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Anyone else tried the Catalyst 5.8s?

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:32 am
by skanky
Modded them with patje's modder 2.2 i think its currently at, anyhow after its been installed i noticed that everything's slowed down, even bringing up the icons for windows looks slow (as does refreshing the desktop).

HL2 wont even start anymore complaining of a missing something something (yeah i know not helpful) so gave up went back to 5.6's.

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:55 pm
by kaplanfx
Did you mean catalyst 5.7? I just checked the site and there don't seem to be 5.8 drivers yet. Also did you install the CCC (catalyst control center) version? I have had problems with that on my thinkpad so I have switched to using the version with the ATI control center.

-kaplanfx

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:46 pm
by skanky
yes sorry i meant 5.7's. i tried the 25mb one (without CCC) and that didnt work as im currently using the 25mb 5.6's which i assume is the same sort of thing without the CCC.

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:35 pm
by kaplanfx
I installed 5.7 and got everything going, no problems like you had with the refresh in windows, however my performance in world of warcraft was quite a bit worse that with the 5.6 drivers so I have gone back to those as well. I can't tell if its a problem with the drivers or a problem with patje's mod.

-kaplanfx

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:41 pm
by emorphien
I'm going to have to try patjes modder, or rather i'd like to but it doesn't list the V3200 as being supported.

I've noticed some of this too.

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:49 pm
by a31pguy
early versions of the catalyst drivers give me 90-100+ fps in HL2. Recent versions of the drivers give me 55-70 fps. Go figure.