cat 8.2 are out !!!!!!!!!!!

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"Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System: A white dot no
longer appears on the windows desktop when launching the Catalyst Control
Center. However, this issue may still be experienced under the Windows XP
operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31715"

It becomes more interesting when you try to actually search for KB article
737-31715...
 
First of One said:
"Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System: A white dot no
longer appears on the windows desktop when launching the Catalyst Control
Center. However, this issue may still be experienced under the Windows XP
operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31715"

It becomes more interesting when you try to actually search for KB article
737-31715...
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I knew that. Since I don't use the ati tray tool, the white dot is the last
thing I'd worry about.
 
First of One said:
"Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System: A white dot no
longer appears on the windows desktop when launching the Catalyst Control
Center. However, this issue may still be experienced under the Windows XP
operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31715"

It becomes more interesting when you try to actually search for KB article
737-31715...
Click to expand...

Dare I ask as to whether AGP functionality for the X1650 Pro series has been
addressed? Naaah, forget it.
 
First:

I'm still wondering if I should roll-back to the Crysis hot-fix for the
3870. The more I use 8.1, the more I feel I got better performance under the
hot-fix than 8.1. And now that two updates have been issued and their is no
permanent fix so far for the Crysis game I'm getting itchy to jump back.
What do you think?

William
 
Well, I have just been playing Bioshock for an hour there with no problems
at all. My setup is a crossfire 3870- one reference design, the other the
shorter card with the quieter cooler. It was displaying 1920x1600 on a 24"
widescreen monitor with all details set as high as they would go, and it
played flawlessly. Of course, I have been trying to play Medieval 2 on Steam
and it crashes constantly, but I have not tried that yet with the 8.2, Lomac
and Falcon4 AF and FSX run great.
 
How are you measuring Crysis performance, real-time framerates or the
timedemo?

According to the HardOCP article, the "hotfix" driver only pumps up the
timedemo scores, with minimal benefits in actual gameplay:
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ2MSw0LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

All sadder because Crysis as a game isn't even that good. Playability sucks.
The suit control interface sucks. Perhaps it's just me, but of such a game I
would expect something more than, say, dead bodies lying without the
slightest hint of damage and unaffected by bullets striking them. Not to
mention enemies who take the bullets like they were AirSoft BBs. We had
proper 3D exit wounds 5 years ago in Soldier of Fortune II; there's no
excuse here.
 
I'm going by how I see the game run. I play this game way to much for a man
of my age. -- I did two things last month; I installed cat 8.1 over ATI's
Crysis Hot-Fix, and I installed Crysis' update to the program. Now I see
interment shuttering, (can be fixed by reloading the game,) and I have had
to turn off AA or I loose the rectiles within the rifle scopes.

However, I have noticed a markable improvement in HD load time while playing
the game, which manifests itself as a "freeze" in the play while the update
is being loaded. I've also noticed many fixes to things on fire and what
not.

All that stuff you said about the game is true, but when is something better
coming out? It's getting hard to find anything to play on my PC that
interests me anymore. Most of the new games are garbage and I am tired of
being ripped off after going to the trouble of installing a game on my
computer. The game reviewers are worthless - they are just pushing product
for money anymore. And I don't like on-line real time game play. I want
mindless off-line enjoyment entertainment from my game money.

Oh - and I hate DRM. Spin up - down, up - down, 18 times until the disk
settles down to allow a game to start. And don't even think of leaving the
game in the DVD while booting up the computer. NOT!

If I knew who invented DRM, I would fart in their general direction.

William
 
William said:
I'm going by how I see the game run. I play this game way to much for a man
of my age. -- I did two things last month; I installed cat 8.1 over ATI's
Crysis Hot-Fix, and I installed Crysis' update to the program. Now I see
interment shuttering, (can be fixed by reloading the game,) and I have had
to turn off AA or I loose the rectiles within the rifle scopes.

However, I have noticed a markable improvement in HD load time while playing
the game, which manifests itself as a "freeze" in the play while the update
is being loaded. I've also noticed many fixes to things on fire and what
not.

All that stuff you said about the game is true, but when is something better
coming out? It's getting hard to find anything to play on my PC that
interests me anymore. Most of the new games are garbage and I am tired of
being ripped off after going to the trouble of installing a game on my
computer. The game reviewers are worthless - they are just pushing product
for money anymore. And I don't like on-line real time game play. I want
mindless off-line enjoyment entertainment from my game money.

Oh - and I hate DRM. Spin up - down, up - down, 18 times until the disk
settles down to allow a game to start. And don't even think of leaving the
game in the DVD while booting up the computer. NOT!

If I knew who invented DRM, I would fart in their general direction.

William
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I have a x1950Pro AGP and I have the 8.2' installed with no issues

knock on wood
 
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