Catalyst 3.7 released!!!

Melhisedek · September 4th, 2003

Download link:

http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

Release Notes:
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst...ase_Notes.html

Good Luck !!!

Badaro · September 4th, 2003

Quote:

The CATALYST™ driver now provides a Triple Buffering Option. Enabling Triple Buffering has the potential to increase performance under certain conditions. Please refer to the help file of the feature for additional information. This new feature is located in the OpenGL Compatibility Settings tab.

Nice, a triple buffering option. Too bad it's OpenGL-only.

[]s Badaro

September 5th, 2003

Didnt Direct3d alrdy have a way to force triplebuffering hidden in tweakers?

I thought OpenGL was the big complaint.

Andrew Hruska · September 5th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATI Release Notes for CATALYST 3.7

RADEON 7000 gains as much as 25% in Direct3D titles when running at very high resolution (1600x1200). Aquamark, Comanche 4, Dungeon Siege, Expendable, Giants and Re-Volt all gain approximately 20% at this setting. OpenGL titles are not affected

To switch, or not to switch, that is the question

EDIT: WOOHOO! My 600th post! yeah, w00t! alrighty.. 600!

RF · September 5th, 2003

Im going to install in 43 minutes

Melhisedek · September 5th, 2003

Well I think I'll just try to sit tight and wait for Omegas =)

chp · September 5th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melhisedek

Well I think I'll just try to sit tight and wait for Omegas =)

I agree....

caipirinha · September 5th, 2003

yay thanks

, i hope this one fixes the crash to desktop of the homeworld 2 demo

Noxious Ninja · September 5th, 2003

First to download, then to see what this breaks. :P

Fortunately, the release notes never contain all the fixes, so some of this stuff mught actually help me.

EDIT: Anybody know where to download MMC 8.6? The download page still has 8.5.

EDIT2: Remote Wonder 2.0 is up yet, either.

Bahamut_Zero · September 6th, 2003

it still doesn't work with R9600np

Cons · September 6th, 2003

Dling it right now, 8mins more to go(only 20kb/s dl). i hope it fixes several stuff. and ofcourse some real performance improvement. ill post some comment some time soon

**n_w95482** · September 6th, 2003

I downloaded 3.7 but I haven't tested it yet. I wonder if it will speed up Counter-Strike because I noticed some slowdown on certain levels, even with my new comp. With the 3.6 drivers I got 12,309 3dmarks in 3dmark2k1 and 3623 3dmarks in 3dmark 2k3 and between 55 and 120 fps in NASCAR Racing 4 with max graphics and no sound.

Melhisedek · September 6th, 2003

According to some peeps it fixes CS slowdowns =)

RF · September 6th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melhisedek

According to some peeps it fixes CS slowdowns =)

I think the fix is for opengl and fsaa. When you had fsaa enabled sometimes screenshots would get messed up.

Cons · September 8th, 2003

i installed it, man have i got problems. i cant even use any app that uses the vid card. when i try using 3dmark03 it sez that my card doesnt support this blah blah blah.i cant even play dvd movies. ill try it again maybe tom, i must've messed somthin up. hope i can fix it. about that 3dmark score, mine is only <11000 in 2001 and 3300+ in 2003.wish i have a better proc

**n_w95482** · September 8th, 2003

Well I didn't get to test the 3.7's very much because I installed the omega drivers last night

. For some reason the difference between the framerates with 6X FSAA and 16X AF in NASCAR 4 and no FSAA and AF aren't much (maybe 10 fps less if that). I also played it in windowed mode with task manager open and during practice with 42 other cars the CPU only hit between 85-98%. Sometimes it hit 100% but most of the time it was in the 90's. Does that mean that my video card is bottlenecking my processor?

September 4th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Melhisedek Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 495	Catalyst 3.7 released!!! Download link: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html Release Notes: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst...ase_Notes.html Good Luck !!! __________________ Love can die, but Power is forever!

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RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! Im going to install in 43 minutes __________________

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Melhisedek Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 495	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! Well I think I'll just try to sit tight and wait for Omegas =) __________________ Love can die, but Power is forever!

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caipirinha Change your heart Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 1,986	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! yay thanks , i hope this one fixes the crash to desktop of the homeworld 2 demo

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Noxious Ninja Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: teh intarweb Posts: 1,718	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! First to download, then to see what this breaks. :P Fortunately, the release notes never contain all the fixes, so some of this stuff mught actually help me. EDIT: Anybody know where to download MMC 8.6? The download page still has 8.5. EDIT2: Remote Wonder 2.0 is up yet, either. __________________ 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0 Last edited by The Khan Artist; September 5th, 2003 at 17:05.

September 5th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
ChrisRay Guest Posts: n/a	Didnt Direct3d alrdy have a way to force triplebuffering hidden in tweakers? I thought OpenGL was the big complaint.

September 6th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Bahamut_Zero Blitz Gundam Pilot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In Final Heaven Posts: 1,014	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! it still doesn't work with R9600np __________________ Please Visit my website http://bahamutdesign.bravepages.com/ huh.. pengen balik ke indo neh

September 6th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Cons Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philippines Posts: 325	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! Dling it right now, 8mins more to go(only 20kb/s dl). i hope it fixes several stuff. and ofcourse some real performance improvement. ill post some comment some time soon __________________ courtesy of STRIDER....thanks man

September 6th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! I downloaded 3.7 but I haven't tested it yet. I wonder if it will speed up Counter-Strike because I noticed some slowdown on certain levels, even with my new comp. With the 3.6 drivers I got 12,309 3dmarks in 3dmark2k1 and 3623 3dmarks in 3dmark 2k3 and between 55 and 120 fps in NASCAR Racing 4 with max graphics and no sound. __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

September 6th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
Melhisedek Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 495	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! According to some peeps it fixes CS slowdowns =) __________________ Love can die, but Power is forever!

September 8th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
Cons Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philippines Posts: 325	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! i installed it, man have i got problems. i cant even use any app that uses the vid card. when i try using 3dmark03 it sez that my card doesnt support this blah blah blah.i cant even play dvd movies. ill try it again maybe tom, i must've messed somthin up. hope i can fix it. about that 3dmark score, mine is only <11000 in 2001 and 3300+ in 2003.wish i have a better proc __________________ courtesy of STRIDER....thanks man

September 8th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Re: Catalyst 3.7 released!!! Well I didn't get to test the 3.7's very much because I installed the omega drivers last night . For some reason the difference between the framerates with 6X FSAA and 16X AF in NASCAR 4 and no FSAA and AF aren't much (maybe 10 fps less if that). I also played it in windowed mode with task manager open and during practice with 42 other cars the CPU only hit between 85-98%. Sometimes it hit 100% but most of the time it was in the 90's. Does that mean that my video card is bottlenecking my processor?

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