Catalyst 10.8 is scheduled for 25th or 26th August

linaaslt · 29 Aug 2010 at 08:47

I'm still stuck with 10.4a cause when i tried to install 10.8 after reboot i was getting BSOD the same thing happened with 10.8beta. Kinda getting sick about it, don't want to spend all evening trying to get them working but i'd like to try new CF profiles, maybe it would make BC2 to work better, even with 10.4a i'm getting good fps and there would be no need for new drivers but i WANT them

will give a try once more my luck with 10.8, hopefully i will manage to make them work.

MoodyB · 29 Aug 2010 at 10:03

Read the last couple of pages of this thread :

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18179757&page=5

You can use the 10.8a profiles with a different driver, it doesn't have to be 10.8, but the general opinion is that they are slower than the 10.4's.

Mr Krugga · 30 Aug 2010 at 10:18

All good but still having cold resume problem.

Firegod · 30 Aug 2010 at 10:21

Everything seems ok with these, although, I did have a random SupCom2 crash last night which has never happened before. And also, CCC seems to be quite slow. After applying a setting (i.e. Upping the fan speed manually for when I game) I'll get the smaller progress dialog box saying "applying setting". Before, it used to be instant. :confused:

Mr Krugga · 30 Aug 2010 at 10:23

Firegod said:
Everything seems ok with these, although, I did have a random SupCom2 crash last night which has never happened before. And also, CCC seems to be quite slow. After applying a setting (i.e. Upping the fan speed manually for when I game) I'll get the smaller progress dialog box saying "applying setting". Before, it used to be instant.

Use MSI Afterburner, much nicer fan control.

Firegod · 30 Aug 2010 at 10:24

Mr Krugga said:
Use MSI Afterburner, much nicer fan control.

OK thanks, will look into that.

Firegod · 30 Aug 2010 at 10:47

Think I've resolved it.

Ran an uninstall and removed the various leftovers from the PC again (inc. Registry), but then ran Driver Sweeper in Safe-Mode. That seemed to pick up a lot more leftover files. Re-installed just now, and CCC is back to being superslick and quick. (I noticed I had two errors in my Event Log to do with "atikmdag" which lives in the System32 folder).

Squark · 31 Aug 2010 at 14:37

hmmm

Getting BSODs on boot after installing these, guess I'll stick with the 10.4a

the BSOD is citing atikmdag.sys as the problem

mmj_uk · 31 Aug 2010 at 14:56

I've finally caved in on GTX480.

I've had a 5870 since release and although it's a fine card piece of hardware, the drivers month after month just go from one issue to the next with no sign of any overall improvement.

RavenXXX2 · 31 Aug 2010 at 14:58

^^ You won't be disappointed.

Metalface Mark · 31 Aug 2010 at 14:58

mmj_uk said:
I've finally caved in on GTX480.

I've had a 5870 since release and although it's a fine card piece of hardware, the drivers month after month just go from one issue to the next with no sign of any overall improvement.

Cant say ive had any problems with the drivers myself. What are you expecting from driver updates?

Mr Krugga · 31 Aug 2010 at 14:59

mmj_uk said:
I've finally caved in on GTX480.

I've had a 5870 since release and although it's a fine card piece of hardware, the drivers month after month just go from one issue to the next with no sign of any overall improvement.

We should have '5870s giveaways' thread.

RedStarRiot · 31 Aug 2010 at 15:30

Mr Krugga said:
We should have '5870s giveaways' thread.

I have a 5870 and quite happy with it to be honest. no issues with the latest drivers either and actually fixed my one and only issue with frame rate spikes in mass effect 2. crysis, bc2 and napoleon total war are all running great.

Mr Krugga · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:55

I'm so ****ed off right now because every second/third resume from the sleep state, I have to reboot my whole system entirely with it not being able to get into Windows for more than a minute. **** yeah, first ATI drivers causing me issues. On the other hand they gave me some performance boost in benchmarks and I'd hate to get rid of them.

twist3d0n3 · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:00

mmj_uk said:
I've finally caved in on GTX480.

I've had a 5870 since release and although it's a fine card piece of hardware, the drivers month after month just go from one issue to the next with no sign of any overall improvement.

i suppose people are going to get issues with their hardware, and more importantly the way software is setup (os/drivers [not just limited to gfx drivers], windows updates, services fiddled with etc).

in contrast, i haven't had a single problem with drivers, and i've owned my combo since november time.

only problem i've encountered was crossfirex + eyefinity, but it wasn't a 'massive' issue since games ran fine on just the 5970. now it's all working peachy since around the 10.4's...

413x · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:18

by the sounds of it im gonna stick with 10.6, maybe try 10.4a,

not switching to nvidia ever again lol

skotish| · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:27

When with ati i never had problems with the cats same goes for Nv drivers i must just be a lucky P***

Mr Krugga · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:45

skotish| said:
When with ati i never had problems with the cats same goes for Nv drivers i must just be a lucky P***

Most people don't have problems. I could never understand those that don't but won't try newer driver releases because they're scared of having problems. Like a minute-long return to the previous drivers is a pain in the ass :rolleyes:

RedStarRiot · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:48

ok i didnt fix my mass effect 2 problem after all. still get frame rate spikes. maybe its not the card after all but everything else works fine. so close to selling my 5870 and going nvidia out of sheer fustration

413x · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:54

i suppose for a lot of people driver updates wont give a big enough boost to gaming performance most of the time,

all but crysis play fine for me on 10.6 so no need to mess with them really