HD Radeon 4870 512mb incompatible with dolphin??

EmanueleITA88 · May 14th, 2009

A friend of mine reported me that... is it true?

nosound.97 · May 14th, 2009

He needs updating to Catalyst 9.3/9.4

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sl1nk3 · May 14th, 2009

Do not use catalyst 9.4, there are major leaks and slowdown with Dolphin and it eventually crashes after a few seconds/minutes...
Hopefully, it'll be fixed in 9.5

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omegadox · May 14th, 2009

This is why people praise for ATI?

EmanueleITA88 · May 14th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by omegadox

This is why people praise for ATI?

So ATI is not a good video card? (at least for dolphin)

Be careful I Don't want to FLAME!!!

Squall-Leonhart · May 14th, 2009

people hate ATI, because the drivers have numerous issues with texture formats, requiring various hacks. Linux support is completely fail, and something breaks from 1 release to the next.

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**Cid Highwind** · May 14th, 2009

Apparently good videocards, they're a great solution if you're a PC gamer. If you're a power user or heavy Emulation enthusiast, nVidia is generally recommended.

I have had no complaint about my ATi cards, apart from Neverwinter Nights not running how it should. The water shader is completely broken. I think it's one of the OpenGL calls failing, but I don't know enough about the technical stuff. In PC gaming I love the card in general still.

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EmanueleITA88 · May 14th, 2009

In this video an ati card seams to beat nvida!!! In fact it gets full speed with 4 players...

YouTube - Super Smash Brothers Brawl - Dolphin R2661

Pretty strange! Waht do u think?

Squall-Leonhart · May 15th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

Apparently good videocards, they're a great solution if you're a PC gamer. If you're a power user or heavy Emulation enthusiast, nVidia is generally recommended.

I have had no complaint about my ATi cards, apart from Neverwinter Nights not running how it should. The water shader is completely broken. I think it's one of the OpenGL calls failing, but I don't know enough about the technical stuff. In PC gaming I love the card in general still.

requires a OpenGL 1.4 ARB shader. >.> ATI never supported 1.4's shaders properly.

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Gareth1977 · May 15th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmanueleITA88

In this video an ati card seams to beat nvida!!! In fact it gets full speed with 4 players...

YouTube - Super Smash Brothers Brawl - Dolphin R2661

Pretty strange! Waht do u think?

mine runs faster lol

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EmanueleITA88 · May 15th, 2009

Today should be available 9.5 catalyst drivers... Do you think it will fix something in Dolphin?

Squall-Leonhart · May 15th, 2009

probably break something else.

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deathdroid · May 15th, 2009

I have a ati graphics card and Catalyst 9.4 and everything seems to run fine no crashing issues ect.
All the ati drivers I've used I have never had any problems compared to when i had a Nvidia Graphics card

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Squall-Leonhart · May 15th, 2009

Anybody who has problems with an nvidia card, simply lacks the smarts to know how to use a computer properly.

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deathdroid · May 15th, 2009

It was nothing to do with the computer at all.....
The graphics card kept getting stuck in an endless loop :P
Maybe Squall-Leonhart you have just being lucky enough not to run into problems.

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nosound.97 · May 15th, 2009

Me is lucky too then. That's all about level of n00bness

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EmanueleITA88 · May 15th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathdroid

I have a ati graphics card and Catalyst 9.4 and everything seems to run fine no crashing issues ect.
All the ati drivers I've used I have never had any problems compared to when i had a Nvidia Graphics card

Thx for moral support

However official catalyst 9.5 are OUT!!!
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showth...64#post1382964

If u try them with Dolphin let me know

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Squall-Leonhart · May 15th, 2009

check the release notes, if it mentions opengl fixes, they probably broke something.

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathdroid

It was nothing to do with the computer at all.....
The graphics card kept getting stuck in an endless loop :P
Maybe Squall-Leonhart you have just being lucky enough not to run into problems.

graphics cards don't go into endless loops.

poorly configred computers, go into endless loops.

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fagoatse · May 15th, 2009

4870 512 on 9.4, not a single problem with dolphin or anything else, been using ati since 2005..never had any problems.
Anybody who has problems with an ati, simply lacks the smarts to know how to use a computer properly.

Squall-Leonhart · May 15th, 2009

Say that to the developers of most of your favourite emulators and they'll tell you otherwise.

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May 14th, 2009	#2 (permalink)
nosound.97 Registered SuperKyo Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Brinstar Posts: 2,784	He needs updating to Catalyst 9.3/9.4 __________________ DeviantART \| Xtemulation \| Dolphin-Emu.com \| Deviate

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sl1nk3 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: France Posts: 373	Do not use catalyst 9.4, there are major leaks and slowdown with Dolphin and it eventually crashes after a few seconds/minutes... Hopefully, it'll be fixed in 9.5 __________________ XP x86 - Win7 x64 \| Core 2E6600 @ 3.4GHz \| P5W DH Deluxe i975x \| 2 x 2GB G.Skill PI black \| ATI HD4870 1GB

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,918	people hate ATI, because the drivers have numerous issues with texture formats, requiring various hacks. Linux support is completely fail, and something breaks from 1 release to the next. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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Cid Highwind Human Metal Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland / Hungary Posts: 13,548	Apparently good videocards, they're a great solution if you're a PC gamer. If you're a power user or heavy Emulation enthusiast, nVidia is generally recommended. I have had no complaint about my ATi cards, apart from Neverwinter Nights not running how it should. The water shader is completely broken. I think it's one of the OpenGL calls failing, but I don't know enough about the technical stuff. In PC gaming I love the card in general still. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz GPU: Sapphire ATi HD4870 / 1024MB / Core: 801 / Mem: 1000 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, 32MB PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 999.999 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

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EmanueleITA88 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 43	In this video an ati card seams to beat nvida!!! In fact it gets full speed with 4 players... YouTube - Super Smash Brothers Brawl - Dolphin R2661 Pretty strange! Waht do u think?

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EmanueleITA88 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 43	Today should be available 9.5 catalyst drivers... Do you think it will fix something in Dolphin?

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,918	probably break something else. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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deathdroid Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Somewhere Posts: 33	I have a ati graphics card and Catalyst 9.4 and everything seems to run fine no crashing issues ect. All the ati drivers I've used I have never had any problems compared to when i had a Nvidia Graphics card __________________

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,918	Anybody who has problems with an nvidia card, simply lacks the smarts to know how to use a computer properly. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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deathdroid Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Somewhere Posts: 33	It was nothing to do with the computer at all..... The graphics card kept getting stuck in an endless loop :P Maybe Squall-Leonhart you have just being lucky enough not to run into problems. __________________

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fagoatse DolphinEmu Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Poland Posts: 25	4870 512 on 9.4, not a single problem with dolphin or anything else, been using ati since 2005..never had any problems. Anybody who has problems with an ati, simply lacks the smarts to know how to use a computer properly.

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,918	Say that to the developers of most of your favourite emulators and they'll tell you otherwise. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.