Catalyst 7.8 not working well for my system.

Ryosuke · Aug 14, 2007

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 :wtf:

InnocentCriminal · Aug 15, 2007

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.

Widjaja · Aug 15, 2007

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.

Ryosuke · Aug 15, 2007

InnocentCriminal said:
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.

It's a AGP

NinkobEi · Aug 15, 2007

anyone getting performance boost on the x1950s?

scope54 · Aug 15, 2007

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.

niko084 · Aug 15, 2007

Hehe I get an average of about 20 more points in 3dmark06

Work for me.

InnocentCriminal · Aug 15, 2007

Widjaja said:
Read the release notes before you decide to download ATi drivers.

How d'you know I don't? It's always worth trying out new GFX drivers even if you do have an older card.

scope54 said:
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.

I am I right in thinking you've managed to get them to work fluently for you now after taking this course of action & is your Pro AGP or PCIe?

Widjaja · Aug 15, 2007

InnocentCriminal said:
How d'you know I don't? It's always worth trying out new GFX drivers even if you do have an older card.

I am I right in thinking you've managed to get them to work fluently for you now after taking this course of action & is your Pro AGP or PCIe?

No need to take it to heart mate, I'm talking about the general public here, just in case. . . . .

And that guy has a P5B motherboard which is PCI-E.

Morgoth · Aug 15, 2007

i just tryd 7,8 doest feel diferend

InnocentCriminal · Aug 15, 2007

Widjaja said:
And that guy has a P5B motherboard which is PCI-E.

scope54 can't be running an Intel based chipset when he has an AMD CPU. After Googling his motherboard I find out it is actually AGP that his board supports. I think logic would then state he has a AGP GFX card, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Morgoth said:
i just tryd 7,8 doest feel diferend

That's good! Did you do any benchmarks before installing the drivers to actually any difference?

Morgoth · Aug 15, 2007

nope not at all i give it a try

amd64best · Aug 15, 2007

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%.

InnocentCriminal · Aug 15, 2007

That's not bad amd64best.

Glad it helped!

InnocentCriminal · Aug 16, 2007

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!

Morgoth · Aug 16, 2007

rih0 · Aug 16, 2007

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.

InnocentCriminal · Aug 16, 2007

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.

Casheti · Aug 16, 2007

After I updated my drivers my system boots slower lol...

InnocentCriminal · Aug 16, 2007

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?

rih0 · Aug 16, 2007

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.

theonetruewill · Aug 16, 2007

Casheti said:
After I updated my drivers my system boots slower lol...

Yeah me too. :wtf:

And I think there has been some general performance slowdowns too. I'm thinking about going back to the trusty Omega drivers.

bassmasta · Aug 16, 2007

>.> 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.
:mad:

zCexVe · Aug 17, 2007

I'm with X1950XT.No probs for me after upgrading.Lost ATI Overdrive but who uses it.IMHO its better for the 1950XTs.

InnocentCriminal · Aug 17, 2007

Are you using an AGP X1950 Pro?

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