the 4.12 Omega.

~~Turtle~~ · Jan 22, 2005, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lewis_johnstone

Can someone please help me.

I installed cat 5.1, everything was fine untill i rebooted pc and it hang's just b4 desktop loads up with a black screen??

(I dont understand how i never had probs with cat 4.9-4.12 and all of sudden i do with cat 5.1?)

YOUR absolutely[color=#0000cc] [/color] right. I have the same problem it just hangs right before desktop.

Im very disappointed with ATI drivers. Everything past 4.9 has been horrible. This has been the final straw for me, Im going back to Nvidia.

lewis_johnstone · Jan 22, 2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Turtle

YOUR absolutely right. I have the same problem it just hangs right before desktop.

Im very disappointed with ATI drivers. Everything past 4.9 has been horrible. This has been the final straw for me, Im going back to Nvidia.

I found out what the problem was. There was a conflict with my ati remote wonder controlller...

I just had to re-install it and everything was peachy.

Never had to do anything like that b4, but all is good now

Veky · Jan 22, 2005, 06:04 PM

Why are these dated 30.11.2004?

Spyre · Jan 23, 2005, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Veky

Why are these dated 30.11.2004?

Short answer = thats when they were compiled and they go though all different tests before they are released to the public which obviously delays their release by around a month

**MIG-31** · Jan 23, 2005, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Veky

Why are these dated 30.11.2004?

The answer by spyre.

Plus ati actually work quite a bit in front of what we get.5.1's were recently released so any bug fixes reported now probably not be seen in the drivers untill perhaps 5.3 or the 5.4's.

ChaosBlizzard · Jan 24, 2005, 07:00 PM

The 5.1's are VERY unstable! I also experience a lot of system freezes, and corruption. My dad's system also has the same problem with these drivers. We both use the same motherboard and setup.

I have a Dual P3 system, using an ABIT VP6 Motherboard with replaced Caps.

Switching to Omega's to see if they are more stable.

I am using a VisionTek 9600XT 256MB video card.

e v o · Jan 25, 2005, 07:28 AM

just installed them, played a couple races in nfsu 2, seems good so far.

xp pro
9800 pro @411/355 via radlinker

me972 · Jan 25, 2005, 12:32 PM

as soon as COD began to load with a refresh rate too high for my display and nothing I did to override it helped!!! I decided to - THE END for cat 5.1..
I've had to safe mode my system to run driver cleaner and reinstall OMEGA 4.12
just to get my system back!!!..

ATI - whats up with this release....?!

if you need a better Q&A man on the JOB just say so.... but this is out of this world..

sorry...
maybe next release...

rgds
me972

trebuin · Jan 26, 2005, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle

YOUR absolutely right. I have the same problem it just hangs right before desktop.

Im very disappointed with ATI drivers. Everything past 4.9 has been horrible. This has been the final straw for me, Im going back to Nvidia.

Or you can go back to 4.9...no one is stopping you.

Shadow Lady · Jan 26, 2005, 10:22 PM

i got a little performance gain over 4.12 drivers, saw it on HL2 Doom3, didnt test more, seems very low of a performance gain, but hey im surprise they didnt mention this on the release notes, of course is not the normal 4-5% improvement, but is worth noticing

jasonbourne · Jan 27, 2005, 06:46 AM

im going back to nvidia too. im tired of ati .

Hietu · Jan 27, 2005, 06:55 AM

5.1 drivers work fine for me ^^ Not too much approvement on FPS but more stable. dont use control panel or CCC so cant say about those ones

RadLinker rocks

Rayder · Jan 27, 2005, 07:24 AM

Only problem I had was Flatout would pop back to desktop on me after 3 or 4 races. It never did that before. I'll probably go back to the 4.12's if I continue having that issue.

~~Turtle~~ · Jan 27, 2005, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by trebuin

Or you can go back to 4.9...no one is stopping you.

I would, but the 4.9s have a great deal of problems with NFS underground 2

C-Style · Jan 29, 2005, 05:53 PM

Come on ATI....where does all the money go?

Dragunov · Jan 30, 2005, 01:44 PM

My pc starts normally, but if I wanna go to the internet, my pc is not responding for some minutes, I can open start or maps, but not programs and this is the cause of the latest catalysts
I use the package with CCC, why not, it is the future and wanna taste it, but it is odd my hangs for a couple of minutes when it boots
It is a fresh installation of WinXP SP2 (slipstreamed cd) and .net 1.1

Greetz

Dragunov

jasonbourne · Feb 5, 2005, 11:16 AM

i dont think that has nothing to do with the catalyst drivers.

Tiribulus · Feb 5, 2005, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jasonbourne

i dont think that has nothing to do with the catalyst drivers.

