Cat 10.4 hotfix released from ATI

FreedomEclipse · Apr 20, 2010

erixx said:
AFter RMAing my 5850 and clicking in my pair of 9600's, BC2 loads much faster! MUCH faster...
(sorry for being assholic

good luck getting your 5850 back within a month. at least we dont suffer from black screens & other many 5xxx series anomalies.

MarcusTaz · Apr 20, 2010

Thanks ECH!

10TaTioN · Apr 21, 2010

10.4a is Up

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATI-Catalyst-10-4-a-Hotfix.aspx

# Long load times for new maps in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 when using a Windows 7 / Windows Vista based system with an:

* ATI Radeon HD 5xxx series graphics card
* ATI Radeon HD 4xxx series graphics card
* ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series graphics card
* ATI Radeon HD 2xxx series graphics card

* The XP driver is provided only as an early look of Catalyst 10.4

erocker · Apr 21, 2010

Interesting. I wonder what the real difference is between these 10.4a's and the 10.4 hotfix they released a week earlier as both are for BC2 loading times.

FreedomEclipse · Apr 21, 2010

downloading right now. but id like to hear from someone if it actually made any difference before installing

cadaveca · Apr 21, 2010

erocker said:
Interesting. I wonder what the real difference is between these 10.4a's and the 10.4 hotfix they released a week earlier as both are for BC2 loading times.

This version includes loading fix for all DX10+ cards. The first was only for the 5-series.

10TaTioN · Apr 21, 2010

Damn it loads a lot faster

FreedomEclipse · Apr 21, 2010

10TaTioN said:
Damn it loads a lot faster

serious?

cadaveca · Apr 21, 2010

FreedomEclipse said:
serious?

It's bloody amazing. I am first on the server, every time, no matter what server it is...takes like 5 seconds, or sometimes less, when it's the same map.

ATi is pumping out drivers like mad...they've been doing so well I realyl want them to expand on that, and hire more people, so they can put more effort into developer relations.

Mussels · Apr 22, 2010

FreedomEclipse said:
serious?

you obviously missed teh nerd rage where 10.1/11 users loaded waaaay slower than DX9/10.0

FreedomEclipse · Apr 22, 2010

Mussels said:
you obviously missed teh nerd rage where 10.1/11 users loaded waaaay slower than DX9/10.0

no - i meant as in 'does it SERIOUSLY load faster' I know it loads slow, do you think i run in DX9 with my 4870s?! id like to put all this vintage horsepower to good use.

id say its more then halved the load times

Mussels · Apr 22, 2010

FreedomEclipse said:
no - i meant as in 'does it SERIOUSLY load faster' I know it loads slow, do you think i run in DX9 with my 4870s?! id like to put all this vintage horsepower to good use.

id say its more then halved the load times

i load faster (18 seconds vs over a minute) and i get higher FPS too now. feels like crossfires actually working.

InnocentCriminal · Apr 22, 2010

I must admit it has fixed the slow loading for me, but I'm still getting black square corruption.

:/

Mussels · Apr 22, 2010

InnocentCriminal said:
I must admit it has fixed the slow loading for me, but I'm still getting black square corruption.

:/

in your case, have you updated directX?

InnocentCriminal · Apr 22, 2010

Yep!

I also tried out the Catalyst Application Profile Update as that was apparently meant to solve that issue when using a single card, but that didn't. It's not too much of a problem tbh, it goes away after a minute or so.

Reefer86 · Apr 22, 2010

nice to see them supporting the 4800 series card also with the hotfix for bfbc2 so quick!

Mussels · Apr 22, 2010

Reefer86 said:
nice to see them supporting the 4800 series card also with the hotfix for bfbc2 so quick!

right after the patch came out to prevent us benefiting from the faster load times

FreedomEclipse · Apr 22, 2010

Mussels said:
right after the patch came out to prevent us benefiting from the faster load times

QFT, next they will actively enforce the framerate cap to stop people with higher end cards/setups for having an advantage over people that can only run something like a X1600 or a 4350

OnBoard · Apr 22, 2010

^^ heh, it's just 15s = less that two minutes

erixx · Apr 22, 2010

FreedomEclipse said:
good luck getting your 5850 back within a month. at least we dont suffer from black screens & other many 5xxx series anomalies.

hehe, next monday I can recollect a brand new one! :nutkick:

Anyway, seriously: 9600SLI loads BC2 in like 5 seconds... BUT Farcry2 loads much slower with less details... so its even balanced. Different engines different factors....

Yet... should have got a 470

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