Unoffical WHQL Catalyst 3.3 drivers realeased

April 24th, 2003

Over at guru3d.com they have the the unoffical Cat 3.3 drivers for ATI cards available. They are unoffical because they are from a partner of ATI not from ATI directly, but they are WHQL certified by MS so they might as well be offical. These drivers are promising a 5% speed increase and the control panel is updated as well. I'm downloading them right now and will report when I have tested them. So, all you ATI owners out there, "get 'em while they're hot!"

:grin:
sincerely,
sx/amiga

dhkimboa · April 24th, 2003

ahh thanks, sxamiga for the good news
but guru3d also says that the official drivers will come in this week so I'll guess I'll wait. May be finally mgs2 will be supported by ati cards

5 increase? great next time, they will have to be anothe 5 increase in speed :grin:

Badaro · April 24th, 2003

From what I heard they're not the 3.3 Catalysts, more like an interim build between 3.2 and 3.3. And it's only for the 9700/9800 cards, so I can't test them here.

[]s Badaro

dhkimboa · April 24th, 2003

they were release by dell

April 24th, 2003

Well Dell is a reputable company and I have a 9700 pro (same as you dhkim) so I would guess that the only thing that the offical drivers will have, that these don't, is support for all the other ATI Radeon cards. Seems like a safe bet to try these, especially w/them already being WHQL certified by MS.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

Badaro · April 24th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by dhkim
they were release by dell

I know.

Quote:

Originally posted by dhkim
but guru3d also says that the official drivers will come in this week so I'll guess I'll wait

According to Rage3d.com the official drivers will be delayed. They got this bit of information from ATI:

Quote:

We have encountered some minor difficulties in obtaining WHQL certification for drivers based on the 7.86 build version. At this time it seems that a fully unified CATALYST release may be postponed for a few weeks

[]s Badaro

dhkimboa · April 24th, 2003

few weekssss???

:bash:

April 24th, 2003

Im so glad i still own an nvidia card . drivers every week :P

But im switching to the 'dark side' soon

Sapphire raedon 9500 pro 128mb , so i hope the new catas will be out by then .

dhkimboa · April 24th, 2003

so I've been in the dark side a few weeks ago

April 24th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by dhkim
May be finally mgs2 will be supported by ati cards

http://www.konami.com/usa/support.shtml

dhkimboa · April 24th, 2003

thanks, samor I already read that -_-'

April 24th, 2003

k..it was just in case you didnt

April 24th, 2003

well at least you know their working on it .
some companies dont care much .

dhkimboa · April 24th, 2003

yeah, that's right
but I pity for ati card owners lower than 8500. It won't be working with lower ati radeon cards. :sad:

D.D. · April 24th, 2003

Hey, if any of you guys have these drivers (3.3) and divx player 2.1, can you test to see if they enable the special post-processing acceleration option?

April 25th, 2003

Yup dhkim, you too have joined the dark side. The dark side of ATI Radeon owners.:grin: Cool place to be isn't it?:nod2:
sincerely,
sx/amiga

dhkimboa · April 25th, 2003

yeahhhh, but I will be in the darkest side of all now that I want a 9800pro

just joking

April 26th, 2003

Good joke dhkim.:grin: But on a more serious note, best off leave these drivers alone unless you have a Dell computer. I tried to install them last night and all they did was mess up my computer and refuse to install. So, I, like you dhkim, will be waiting for the offical ATI drivers. Chalk ths one up to experience.
BTW, my PC is allright, I reinstalled my offical ATI Cat. 3.2 drivers and now every thing is like before.

sincerely,
sx/amiga

**Yeloazndevil** · April 26th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by sxamiga
Good joke dhkim.:grin: But on a more serious note, best off leave these drivers alone unless you have a Dell computer. I tried to install them last night and all they did was mess up my computer and refuse to install. So, I, like you dhkim, will be waiting for the offical ATI drivers. Chalk ths one up to experience.
BTW, my PC is allright, I reinstalled my offical ATI Cat. 3.2 drivers and now every thing is like before.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

guru3d should of said something about that, but they didn't

April 26th, 2003

You're right yeloazndevil, they should have said something, but they didn't. That is why I did. So as to save others the grief that I had when I tried them. Hopefully they'll listen.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

April 24th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	Unoffical WHQL Catalyst 3.3 drivers realeased Over at guru3d.com they have the the unoffical Cat 3.3 drivers for ATI cards available. They are unoffical because they are from a partner of ATI not from ATI directly, but they are WHQL certified by MS so they might as well be offical. These drivers are promising a 5% speed increase and the control panel is updated as well. I'm downloading them right now and will report when I have tested them. So, all you ATI owners out there, "get 'em while they're hot!" :grin: sincerely, sx/amiga

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Badaro Rosen Ritter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,394	From what I heard they're not the 3.3 Catalysts, more like an interim build between 3.2 and 3.3. And it's only for the 9700/9800 cards, so I can't test them here. []s Badaro __________________ My old signature became obsolete and I lack imagination to make a new one.

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April 24th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	ahh thanks, sxamiga for the good news but guru3d also says that the official drivers will come in this week so I'll guess I'll wait. May be finally mgs2 will be supported by ati cards 5 increase? great next time, they will have to be anothe 5 increase in speed :grin:

April 24th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	they were release by dell

April 24th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	Well Dell is a reputable company and I have a 9700 pro (same as you dhkim) so I would guess that the only thing that the offical drivers will have, that these don't, is support for all the other ATI Radeon cards. Seems like a safe bet to try these, especially w/them already being WHQL certified by MS. sincerely, sx/amiga

April 24th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	few weekssss??? :bash:

April 24th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
chaosblade Guest Posts: n/a	Im so glad i still own an nvidia card . drivers every week :P But im switching to the 'dark side' soon Sapphire raedon 9500 pro 128mb , so i hope the new catas will be out by then .

April 24th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	so I've been in the dark side a few weeks ago

April 24th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	thanks, samor I already read that -_-'

April 24th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Samor Guest Posts: n/a	k..it was just in case you didnt

April 24th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
chaosblade Guest Posts: n/a	well at least you know their working on it . some companies dont care much .

April 24th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	yeah, that's right but I pity for ati card owners lower than 8500. It won't be working with lower ati radeon cards. :sad:

April 25th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	Yup dhkim, you too have joined the dark side. The dark side of ATI Radeon owners.:grin: Cool place to be isn't it?:nod2: sincerely, sx/amiga

April 25th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
dhkimboa BOA Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mexico Posts: 1,884	yeahhhh, but I will be in the darkest side of all now that I want a 9800pro just joking

April 26th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	Good joke dhkim.:grin: But on a more serious note, best off leave these drivers alone unless you have a Dell computer. I tried to install them last night and all they did was mess up my computer and refuse to install. So, I, like you dhkim, will be waiting for the offical ATI drivers. Chalk ths one up to experience. BTW, my PC is allright, I reinstalled my offical ATI Cat. 3.2 drivers and now every thing is like before. sincerely, sx/amiga

April 26th, 2003	#20 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	You're right yeloazndevil, they should have said something, but they didn't. That is why I did. So as to save others the grief that I had when I tried them. Hopefully they'll listen. sincerely, sx/amiga