What's this driver update at windows update for ATI cards do/for?

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Shown as "ATI Technologies Inc. display software update released on December
12 2003".
What is this? Is it the catalyst 4.2? I'm pretty weary about downloading it
since I'm not exactly sure what it does (and it's MS, you know). Anyone
here try it? Did it improve or decrease performance at all? I tried
dejanews searching, but came up blank =(. Any info is appreciated.

Khabs,
Mark
 
The Mighty MF said:
Shown as "ATI Technologies Inc. display software update released on December
12 2003".
What is this? Is it the catalyst 4.2? I'm pretty weary about downloading it
since I'm not exactly sure what it does (and it's MS, you know). Anyone
here try it? Did it improve or decrease performance at all? I tried
dejanews searching, but came up blank =(. Any info is appreciated.

Khabs,
Mark
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Mark:

Ignore all driver updates from the Windows Update site. Download only from
manufacturer's (ATI) site or other sites recommended here (Omega).

J
 
Hairy said:
Mark:

Ignore all driver updates from the Windows Update site. Download
only from manufacturer's (ATI) site or other sites recommended here
(Omega).

J
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Usually my plan =). The reason I was curious was I just built this system
about a week ago. All was well, and I downloaded that particular driver
without really paying attention. Everything was swell, but since I am still
tweaking, and probably will reformat once I get everything "set" (which
driver revisions to install etc), I decided to change my driver to the 4.1
version. (I completely cleaned out all previous drivers-- 3.7 along with the
patch from MS). Everything is running well, *except* one thing. The 1080i
DVD promos from microsoft's website runs really choppy, dropping hundreds of
frames. Before, when I had that update installed, I had no problems. Now,
I'm trying to figure out if something else is amiss, or perhaps that update
had a fix in it. That's why I was asking. BTW, my sys specs:
WinXP Home
AMD 64 3200+
Asus K8V Deluxe
1gig Kingston Hyper
Sapphire 9800 PRO
SB Audigy
70g Raptor (C:\ and D:\)
80g Misc

I have shut down all unneeded services, and have no background apps running,
so the poor performance of those clips is really puzzling. Anyway, thanks
for the advice, and if anyone knows exactly what that file Microsoft
offering is, I'd appreciate it. Or, if anyone has any tips on what might be
causing that particular performance loss, I would be indebted.

Khabs,
Mark
 
The Mighty MF said:
I have shut down all unneeded services, and have no background apps running,
so the poor performance of those clips is really puzzling. Anyway, thanks
for the advice, and if anyone knows exactly what that file Microsoft
offering is, I'd appreciate it. Or, if anyone has any tips on what might be
causing that particular performance loss, I would be indebted.

Khabs,
Mark
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Maybe you need to resinstall Directx9.0b? BTW, those Microsoft supplied
drivers are probably the last drivers they have certified from ATI, but they
are certainly not the most recent available. MS likes to try and get us all
to use certified drivers, less hassles that way maybe.I used them for a
while though and had no isssues with them that I can remember.I'm using the
latest Omega drivers now though.
 
The said:
Shown as "ATI Technologies Inc. display software update released on December
12 2003".
What is this? Is it the catalyst 4.2? I'm pretty weary about downloading it
since I'm not exactly sure what it does (and it's MS, you know). Anyone
here try it? Did it improve or decrease performance at all? I tried
dejanews searching, but came up blank =(. Any info is appreciated.

Khabs,
Mark
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Its like a cat 3.10, MS site drivers are way behind what the
manufacturers are releasing.
 
No, no, no! I know better then that, heh. =)

It's in PCI 4 I believe. Maybe 5.

Khabs,
Mark
 
Good point, maybe that's what got borked along the way. I'll try that and
report what happens tomorrow.

Khabs,
Mark
 
the 3.7s are the most stable/compatible driver of recent.
by all means experiment with newer drivers from ATI (as the others say) but
keep the 3.7s handy as a fallback.
 
I think you'll find them a good stable driver but WITHOUT OpenGl support.
Microsoft uses DirectX only of course :)
 
I think you'll find them a good stable driver but WITHOUT OpenGl support.
Microsoft uses DirectX only of course :)
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Yea, but if you have previous drivers already installed and then let
the MS update install the ones they have then OPenGL will still work.
 
Not if all you've ever done is install the OS and then gone to the update
site which is what I suspect happens to most people. They then believe the
have the latest and greatest drivers (for better or worse) and wonder why
specific games don't run.
 
Okay, it wasn't the next day, but I finally figured out how to fix my
problem. I did reinstall DirectX, and still the same bad performance with
1080p MS demo dvd's. For anyone else who is having this issue, this is what
worked for me. Credit goes to "amirm" over at www.avsforum.com. I'll take
no responsibility since this involves editing you registry, do so at your
own risk!... Summed up version below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\VideoSettings
Add a new "dword" called "IgnoreAVSync" with a value 1.

Here's a link to the post:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?postid=3181569#post3181569

Just in case anyone else comes across this problem, this might fix it for
them, and save them some time =)

Take care,
Mark
 
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