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  • Spin_Dr_Wolf 13 Dec 2004 22:03:07 6,170 posts
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    Whizzo wrote:
    Pre-empting AM's normal post but I'm sure he won't mind! If he does he can buy me a pint on Saturday... ;-)
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    As an Athlon XP user running on XP I've never actually had either problem so they can't be too common. A friend has had the second issue though so I'm sure he'll be happy.
    Your a cheeky usurping git !
    So since i haven't had either of those issues, is won't bother jumping to the fully fledged 4.12's.

    EDIT : Forgot a /

    Edited by Spin Dr Wolf at 22:37:05 13-12-2004
  • AnotherMartin 13 Dec 2004 23:39:12 6,229 posts
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    bastard!! 2hrs too late. :-(

    Ah well not bad considering the threads being going a few months now, I'll up date the first post.
  • Khab 29 Dec 2004 14:32:12 6,582 posts
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    The new Omegas based on 4.12 final is out!

    Crud - you had already updated the first post without mentioning it here. Bast!

    Edited by Khab at 14:33:07 29-12-2004
  • Sid-Nice 29 Dec 2004 14:46:05 15,848 posts
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    I've got enough wrong with my PC without fucking about with more stuff. :)
  • AnotherMartin 17 Jan 2005 22:25:13 6,229 posts
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    5.1's are out.

    "Fixed in this driver"

    RELEASE NOTES
  • AnotherMartin 17 Jan 2005 22:26:17 6,229 posts
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    Khab wrote:
    The new Omegas based on 4.12 final is out!

    Crud - you had already updated the first post without mentioning it here. Bast!

    Edited by Khab at 14:33:07 29-12-2004

    ha, ha! ;-)

    Sorry, forgot to add the bump comment last time.
  • Aga 18 Jan 2005 11:25:38 2,148 posts
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    Any of you guys hearing about problems with Ati drivers and the newly released Enemy Territory Fortress?
  • deem 31 Jan 2005 09:30:00 31,653 posts
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  • AnotherMartin 31 Jan 2005 17:08:22 6,229 posts
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    Soz, went to have a look at this earlier and didn't find much.

    tbh I'm assuming no, not having SP2 won't affect your performance.

    I'd assume that if anything it'd be for .net and/or compatibility for the CCC. But is most likely just them wanting to make their support easier by simplifying the setups they recognize and support.

    They are probably working on the fact that that's where MS are heading with XP and that more and more people are going SP2 and will be pretty much forced to eventualy.

    Which drivers are you using? If it's the latest with CCC from ATI's site try the latest ones with the CP instead.

    Or just ditch them all and go with Omegas latest, though possibly hold off as he is due another release soon.

    This is all speculation from me though, the only way to be sure is to bench your current set up, take a back up/system restore point, install SP2 and bench again.
  • AnotherMartin 31 Jan 2005 17:09:39 6,229 posts
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    Try the Windows Radeon Display Drivers forum at DriverHeaven.
  • deem 31 Jan 2005 17:11:05 31,653 posts
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  • AnotherMartin 31 Jan 2005 17:18:48 6,229 posts
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    No worries.

    Now can you just stop bloddy buying new gfx cards and tempting me in to an early upgrade!!

    ;-)


    (on a more serious note though, i would be interested to hear your thoughts on this new card and the others you've tried from this gen)
  • deem 31 Jan 2005 17:28:05 31,653 posts
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  • mentat 2 Feb 2005 20:43:16 5,613 posts
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    just tried to install the latest catalyst drivers on my laptop which is equipped with a ati mobility 9700.

    I've got some dodgy texture issues in City of Heroes, so i thought i'd try updating them.

    When i try to install them though it says that it can't find the video driver and that i should try installing a standard vga driver first?!

    so i'm a little stumped.

    Any suggestions?
  • mentat 2 Feb 2005 21:56:38 5,613 posts
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    Right, i tried the omega drivers and they worked ok.

    sadly they didn't fix the problems i'm getting with CoH...

    I've stuck a screenshot here with an example of what i get.