I agree. Sounds like a foundational system issue or issues to me.
>>>--Tiribulus->

petri1 · Feb 5, 2005, 06:45 PM

well i just upgraded my GFX from 9800PRO to X800PCI-Express

and no omega version works not the 4.12 not these new ones either

it is a PowerColor X800PCI-E so maybe the card is too new i dunno

but no omega drivers work for me the CAt 5.1 does though so i can´t figure wat the heck is wrong.

but what else yeah i had to buy a new Mainboard and PSU sincse the olda ones broke.

so i have a ASUS P4PGD1 it is a S478 with Inrtel 915chipset and PCI-E 16x so it is kinda cool and it is in "benchmarks " a real booster.

New card results

3dmark series:
01 18060 somewhat less than before why beats me
03 8818 something like that
05 4320 something
Aquamrak though strange behavior 54+FPS

eralier results
01 18700+
03 6422
05 2950
aquamark3 48fps this on a 9800PRO 398/351 gigacube bios

so the "ordinary" X800PCI-E is alot faster than my 9800PRO was yeah i never OC anything so al is stock speed cpu intel P4 3000MHZ 800MHZ FSB

but how come no omega drivers work for me that is annoying but i am gonna game test this new card tomrorow FC D3 HL2 +few others

jasonbourne · Feb 6, 2005, 06:03 AM

did u update your bios, chipset?

petri1 · Feb 6, 2005, 06:39 AM

well i checked at ASUS site but i guess the bios i have is teh onlyone to this board maybe it is because it hasen´t ben around too long
and if i understood things right the X800PCI-E is also pretty new o the market or am i totally wrong?

well any ways tryed Far Cry last night so i cranked everything to the hif´ghest in the CP and in FC COnfig and strarted the rebellion level

this is at full FSAA 6X and 16X and i get between 22-42FPS i never got that high on my 9800PRO

so it is a rather fast card for not that much money either

MNDS · Feb 6, 2005, 11:27 PM

They seem to work pretty well here. I did notice some shimmering in Battle for middle earth on buildings and structures. Im not sure if thats related to geometry instancing though as I had that enabled. Ill have to play around with it a bit more and attempt to fix it. Other than that everything else seems great and CCC is much more responsive than previous builds (Although I also gave the .NET 2.0 beta a shot as well to see if itd speed things up a bit). Looking foward to the next release!

Jan 22, 2005, 12:24 PM	#93
Blackboost -=[DHzer0point Author]=- Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	.NET 2.0 BETA is pretty stable, so you could try that out without thinking that it might screw your PC later on. I went back to the 4.12 OMega's because CS:S started freezing. With the 4.12 Omega the game runs flawlessly. I also noticed a bit of texture corruption on Far Cry after spending some time with the 5.1 driver. I always have my Windows XP running in top form and all the mobo drivers are up to date too. EDIT Game locks-up with the 4.12 Omega's too. I believe that this has soemthing to do with CS:S and not the video card drivers too. However I don't have anymore texture corruption in Far Cry with the 4.12 Omega. Last edited by Blackboost; Jan 22, 2005 at 01:14 PM.

Jan 25, 2005, 12:32 PM	#101
me972 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 683 Rep Power: 0	as soon as COD began to load with a refresh rate too high for my display and nothing I did to override it helped!!! I decided to - THE END for cat 5.1.. I've had to safe mode my system to run driver cleaner and reinstall OMEGA 4.12 just to get my system back!!!.. ATI - whats up with this release....?! if you need a better Q&A man on the JOB just say so.... but this is out of this world.. sorry... maybe next release... rgds me972 __________________ *Modding is heavenly - 9800SE/PRO/NP to XT guide*

Jan 26, 2005, 10:22 PM	#103
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotÃ¡ city :p Posts: 1,267 Rep Power: 0	i got a little performance gain over 4.12 drivers, saw it on HL2 Doom3, didnt test more, seems very low of a performance gain, but hey im surprise they didnt mention this on the release notes, of course is not the normal 4-5% improvement, but is worth noticing __________________ Oblivion ftw

Jan 27, 2005, 06:46 AM	#104
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,090 Rep Power: 0	im going back to nvidia too. im tired of ati . __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Jan 27, 2005, 07:24 AM	#106
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,042 Rep Power: 51	Only problem I had was Flatout would pop back to desktop on me after 3 or 4 races. It never did that before. I'll probably go back to the 4.12's if I continue having that issue. __________________

Jan 22, 2005, 06:04 PM	#96
Veky DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Croatia Posts: 70 Rep Power: 0	Why are these dated 30.11.2004?

