Hmmm... interesting. If it's only adding AGP support for 2K series then that's pretty bland. Still, worth an investigation. Can't be worse than the 7.8's right? ;)

From what i heard the 7.8 was a total disaster and thats why ATI got the 7.9 out so fast...

They were only poor for AGP users, from what I've read from users here and on other forums. I'll give them a whirl tonight. Hopefully they won't suck as bad as the 7.8's.

I heard these are supposed to be Bioshock PC boosters, and that is why they've been released so soon.

Where d'you hear that, you also mean leaked right?

Wait. 7.7's sucked bad that's why they released the 7.8's so fast. So the 7.8's suck so bad that the 7.9's are released already? I'm starting to see a trend.

Actually, from what I heard the 7.8's were good, espically for 2600/2900 users. Havent tried them on my 1800gto yet.

No, the 7.8 had many many problems especially for X19, X29 users. Check in their support forums or google it to see.

7.8 Betas work good for me. If I get Bioshock I might have to give these a try.

InnocentCriminalWhere d'you hear that, you also mean leaked right?

news.softpedia.com/news/PC-BioShock-demo-finally-available-Download-it-here-63149.shtml

pc.ign.com/articles/813/813748p1.html

They aren't leaked. And the softpedia page has the demo up for download, but it is really buggy. It just craps out on you at random points, so don't bother trying to get it thru them now.

I see...

I tried to download them from the link provided but they crapped out at 60% so that was annoying.

malwareAMD/ATI has leaked the latest unofficial Catalyst 7.9 driver. Coming in both Windows XP and Vista flavors, this beta version only adds support for the AGP versions of the Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 series. The driver is dated August 1st. Use at your own risk!

DOWNLOAD

Source: TechConnect Magazine

Wrong...try download the files...."Coming in both Windows XP and Vista flavors"
yeah.....the flavors are WinVista and WinVista.....

hmmm....
Vista:
visiontek.com/teksupport/drivers/DOWNLOAD/Cat_7.9/7.9_Vista_Full.exe

XP:
visiontek.com/teksupport/drivers/DOWNLOAD/Cat_7.9/XP_Full_7.9.exe

Avivo:
visiontek.com/teksupport/drivers/DOWNLOAD/Cat_7.9/XP_AVIVO_7.9.exe

i have the bioshock demo and it certainly doe not crap out,it is AWESOME.

Did you need a key for the demo Tigger?

tigger69i have the bioshock demo and it certainly doe not crap out,it is AWESOME.

where did you get it ?

you dont need no key and it was from *cough* rapidshare *cough*.it looks awesome really guys.oh and it has a dx10 option on graphics settings.

God Almigty Who ARt In Heavens layby new drivers already???? I only installed the 7.8's less then a week ago

FreedomEclipseGod Almigty Who ARt In Heavens layby new drivers already???? I only installed the 7.8's less then a week ago

It takes MS 2 weeks to sign the drivers/ They are always ahead:)

Well these drivers didn't work for me. Wouldn't even install. Does say that the 24/2600 are the supported cards. Still, I tired.

HellasVagabondNo, the 7.8 had many many problems especially for X19, X29 users. Check in their support forums or google it to see.

I have a x1900xt and 7.8 catalyst, no problems. Bioshock also runs great, there are quickfix drivers for it, don't know if these are the same?

support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894
2. 737-29041: BioShock: Users may experience stuttering with Preload, Missing surfaces and/or display corruption. 8/20/2007

Well, Ill need to update my graphics card to have these newer drivers offer any real performance benefit.

HellasVagabondNo, the 7.8 had many many problems especially for X19, X29 users. Check in their support forums or google it to see.

Zero issues here. And they perform better for me, too.

7.8= Second driver ever for me to fubar.

About Final build Catalyst 7.8s i can be another proving person that the CAT 7.8s were bugged. I own a X1950 Pro AGP, after installing the drivers the CCC displayed AGP Reads/Writes and PCI Reads/Writes as off in Smartgart, tried retesting and after restart they would be shut off, i also noticed after the first time installing most icons in Windows were missing with just the shortcut arrows displayed, that occured even after retesting. I decided to Move to 7.6s since i had 7.7s before that and apparently the 7.6 and 7.8s perform the same. To make a statement 7.3,7.6 and 7.7s don't turn off the AGP and PCI Read and Write functions, I'm not sure if thats a bug in CCC or the driver for 7.8s.