Cat 10.3's released today! - Page 2

Zubasa · Mar 25, 2010, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paintface

no 10.3a is actually a more recent version released last week cause it didnt have to pass the whql tests.

Yes it is a preview version of the next driver set

That can be a 10.3 hotfix or 10.4.

Reefer86 · Mar 25, 2010, 11:11 AM

i have the same issues shevanel but i get it with or without a second display. Im in the process of an RMA on the card as many others here dont have the issues.

woohoo! happy 1000 posts!

Chomes · Mar 25, 2010, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=52502

I will give a run, when I get back from office...

Tatty_One · Mar 25, 2010, 01:48 PM

So are these actually any good? I am still using Vista in dual boot and have 10.1 on vista and 10.2 on 7...... is it a worthwhile upgrade, I dont tend to update on every release unless I have compatibility issues with new games I am playing.

Reefer86 · Mar 25, 2010, 01:51 PM

i would say so tatty, they have improvements in stability and fps increases in alot of games. As stated on the front page. I would say go for it!

DTV DRAGON · Mar 25, 2010, 02:21 PM

so if i have 10.3a from last week its basically the same as these correct? or would i benifit from downloading these and installing? woot woot its my birthday!!

brandonwh64 · Mar 25, 2010, 02:26 PM

happy b-day dragon! well i downloaded the 10.3 driver so when my 5850 gets here today i will be ready to install so it should be better than the beta version

DTV DRAGON · Mar 25, 2010, 02:39 PM

you will love your 5850!!! cant wait till you post back about what ya think about it, seeing you were an nvidia guy like me for so many years

brandonwh64 · Mar 25, 2010, 02:42 PM

i liked nvidia for a long time but just wanted to jump over and see what ATI has to offer! im pretty sure i will like it. later on i will post a picture of it on my thread in the ATI section once it arrives

DTV DRAGON · Mar 26, 2010, 03:41 PM

have you guys updated to the 10.3 or staying with previous 10.3a? do you think it would be a good idea to go from 10.3a to the 10.3 whql?

newfellow · Mar 27, 2010, 03:11 AM

uhh, there's pretty damn nasty bug on new catalyst v10.3 (does not affect the beta seems only to be at final).

Any other mode of VSYNC on control panel than "Always on" drops absolute full power out take out of the card at instant the screen is still. There seems to absolutely no FPS limiter / lock any were. This sure will kick low end powers down/to power loss.

Easy to test the power, tho, hehe.

Just hit Unigine benchmark up and running and hit ESC (with any other mode at Catalyst control center than 'Always on') and no VSYNC at Unigine. As far I see this also would crash nicely something like Crysis without VSYNC.

newfellow · Mar 27, 2010, 06:04 PM

Lets correct that my above statement a bit.

Seems I tested faulty the v10.3a v10.3b and v10.3(WHQL). All of these drivers suffers the same error on VSYNC although seems it's only affected by 'Unigine' Benchmark and probably there's bad coding there and not on ATI drivers (not sure on which direction the error is, but the benchmark again works flawless on Catalyst v10.2, heh). The reason why I though this wouldn't affect the v10.3a/b catalyst is because I was updating the system from v10.2 to v10.3 directly and by my mistake I didn't clean the OS, registry and AMD/ATI application data out before I updated and these drivers works with different driver file. (old editions works with 'atikmdag.sys' new editions works with 'atipmdag.sys').

--edit--

Seems, that I was wrong. The VSYNC is correct, but I was using Temporal AA and High Quality AF. Seems that those needs 100% of time VSYNC forced on.

Old issue should of figure this earlier.

subhendu · Mar 28, 2010, 04:51 PM

guys i downloaded 10.3 drivers from ati site...is there anything like 10.3 a and 10.3 b version drivers?
which one is better 10.3 / 10.3 a /10.3 b ????

DTV DRAGON · Mar 28, 2010, 05:03 PM

iam useing 10.3b with good results myself

Meizuman · Mar 29, 2010, 12:50 AM

I did notice slight FPS boost in STALKER (SoC and CS in DX9)

survivor · Mar 30, 2010, 09:09 AM

My monitor 21" Sony G520P work good with 10.2 with EDID driver in Win7 64bit on ATI 5870 - 1600x1200x100Hz and 1280x960x120Hz but with 10.3 doesnt work. Must back to 10.2 What can I do? Wait to catalyst 10.4. ???

BlindNero · Mar 30, 2010, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by survivor

My monitor 21" Sony G520P work good with 10.2 with EDID driver in Win7 64bit on ATI 5870 - 1600x1200x100Hz and 1280x960x120Hz but with 10.3 doesnt work. Must back to 10.2 What can I do? Wait to catalyst 10.4. ???