Jan 24, 2005, 07:00 PM	#99
ChaosBlizzard DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	The 5.1's are VERY unstable! I also experience a lot of system freezes, and corruption. My dad's system also has the same problem with these drivers. We both use the same motherboard and setup. I have a Dual P3 system, using an ABIT VP6 Motherboard with replaced Caps. Switching to Omega's to see if they are more stable. I am using a VisionTek 9600XT 256MB video card.

Jan 25, 2005, 07:28 AM	#100
e v o ........ Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,038 Rep Power: 33 System Specs	just installed them, played a couple races in nfsu 2, seems good so far. xp pro 9800 pro @411/355 via radlinker

Jan 27, 2005, 06:55 AM	#105
Hietu DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	5.1 drivers work fine for me ^^ Not too much approvement on FPS but more stable. dont use control panel or CCC so cant say about those ones RadLinker rocks

Jan 29, 2005, 05:53 PM	#108
C-Style DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	Come on ATI....where does all the money go? __________________ Pentium 4 3.0E /w XP-90 Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Corsair TWINX3200XLPT Rev. 1.2 (2x512) Maxtor 300GB w/16mb & 80GB w/8mb (2xSATA) Sapphire Radeon x800 Pro SB Audigy 2 Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Lite-on 16x DVD-ROM Plextor PX-712SA DVD-RW Turbo-Cool 510 Deluxe Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite ThermalTake Xaser III V2000A

Jan 30, 2005, 01:44 PM	#109
Dragunov DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 323 Rep Power: 0	My pc starts normally, but if I wanna go to the internet, my pc is not responding for some minutes, I can open start or maps, but not programs and this is the cause of the latest catalysts I use the package with CCC, why not, it is the future and wanna taste it, but it is odd my hangs for a couple of minutes when it boots It is a fresh installation of WinXP SP2 (slipstreamed cd) and .net 1.1 Greetz Dragunov __________________ - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 + Zalman 9700 LED - MSI P6N (Nvidia 680i chipset) - 2GB DDR2 ram Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz - MSI Geforce 8800GTS 640MB - Creative X-Fi Elite Pro - Seagate 320GB 7200/10 - Logitech MX-500 - Windows XP+SP2+DirectX9.0c - Windows Vista Ultimate

Feb 5, 2005, 11:16 AM	#110
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,090 Rep Power: 0	i dont think that has nothing to do with the catalyst drivers. __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Feb 5, 2005, 06:45 PM	#112
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0	well i just upgraded my GFX from 9800PRO to X800PCI-Express and no omega version works not the 4.12 not these new ones either it is a PowerColor X800PCI-E so maybe the card is too new i dunno but no omega drivers work for me the CAt 5.1 does though so i can´t figure wat the heck is wrong. but what else yeah i had to buy a new Mainboard and PSU sincse the olda ones broke. so i have a ASUS P4PGD1 it is a S478 with Inrtel 915chipset and PCI-E 16x so it is kinda cool and it is in "benchmarks " a real booster. New card results 3dmark series: 01 18060 somewhat less than before why beats me 03 8818 something like that 05 4320 something Aquamrak though strange behavior 54+FPS eralier results 01 18700+ 03 6422 05 2950 aquamark3 48fps this on a 9800PRO 398/351 gigacube bios so the "ordinary" X800PCI-E is alot faster than my 9800PRO was yeah i never OC anything so al is stock speed cpu intel P4 3000MHZ 800MHZ FSB but how come no omega drivers work for me that is annoying but i am gonna game test this new card tomrorow FC D3 HL2 +few others __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Feb 6, 2005, 06:03 AM	#113
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,090 Rep Power: 0	did u update your bios, chipset? __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Feb 6, 2005, 06:39 AM	#114
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0	well i checked at ASUS site but i guess the bios i have is teh onlyone to this board maybe it is because it hasen´t ben around too long and if i understood things right the X800PCI-E is also pretty new o the market or am i totally wrong? well any ways tryed Far Cry last night so i cranked everything to the hif´ghest in the CP and in FC COnfig and strarted the rebellion level this is at full FSAA 6X and 16X and i get between 22-42FPS i never got that high on my 9800PRO so it is a rather fast card for not that much money either __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Feb 6, 2005, 11:27 PM	#115
MNDS DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NY Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	They seem to work pretty well here. I did notice some shimmering in Battle for middle earth on buildings and structures. Im not sure if thats related to geometry instancing though as I had that enabled. Ill have to play around with it a bit more and attempt to fix it. Other than that everything else seems great and CCC is much more responsive than previous builds (Although I also gave the .NET 2.0 beta a shot as well to see if itd speed things up a bit). Looking foward to the next release! __________________ Pentium D 830 2 x 512 Megs PC5400 Corsair XMS2 DDR2 Ram Biostar 945P Mobo eVGA PCI-Express 6800GT w/ NV5Silencer PCI SB X-Fi Xtreme Music