CAT 4.8's are out

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Whee, the obvious and most important stuff first:

Does it improve performance in Doom3?-)
 
Whee, the obvious and most important stuff first:

Does it improve performance in Doom3?-)

I would guess and say no since they released the 4.9 beta drivers just for
Doom3.

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Well, according to the readme OpenGL performance is improved across the
board. Doom3 is specifically mentioned as getting 12% boost although I bet
that's on their newer boards.

Chris Smith
 
Directly from the release notes (have not verified yet though):

Performance Improvements
As with most CATALYSTT releases performance has increased in various
situations. The following performance gains are noticed:

a.. Direct3D driver efficiency has improved considerably. Significant
performance gains are noted in multiple "CPU-bound" cases, including
3DMark2001, Aquamark 3, Comanche4, Dungeon Siege, and Unreal Tournament 2003
and 2004. Typical improvements are in the 1-5% range.
b.. OpenGL driver efficiency is also improved. Older OpenGL games such as
Quake III Arena and Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory show small improvement
(1-2%) at low resolutions. Call of Duty framerates are up approximately 4%.
Doom3 improves considerably more (as much as 12% on some product
configurations) as a result of the same software efficiency improvements.
 
Well i installed the 4.8 and they suck just like all the drivers after
the 4.4's all my games have jagged lines around stuff and that's with
me un installing the drivers and installing the 4.8's don't know why
but with the 4.4's all is smooth and runs good,but battlefield vietnam
and it runs good just get little dots on some stuff must be the game.
farcry,medal of honor,battlefield 1942, vietcong,and some other games
i have run just fine with the 4.4's
 
Tönkkö said:
Whee, the obvious and most important stuff first:

Does it improve performance in Doom3?-)


The release notes say that Doom 3 gets as much as a 12% performance boost
depending on product configuration. That's better than what I was expecting
since ATI released the 4.9 betas because of Doom 3.
 
Do the 4.8s fix the area transition crash problem on KOTOR? I am using 4.4s
until that one gets fixed, as I play KOTOR a lot.
 
Broken? Hardly, just turn off the XP Firewall and use ZoneAlarm or
Norton Firewall or nothing.

Funny you mention that... ZoneAlarm is not going to work as well!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2


It's pretty bad, there are some pretty common programs here. Nero 6,
Photoshop Elements, AOL, DivxPlayer, Kazza, ICQ pro, Norton Antivirus,
Yahoo, .. the list goes on.. it's a mess.


Think I'll pass.

Pluvious
 
Pluvious wrote:
:: On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:12:04 GMT, "James A. Cooley"
::
::: Do the 4.8s fix the area transition crash problem on KOTOR? I am
::: using 4.4s until that one gets fixed, as I play KOTOR a lot.
:::
::
:: Don't install the XP SP2 then.. that game gets broken along with 50
:: other programs...

50, try some 200. Inc things like symantec AV, security software....


Way to go Micro$haft.




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:: Don't install the XP SP2 then.. that game gets broken along with 50
:: other programs...

50, try some 200. Inc things like symantec AV, security software....


Way to go Micro$haft.


hahahaha... in that program list are CURRENT MICROSOFT PROGRAMS like
officeXP!

beyond a stinkin' firewall, is there really any point installing SP2?
isn't it just a compilation of everything that has been available on
Windows Update between SP1 and now?
 
Funny you mention that... ZoneAlarm is not going to work as well!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884130&product=windowsxpsp2


It's pretty bad, there are some pretty common programs here. Nero 6,
Photoshop Elements, AOL, DivxPlayer, Kazza, ICQ pro, Norton Antivirus,
Yahoo, .. the list goes on.. it's a mess.


Think I'll pass.

Pluvious
If you're a completely clueless newbie you may have problems with some
of those programs. I think most of those problems amount to having the
new XP Firewall pop up a warning about ports being used.
Seriously, I've seen these lists with programs that will have problems,
none of them are problems for me. I'm running Nero 6, Norton Antivirus
and DivxPlayer right now, no problems.
Again, if you turn of the native XP Firewall, almost all of these
problems go away. And if you don't it's not like programs are crashing
all over the place.
The only real issue is the 10 connection limit concurrent on one port,
you need to hack the tcpip.sys file to up the number.
Be a Luddite if you want :-\ .
 
Good Man said:
hahahaha... in that program list are CURRENT MICROSOFT PROGRAMS like
officeXP!

beyond a stinkin' firewall, is there really any point installing SP2?
isn't it just a compilation of everything that has been available on
Windows Update between SP1 and now?

I have two firewalls already.. one built into the router and a software one
on each networked machine... why would I even want to turn on the pathetic
excuse for a firewall M$ built into windows anyway. I'm not that stupid...
ok so I know I run XP Pro.. so I am quite stupid... but SP2 has been touted
as the mother of all service packs... and it's more like a huge leap back
than a step forward.


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