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ATI Catalyst 10.1 Driver Suite Released

One more suggestion - have you tried in a different browser? Try chrome for example. If it's still choppy, make a new thread just like Mussels said.


Mussels - thanks, I was always going the long way around I guess.. :o
 
plays smooth here. hell, maybe its your internet.

Enough on this - make a new thread, post a link to it here and we'll move the conversation over there. Its clear your problem isn't about the drivers at this stage.

Alright. Which part of the forum is recommended to?:D
 
So far complete stability from these drivers, haven't noticed any visible boosts in crysis/l4d2
 
is there any improvement with Mass Effect 2?
It would be great if it will reduce flickering while playing tha game.

ati 4770@ windows xp
 
CS4 is still busted. Damn this new Open GL.
 
How come HD5600-series and lower is never officially mentioned in the release notes? I'm feeling kind of left out with my HD5650 mobility :D
 
You have NFS:Shift and a HD4870X2. So you have the flickering head- and tail lights and start/finish lights crossfire-bug. ;)

I will check ...but dont recall having that...brb on that.

EDIT: Head lights and tailights are perfect as well as the start light....confused on this issue people are having. I do indeed have 4870x2's so hmmm.
 
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I often wonder...... Now I have had some problems with ATI's drivers in the past..... But for the most part not as many as I see everyone else having.
I wonder are people completely cleaning their old drivers maybe because of being in a rush???? I mean really I have never had as many problems as some people have been claiming.

I don't know maybe I'm just lucky! :)
 
I haven't had any problems either.
BC2 plays great :)
 
I often wonder...... Now I have had some problems with ATI's drivers in the past..... But for the most part not as many as I see everyone else having.
I wonder are people completely cleaning their old drivers maybe because of being in a rush???? I mean really I have never had as many problems as some people have been claiming.

I don't know maybe I'm just lucky! :)


I'm confident that when it comes to software issues, primarily 3d(games etc.), that it's more down to driver level 'profiles,' rather than the overall changes from one driver .inf to the next. Because really,(unless they're leaving out tons of information from release notes), the only things that change are miscellaneous, like tuner card issues, or a certain aspect of a control center being 'grayed' out or not being able to force a refresh rate etc.

Take a game like Risen for example; it takes a 4870X2 or greater to feel even remotely comfortable with it's performance, and even then it bogs down quite a bit. Rename the executable to Crysis, and the driver runs a crossfire capable profile, which then boosts the game's performance considerably. The only way this would have anything to do with driver version, would be if the driver was so old it didn't even have the Crysis profile. Eventually a new driver will incorporate the support for Risen, and then it will be a moot point.

True that there's some drivers that seem to get flakey with certain GPUs, and result in things like BSODs, but then some people go from one version to the next to the next and etc., having no issues at all.

It's safe to say that new drivers don't often make massive differences across the board so to speak, and if it's giving you issues right off the bat, then go back to your previous one.

If people took the mindset that most new driver versions are more like hotfixes, then maybe they wouldn't be as expectant and in-turn, as dissapointed.
 
I just want them to fix the driver so CS4 will stop its damn flickering. Its killing my productivity!
 
So far, I'm doing fine on my end. However I'm still getting crashes on STALKER, and I feel bad that there is really no warm welcome with 3DMark Vantage performance boosts. Can't wait for 10.2 now XD.
 
I have a problem with the new driver also. My monitor keeps going black at random and sometimes my desktop resets to basic aero. None of this happened with 9.12. Im going back.
 
I have a problem with the new driver also. My monitor keeps going black at random and sometimes my desktop resets to basic aero. None of this happened with 9.12. Im going back.

normally a sign of too high OC.
 
normally a sign of too high OC.

It never happen before under 9.12. Also look at the OC. Its pretty damn mild. Anyway I just did a clean install of 10.1. I also noticed I forgot to turn off my IGP. Ill post back with the results soon.
 
It never happen before under 9.12. Also look at the OC. Its pretty damn mild. Anyway I just did a clean install of 10.1. I also noticed I forgot to turn off my IGP. Ill post back with the results soon.

the driver may not play nice with OC's. i've seen that before.
 
the driver may not play nice with OC's. I've seen that before.

Well its been 10 minutes and no issues so far. Ether the IGP was causing a conflict or the install was bad. FYI it says 10.1 now instead of 9.12. ATI fixed that bug FAST!
 
Well its been 10 minutes and no issues so far. Ether the IGP was causing a conflict or the install was bad. FYI it says 10.1 now instead of 9.12. ATI fixed that bug FAST!

oh really :D

must be a new download up, i cbf re-downloading just for that fix
 
I just want them to fix the driver so CS4 will stop its damn flickering. Its killing my productivity!

LOL. I have this problem with Photoshop like...forever. And I changed at least 4 video cards and the same thing when activated the hardware acc. I thing Photoshop is to blame, not the drivers. I might be wrong tho...:wtf:
 
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