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Carl

Hello All,

I have ordered an X1900XT the other day. The last ATI card I had was a
9700Pro. I would like to know what drivers to install when I get this card,
I have seen arguments about how bad people think the CCC is, with advice to
only download the drivers only option, and replace the CCC with other
options (cannot recall what they are called). So, any advice would be
welcome!
 
Plain ATI drivers augmented with Tray Tools is propably the most common
solution if one doesn't want CCC/.NET.

Or Omega drivers with Tray Tools.

Carl kirjoitti:
 
That was it, Tray Tools. Ta. But if I were to run CCC, would I notice any
difference, because I am not interested in overclocking.
 
That was it, Tray Tools. Ta. But if I were to run CCC, would I notice any
difference, because I am not interested in overclocking.
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Most people (probably not all) dislike the overhead of CCC. It takes a
long time, relatively, to load and I presume you'd want it to run at
Windows start-up, like you would with an alternative product, and so you'd
have to endure the delay as your desktop loads. For me, the load time was
in the 20 seconds range, which is madness. It also seems to use quite a
lot of extra RAM, 50-80mb, which is quite a lot for one tray task. You
want that RAM for Windows to give to your app or game, right! I've still
got .NET installed and run some other apps under it, and it seems to me
that the bloating is entirely down to the CCC. As far as I can see, .NET
has no obvious memory footprint or processing overhead when not in use, or
even in use, actually - the target app governs the process. Differences?
Compared to an ordinary control panel, CCC allows access to A.I and that's
about it, other than the fact it is undeniably pretty (probably it's
downfall for size). It's easy to operate it and find what you want, and
as such is probably aimed at the very average, not-too-technical user.
Tray tools can give you everything in CCC and so much more, but that "so
much more" can be dangerous to the unwary. It does warn you if you are in
danger of upsetting your card/system by fiddling too deeply. If you like
glitz on your PC then Tray Tools will disappoint, as it isn't the most
attractive interface - but the point is it does the same job, or a better
one, in a tiny space. Efficient, logical, fast. The other thing you could
do, is get the Omega drivers and run the traditional ATI control panel
that is included with that, forgetting both CCC and Tray Tools (an
optional install with Omegas). If you don't need advanced settings,
that's an easy way for you to go.

Phew! ;-)
Ian.


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You can download the 6.3 drivers with the good old control panel.

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I was just thinking how wonderful life was, when "pigdos"
Where? I didn't see them on ATI's site.
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Look under the Fire MV card.

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Guy

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