Catalyst 4.2 are out!

Melhisedek · February 12th, 2004

www.ati.com

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

Their servers are really great !!!

**Razor Blade** · February 12th, 2004

Wow thats cool. Damn I just upgraded. They are being just as bad as Nvidia was

Releasing drivers all the time.

But good for us. I'll see if theres any improvements.

didamangi · February 12th, 2004

Early tests by me shows that:

- NFS:U runs smoother
- Gln64 framebuffer still broken
- Cannot run Crazy Taxi 3 with it (it's a game problems, readme did suggest to use drivers before 3.9)
- Enemy Territory performance back on track.

Can't wait to see some cool features of smart shaders implemented on Pete's plugins (hopefully)

RF · February 12th, 2004

I think I will wait for the Omega drivers. The 4.1's gave me a rather large performance loss.

Gamer1 · February 13th, 2004

hmm... i wonder where they pulled the 15% performance improvement for ut2k3...

methinks something smells fishy

**Razor Blade** · February 13th, 2004

Maybe from the first drivers ever released? LOL.

RF · February 13th, 2004

Well, my performance dropped about 10-15 fps in ut2k4 compared to the omega 3.10's.
I can manage 35-40 fps with 6xFSAA with omega drivers.

D.D. · February 13th, 2004

hmmm...have u tried these RB (or Hybrid or whoever else)? juss wanna know from someone using a similar card.

**Kirby** · February 13th, 2004

Quote:

Framerates in Halo are up 3 to 4%

what is 3% of 15fps?

Anyways, a release is a release

I'll try to remember to uninstall the previous drivers this time

Badaro · February 13th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gamer1

hmm... i wonder where they pulled the 15% performance improvement for ut2k3...

methinks something smells fishy

They said "Up to 15% improvement", which is marketing talk for "In some very special circunstances a 15% improvement".

[]s Badaro

**Razor Blade** · February 13th, 2004

>>hmmm...have u tried these RB

I am going to do a UT2K3 benchmark with the 4.1 and then with the 4.2

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didamangi Interplay sucks! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indonesia Posts: 1,212	Early tests by me shows that: - NFS:U runs smoother - Gln64 framebuffer still broken - Cannot run Crazy Taxi 3 with it (it's a game problems, readme did suggest to use drivers before 3.9) - Enemy Territory performance back on track. Can't wait to see some cool features of smart shaders implemented on Pete's plugins (hopefully) __________________ Updated! PC rig : Athlon XP 2500+ Barton, Shuttle AN35[N] Ultra, 1.5GB DDRAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, Compromate Video TV Tuner, LG GDR8162B DVD-Rom, Liteon CDRW 52/24/52, Win XP Home SP2, Maxtor 6Y120L0 120GB. Consoles : Dreamcast (finally!!), PS2, Saturn, SNES Butuh bantuan menginstall ePSXe atau Project 64? Klik aja disini.

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RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,580	I think I will wait for the Omega drivers. The 4.1's gave me a rather large performance loss. __________________

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Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	hmm... i wonder where they pulled the 15% performance improvement for ut2k3... methinks something smells fishy __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

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RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,580	Well, my performance dropped about 10-15 fps in ut2k4 compared to the omega 3.10's. I can manage 35-40 fps with 6xFSAA with omega drivers. __________________

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D.D. band Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: HERE Posts: 4,566	hmmm...have u tried these RB (or Hybrid or whoever else)? juss wanna know from someone using a similar card. __________________ 1. Small, Cheap, Powerful - you can have only two 2. Everytime you engineer something foolproof, the world comes up with a better idiot. 3. 「学問とは虚栄である。」 The PS3 Cell Processor Explained Page, IBM Research's Introduction to Cell Multiprocessor and Cell Processor Programming Guide

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