TRIPTEX_MTLAs far as I'm aware this thread is a discussion about ATI's current driver release and all comparisions to Nvidias drivers (while informative) are irrelevent.

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I agree, but it just frustrates me when a blatant fan boy can bad mouth a company with no factual evidence, he has a blind and bias view. He insists on coming into every thread that mentions ATI just so he can say "ATI SUCKS" driver this driver that.

BTW, its actually a bit ironic a thread called "Nvidia 9700M GTS causing crashes of Qosmio 305 Q701 laptop" just popped up in the Nvidia category.

Nvidia 9700M GTS causing crashes of Qosmio 305 Q7...

Back ontopic. I'm using a generic casecom PSU until my OCZ StealthXStream 2 PSU to arrives. So I can not test the Catalyst v10.9 driver out yet :s

yeah i agree trollforce is in full effect today. They seem very concerned for no reason.

erockerThat's somewhat of a blanket statement. I have not had an issue with an ATi driver in the past year at least. Plus, do these driver make any difference to what you use? Just don't make silly statements like that, it causes things to go off topic. ;)

Just started using the 10.9's and so far so good as usual.

Looks like it went off-rail anyways for a lil' bit. But OT thanks for the info. I thought I read that SC 2 had AA features in the 10.8 so I was sad when I did not see it. I'll have to take these out for a spin.

On a side note: is it a bad thing if I just overwrite the 10.8s with the 10.9s avoiding the uninstall process?

jasper1605On a side note: is it a bad thing if I just overwrite the 10.8s with the 10.9s avoiding the uninstall process?

I don't see why not. If you do have problems, you can always just start over. I would think most people just install over older drivers anyways.

*To everyone. Please keep the off topic discussion out of the thread.

Thanks!

jasper1605Looks like it went off-rail anyways for a lil' bit. But OT thanks for the info. I thought I read that SC 2 had AA features in the 10.8 so I was sad when I did not see it. I'll have to take these out for a spin.

On a side note: is it a bad thing if I just overwrite the 10.8s with the 10.9s avoiding the uninstall process?

SC2 does have AA with 10.8, you just had to force it through CCC.

DannibusXSC2 does have AA with 10.8, you just had to force it through CCC.

Ah. I read it as "There would be an option in the game to change it" But that's what happens when you scan things. You only see the words you want to see lol.

Kitkatyeah i agree trollforce is in full effect today. They seem very concerned for no reason.

Trollforce is always in effect. Just dont feed them and they'll find a nice bridge to hangout under. :cool:

Hopefully they mean "functions properly" as in "it doesn't completely halve your FPS when enabled." 10.7's AA with Starcraft II yielded horrible results...but it slightly looked nice. Giving 10.8 a shot later when I get home tonight.

erockerSo far no difference from 10.8's. I have about a 4-ish FPS boost in Mafia II. BCBC2 is working fine, loads up fast. Left 4 Dead 1&2 no issues. One thing I recommend is going into the video settings and turning down all of the "denoise" and "deblocking" type options down to at least 20 for best video quality. It seems the default settings like to overdo things a bit. * I went by the guide, it's 2nd nature to me now. :)

what guide and where can i find it good sir?

exodusprime1337what guide and where can i find it good sir?

Post #21, you need to reeeeeead bro :slap: ;)

My issues:

As I found with 10.6, the text on the ATI registration window that pops up at the start is corrupt. Abiword is the only word processing software I have installed, I don't know if that is relevant.

I increased the scan slightly in CCC to minimize a small black border. No problems, but when I restarted the desktop was now so overscanned that it had moved slightly beyond the frame of the tv, cutting off the date and portions of icons. I clicked on CCC and without having to do anything else, the issue fixed itself and the desktop returned to the correct resolution. This issue occured each time I restarted.

I tried Metro 2033 and the three Company of Heroes titles: all ran perfectly. However, the two Dawn of War II titles crashed after the opening cinematics, just before the main menu appears. All games were played via Steam; I say this just in case the extremely recent inclusion of the ATI drivers on this platform could be causing me problems.

I restarted a number of times and none of the issues fixed themselves before finally deciding to reinstall 10.4, the drivers I had been using without issue up to this point: once again all issues were immediately resolved.

Any ideas what could be going on here? Why does my rig like 10.4 so much? I am more or less at the stage of sticking with 10.4 and ignoring all future drivers: that wouldn't be the end of the world, but it would be nice to know that I could move beyond 10.4 if I so desired. Any constructive input would be much appreciated.

much like you Mr McC, i had a really good experience with 10.3, but .4 .5 after that were no good for me (bsods on driver uninstall and lots of other minor silly nonsense which shouldnt happen on a stable rig) . I pressed on and by the time 10.7 was out my issues were resolved.

I look foward to trying 10.9 out tonight :)

Mr McCMy issues:

As I found with 10.6, the text on the ATI registration window that pops up at the start is corrupt. Abiword is the only word processing software I have installed, I don't know if that is relevant.

I increased the scan slightly in CCC to minimize a small black border. No problems, but when I restarted the desktop was now so overscanned that it had moved slightly beyond the frame of the tv, cutting off the date and portions of icons. I clicked on CCC and without having to do anything else, the issue fixed itself and the desktop returned to the correct resolution. This issue occured each time I restarted.

I tried Metro 2033 and the three Company of Heroes titles: all ran perfectly. However, the two Dawn of War II titles crashed after the opening cinematics, just before the main menu appears. All games were played via Steam; I say this just in case the extremely recent inclusion of the ATI drivers on this platform could be causing me problems.

I restarted a number of times and none of the issues fixed themselves before finally deciding to reinstall 10.4, the drivers I had been using without issue up to this point: once again all issues were immediately resolved.

Any ideas what could be going on here? Why does my rig like 10.4 so much? I am more or less at the stage of sticking with 10.4 and ignoring all future drivers: that wouldn't be the end of the world, but it would be nice to know that I could move beyond 10.4 if I so desired. Any constructive input would be much appreciated.

That's weird, I liked 10.4, it seemed to be the best for me till.... 10.8 and Im having nothing but good luck using them. 10.9 I just installed and nada, no problems at all. Im going to run some mark benches to compair 10.8 to 10.9.

Im sure you used EROCKERS guide to do a proper un and new Install:cool:

Runnin goos so far!

I have a few things to do then I am going to try these on my 5970. I like the fact that ATI work on their drivers all the time.

What about Amnesia: The Dark Descent? Game still doesn't support crossfire at all.

this is good news

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broken img tags bro

cool

Tried out the AMD driver updater in Steam tonight and it worked perfectly. :toast:

For some reason the Steam version is about 115MB, while the standard AMD/ATI download is about 80MB. :confused:

I just updated to these and S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat looks better. No need for me to bench.
EDIT: I was running 10.8's and noticed an improvment in game straight away with 10.9.

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WTF !!

Still they are calling it ATI Catalyst ?!!!

Steam won't run the driver after it seemingly insta-downloads, do I need to run steam as admin or something?