    Can anyone make any suggestions about what's caused this, or how i can fix it?
  • deem 2 Feb 2005 22:03:14 31,653 posts
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  • Whizzo 2 Feb 2005 22:07:50 44,765 posts
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    Ah I wondered what the CoH texture problem was with Radeons but never had it happened while I played the beta with my 9800Pro.

    Anyway looking through the Rage3D forums there appears to be a solution by using an older version of the OpenGL dll, couldn't find the exact solution but if you dig through it maybe you'll find it.
  • mentat 3 Feb 2005 00:00:10 5,613 posts
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    deem wrote:
    why not just roll back the drivers?
    cos it happened on the old ones too :)
  • mentat 3 Feb 2005 00:00:30 5,613 posts
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    Whizzo wrote:
    Ah I wondered what the CoH texture problem was with Radeons but never had it happened while I played the beta with my 9800Pro.

    Anyway looking through the Rage3D forums there appears to be a solution by using an older version of the OpenGL dll, couldn't find the exact solution but if you dig through it maybe you'll find it.
    will do.

    cheers
  • AnotherMartin 10 Feb 2005 11:04:31 6,229 posts
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    New Omega's based on the 5.1 Cats.


    New Cats, version 5.2.

    Fixed in this driver

    RELEASE NOTES


    (See first post for d/l links)
  • AnotherMartin 10 Feb 2005 17:24:01 6,229 posts
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    Mentat did you ever get to the bottom of your CoH problem?

    I haven't seen anything specificaly mentioned about this game in the last couple of driver releases but early word from the DH forums seem to be that the new 5.2 Cats are giving better OpenGL performance. So it might be worth trying them out.
  • Mr_Sleep 10 Feb 2005 17:26:46 21,630 posts
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    The 5.2's seem pretty decenet and stable. Certainly noticed a little performance increase.
  • AnotherMartin 10 Feb 2005 17:30:39 6,229 posts
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    Mr Sleep wrote:
    The 5.2's seem pretty decenet and stable. Certainly noticed a little performance increase.

    Yeah they're getting good feedback over at DH, which is good as the 5.1's seemed to have been pretty bad, espec after the 4.12's being so good. It seems ATi are back on track and i'm even hearing that the CCC is finaly getting better.
  • Aga 10 Feb 2005 22:41:02 2,148 posts
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    No way I am going to install new drivers the night before WoW release! Otherwise, good tips AnotherMartin
  • Aga 10 Feb 2005 22:42:45 2,148 posts
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  • mentat 11 Feb 2005 09:28:50 5,613 posts
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    AnotherMartin wrote:
    Mentat did you ever get to the bottom of your CoH problem?

    I haven't seen anything specificaly mentioned about this game in the last couple of driver releases but early word from the DH forums seem to be that the new 5.2 Cats are giving better OpenGL performance. So it might be worth trying them out.
    No i've not sussed it.
    It's really odd. My main pc has a 9700, and the laptop has a mobility 9700, so i can't imagine there would be much difference in the two, but i don't get this problem at all on the main pc, only the laptop.
    I'll install these new drivers to see if they fix it at all.
  • AnotherMartin 11 Feb 2005 16:51:39 6,229 posts
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    Ah that may make a difference. Never used it myself but laptop users over at DH seem to talk about this a lot in relation to laptop mobility cards.

    I think it's something to do with modding drivers to install onto mobility cards. Not sure exactly why it's needed but it may be worth reading up on it.

    [link=http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=64040">This thead may be a good start, or try the driver forum
  • mentat 11 Feb 2005 17:17:58 5,613 posts
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    Cheers AM, i'll look into that tonight.
  • AnotherMartin 10 Mar 2005 10:52:32 6,229 posts
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    Official ATi Cats 5.3 are out (see first post for d/l links)

    Fixed in this driver.

    CATALYST™ Release Note Version 5.3

    New Features

    OVERDRIVE™ Version 4
    eRecord
    Windows XP Media Center Edition Display Control Panel Extension
    OpenGL Version 2.0 Support

    Plus various fixes.
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