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Catalyst 7.8 not working well for my system.
I've installed the 7.8 and all the things in SmartGart is disabled so reverted back to 7.6 and everything is back to normal
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Aug 15, 2007, 02:50 AM
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Arrh someone else... finally! D'you have a PCIe or AGP X1950 Pro - I'm really disappointed with these drivers when everyone else seems to be freaking loving them. Why 7.6? 7.7's work really well for me.
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Aug 15, 2007, 03:21 AM
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Read the release notes before you decide to download ATi drivers.
Performance Improvements The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst™ 7.8: Lost Planet DX10 with anti-aliasing improves 11% or greater on Radeon™ HD2900XT products Radeon™ HD2600 and Radeon™ HD2400 (single and CrossFire™) show improvements of as much as 6% in 3DMark 2006 and 3DMark 2005 Serious Sam 2 with HDR enabled improves as much as 14.5% on Radeon™ HD2900, Radeon™ HD2600 and Radeon™ HD2400 products And this is why I didn't download them just like the v7.7 drivers they were directed at the HD series. |
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Aug 15, 2007, 03:53 AM
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Aug 15, 2007, 04:03 AM
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anyone getting performance boost on the x1950s?
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Aug 15, 2007, 06:31 AM
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i had the same problems with smartgart freaking out, so what i did was uninstall my chipset drivers and the ati drivers, went into safemode driver cleaner pro (ran filters with all the relevant ati and chipset), booted back up installed the chipset, restarted and then installed the 7.8s.
i was determined to get those drivers working lol btw i didnt install CCC. |
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Aug 15, 2007, 06:32 AM
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Hehe I get an average of about 20 more points in 3dmark06
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Aug 15, 2007, 11:45 AM
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Aug 15, 2007, 02:12 PM
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And that guy has a P5B motherboard which is PCI-E. |
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Aug 15, 2007, 02:25 PM
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i just tryd 7,8 doest feel diferend
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Aug 15, 2007, 02:56 PM
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nope not at all i give it a try
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Aug 15, 2007, 03:01 PM
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I tested Catalyst 7.8 with my Palit HD2600XT. The result is very well improvement.
With Catalyst 7.7 I get 97XX point in 3Dmark2005. With Catalyst 7.8 I get 103XX point. It improve about 4-6%. |
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Aug 15, 2007, 03:05 PM
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That's not bad amd64best.
Glad it helped!
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Aug 16, 2007, 12:45 PM
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Just an update and a link to AMD's Catalyst Bug Report Form - if all AGP users experiencing issues with 7.8 could fill in the form. That'd be great!
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Aug 16, 2007, 02:05 PM
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Seems some of you are having problems, jsut so happens that i have a 1950pro also, tryed the 7.8 drivers yesterday. i installed and reinstalled the bloody things 3 times , but every time after installing them and rebooting i got a screen with no icons, no closing buttons on the windows didnt do any benchmarking thou.
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Aug 16, 2007, 02:23 PM
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D'you have an AGP X1950 Pro? It seems that it's only AGP users that are affected by this. Must be something to do with the RAILTO (PCIe-to-AGP) Bridge.
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Aug 16, 2007, 02:26 PM
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After I updated my drivers my system boots slower lol...
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Aug 16, 2007, 02:31 PM
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Weird! I'd have thought you'd be PCIe with that motherboard. Anything else you've noticed, such as loss of performance within Windows and in games?
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Post count isn't an intelligence meter. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveler came as a large, moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him—that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you.
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Aug 16, 2007, 02:44 PM
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oh yeah i forgot to mention that after i installed the 7.8 drivers and went to change my screen resolution i got a popup message saying that this version of drivers is not comatible with your video card.
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And I think there has been some general performance slowdowns too. I'm thinking about going back to the trusty Omega drivers.
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Aug 16, 2007, 03:57 PM
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>.> 7.8 seems to be amazing to me, but there is one problem that i've never had before: blackouts. at random times, it gives me 1-5 second blackouts in games. there is still sound, but what really bothers me is that it always seems to happen when i'm being shot at.
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I'm with X1950XT.No probs for me after upgrading.Lost ATI Overdrive but who uses it.IMHO its better for the 1950XTs.
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Aug 16, 2007, 11:48 PM
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Are you using an AGP X1950 Pro?
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