Join the club of affected CRT / HD5xxx / Win 7 x64 users hoping for a hotfix before that...
Catalyst 10.3 won't work on HD5xxx and CRT, Win 7 x64
and
http://forums.amd.com/game/messagevi...&enterthread=y

FilipM · Mar 30, 2010, 03:28 PM

With this driver i've clocked up my 5870 to 980/1270 with 1212mV. Previously (i think 10.1) 960/1270 with 1250mV

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Mar 25, 2010, 11:11 AM	#27
Reefer86 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,381 (0.97/day) Thanks: 244 Thanked 191 Times in 160 Posts System Specs	i have the same issues shevanel but i get it with or without a second display. Im in the process of an RMA on the card as many others here dont have the issues. woohoo! happy 1000 posts! __________________ My Heatware --- My For Sale

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Mar 25, 2010, 01:48 PM	#29
Tatty_One Senior(Citizen)Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Worcestershire, UK Posts: 12,741 (4.75/day) Thanks: 1,093 Thanked 1,934 Times in 1,436 Posts System Specs	So are these actually any good? I am still using Vista in dual boot and have 10.1 on vista and 10.2 on 7...... is it a worthwhile upgrade, I dont tend to update on every release unless I have compatibility issues with new games I am playing. __________________

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Mar 25, 2010, 01:51 PM	#30
Reefer86 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,381 (0.97/day) Thanks: 244 Thanked 191 Times in 160 Posts System Specs	i would say so tatty, they have improvements in stability and fps increases in alot of games. As stated on the front page. I would say go for it! __________________ My Heatware --- My For Sale

Mar 25, 2010, 02:21 PM	#31
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	so if i have 10.3a from last week its basically the same as these correct? or would i benifit from downloading these and installing? woot woot its my birthday!!

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Mar 25, 2010, 02:39 PM	#33
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	you will love your 5850!!! cant wait till you post back about what ya think about it, seeing you were an nvidia guy like me for so many years

Mar 25, 2010, 02:42 PM	#34
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,563 (10.02/day) Thanks: 2,146 Thanked 5,341 Times in 3,696 Posts System Specs	i liked nvidia for a long time but just wanted to jump over and see what ATI has to offer! im pretty sure i will like it. later on i will post a picture of it on my thread in the ATI section once it arrives __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

Mar 26, 2010, 03:41 PM	#35
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	have you guys updated to the 10.3 or staying with previous 10.3a? do you think it would be a good idea to go from 10.3a to the 10.3 whql?

Mar 27, 2010, 03:11 AM	#36
newfellow Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 317 (0.23/day) Thanks: 50 Thanked 17 Times in 16 Posts System Specs	uhh, there's pretty damn nasty bug on new catalyst v10.3 (does not affect the beta seems only to be at final). Any other mode of VSYNC on control panel than "Always on" drops absolute full power out take out of the card at instant the screen is still. There seems to absolutely no FPS limiter / lock any were. This sure will kick low end powers down/to power loss. Easy to test the power, tho, hehe. Just hit Unigine benchmark up and running and hit ESC (with any other mode at Catalyst control center than 'Always on') and no VSYNC at Unigine. As far I see this also would crash nicely something like Crysis without VSYNC. __________________ "Sex is like freeware, shareware on weekends. When do we get to open source?" -TwL Thanks AMD/ATI for banning legit customers who asks questions of your screw-ups: http://i45.tinypic.com/30j0daq.png

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Mar 27, 2010, 06:04 PM	#37
newfellow Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 317 (0.23/day) Thanks: 50 Thanked 17 Times in 16 Posts System Specs	Lets correct that my above statement a bit. Seems I tested faulty the v10.3a v10.3b and v10.3(WHQL). All of these drivers suffers the same error on VSYNC although seems it's only affected by 'Unigine' Benchmark and probably there's bad coding there and not on ATI drivers (not sure on which direction the error is, but the benchmark again works flawless on Catalyst v10.2, heh). The reason why I though this wouldn't affect the v10.3a/b catalyst is because I was updating the system from v10.2 to v10.3 directly and by my mistake I didn't clean the OS, registry and AMD/ATI application data out before I updated and these drivers works with different driver file. (old editions works with 'atikmdag.sys' new editions works with 'atipmdag.sys'). --edit-- Seems, that I was wrong. The VSYNC is correct, but I was using Temporal AA and High Quality AF. Seems that those needs 100% of time VSYNC forced on. Old issue should of figure this earlier. __________________ "Sex is like freeware, shareware on weekends. When do we get to open source?" -TwL Thanks AMD/ATI for banning legit customers who asks questions of your screw-ups: http://i45.tinypic.com/30j0daq.png Last edited by newfellow; Mar 27, 2010 at 09:55 PM.

Mar 28, 2010, 04:51 PM	#38
subhendu Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 486 (0.31/day) Thanks: 294 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts System Specs	guys i downloaded 10.3 drivers from ati site...is there anything like 10.3 a and 10.3 b version drivers? which one is better 10.3 / 10.3 a /10.3 b ????

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Mar 28, 2010, 05:03 PM	#39
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	iam useing 10.3b with good results myself

Mar 29, 2010, 12:50 AM	#40
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Mar 30, 2010, 09:09 AM	#41
survivor Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My monitor 21" Sony G520P work good with 10.2 with EDID driver in Win7 64bit on ATI 5870 - 1600x1200x100Hz and 1280x960x120Hz but with 10.3 doesnt work. Must back to 10.2 What can I do? Wait to catalyst 10.4. ???

Mar 30, 2010, 03:28 PM	#43
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