CATALYST 5.3 [Released]

[Sumi]

There is good reason to update, new releases often brings higher fps in many games - even though its not stated in the readme

[Veedems Veteran]

hmmmm.....with 5.2' i lost 20fps in CSS with these i lose 10fps :/

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I was just going to ask about that. I guess I'll hold off still. I need to get every frame i can get out of my 9600xt

[j0sh]

I lost about 15-20fps with 5.2, but seemed to remain the same or a tad bit more with 5.3 on my 9800pro.

[ZzPcPzZ]

Thats odd -

How many fps do you normally get with CSS and at what settings?

My AIW 9800PRO gives me about 44fps average at 1024x768 2xAA(or was it 4x, i forget) and I use the DNA drivers...

Thinking about upgrading to these..

[Veedems Veteran]

Playing at 1280*960, everything on high, aa off, filtering at trilinear, reflections on world, I get varying fps depending on the map. Maps like dust2 and office I can get a smooth constant 45+. Maps like chateau, I struggle to stay above 30.

p4 2.0ghz

1gb pc2700

9600xt

[Darr3n]

Anyone tested these with an X850XT(PE)?

[JakeM741]

I have, it works fine :)

[karma_police]

Yes i believe Doom3 has an Ogl2 ARB path :) if not i'm sure id will bring one out.

On another note though does anyone know of any issues running maya 6.5? as it fails to run with cat 5.2 installed :(

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To fix the Maya problem I decreased windows hardware acceleration in the display properties.

[98XT]

Lovely ... thanks. :D

[j0sh]

1280x1024 with 4x AA using the video stress test, I get about 55fps.

1024x768, I get about 75fps. I usually run the game as this resolution.

[Oblivion]

thanks for the update (Y)

[Mystical112]

thx for the update...

[smashguy]

Cheers! :)

[Xahid]

Omega Guy is too late Now !

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

Yeah, in the hardware... now the drivers officially support it too

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do we need both hardware and driver to make it work?

I still get my 140 fps on small CS:S maps and around 90 on wide (dust)

nothing droped

[Viserov]

1280x1024 with 4x AA using the video stress test, I get about 55fps.

1024x768, I get about 75fps. I usually run the game as this resolution.

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What were your older drivers, and what fps did you get with them?

[`zm.]

Ahh, I need help, after I install these 5.3s, I keep on getting BSoD.. I once remembered the same problem with Alcohol120%, now I using Daemon Tools, no matter wad I uninstalls, it still gives me the BSoD(STOP! : 0000000x7 .....), anyone can help ?

[fdlazarte]

do i need to uninstall Catalyst 5.2? thnx

[nekrosoft13]

do i need to uninstall Catalyst 5.2? thnx

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don't have to, but it is recommended

[Viserov]

do i need to uninstall Catalyst 5.2? thnx

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I always do a clean uninstall before installing new drivers on my system. I boot up Windows in safe mode, uninstall the old drivers, reboot, then install the new drivers.

[Hypoxiaicon]

Catalyst A.I.

Ive searched and not seen anything, Unless its hidden deep inside a thread.

There is Standard And Advanced.

I've read they improve performance.

But by doing so, do they descrease visual quality or is it the same or better quality??

[nekrosoft13]

it does degrease, but on a level that you shouldn't notice

and sometimes advanced performance increase is worse then standard

basically is a useless option, plus its only available in CCC (catalyst control center)

[Smigit]

Woot!, i got a 10fps increase with 5.3 and this is after a 15 fps increase in 5.2 on the CS:S stress test. Thats with all settings on max at 1280x1024. Get 95fps now.

I do get faster on the latest omega drivers (somewhat old now), get 105fps on them but I prefer to use the official ones. Its fast enough at 95fps that it wont really matter anyway and I get the opengl stuff. The control panels nicer too. :D

this is with an x800 on a 3400+ AMD 64 if thats of interest. 1G ram.

[revvo]

From what I've read at Rage3d, not enough people have reported fps boosts to convince me to do the switch. I'm currently using the 5.1's because I did have an fps boost from the 4.12 but the 5.2 were very unstable for HL2/CSS.

I guess we'll have to wait a bit more to actually read something like "performance increase" from ATI's side or maybe fixes regarding games that people actually play.

God what would I do to see a list of games supported by Catalyst A.I. and for some reason ATI will never disclose that information. At least Nvidia gives out the list of games that support SLI.

[rajputwarrior]

i haven't noticed any difference from the omegas based on 5.1. But for whatever reason eversince i installed my ram my stress trst went from 90fps to about 60 :s