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AMD Catalyst 11.8 WHQL

Haven't had any issues with 11.8 so far. Haven't had ANY issues with AMD/ATi drives since the HD2XXX series tbh (when all drivers were less than perfect in case you can't remember). What am I doing wrong? :p

So lonely...
 
Linux driver is still slow and buggy as all hell. Windows driver is pretty good though.

I wondered a while back if the version number was the only thing changing with the Linux Catalyst package each time they 'updated' it. Guess I have my answer now. I was right.

Hey ho.

*goes off to price a shiny new nVidia card*
 
Hmmm......installed 11.7 last week....seem to be getting lag in BFBC2. Nearly always get kicked on first server too. Subsequent joining servers is fine though. 11.6 seemed fine. Had a major crash last night, the sort where you get constant buzzing and the screen freezes, then BSOD which doesn't actually free itself up, which prompted a forced shutdown of the pc.
When i rebooted it couldn't even find my hdd, which is another vertex 3 issue, but hey-ho.

Glad this thread started up, i was wondering what others thought of 11.6 v 11.7.
Might try 11.8 tonight.
How do you guys gauge the difference? Do you bench or maybe run fraps on games, or just see if it 'feels' better?
 
Hmmm......installed 11.7 last week....seem to be getting lag in BFBC2. Nearly always get kicked on first server too. Subsequent joining servers is fine though. 11.6 seemed fine. Had a major crash last night, the sort where you get constant buzzing and the screen freezes, then BSOD which doesn't actually free itself up, which prompted a forced shutdown of the pc.
When i rebooted it couldn't even find my hdd, which is another vertex 3 issue, but hey-ho.

Glad this thread started up, i was wondering what others thought of 11.6 v 11.7.
Might try 11.8 tonight.
How do you guys gauge the difference? Do you bench or maybe run fraps on games, or just see if it 'feels' better?

Your lag & getting kicked from servers has nothing to do with the drivers.

Low frame-rate yes but lag & kick no.

There are some games that will kick if below or above certain frame rates but BFBC2 is not one of them.
 
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Well, installed 11.8's and had over 2 hours of stutter free BFBC2, no glistches at all.......unless you all getting destroyed ofver and over again a glitch!
 
Anyone tested Crysis 2 with ATI CrossFire 5xxx series as well as Brink and Need for Speed 2 Shift Unleashed?
 
I've been getting reports of CTDs in BFBC2 from all my mates, using all kinds of cards from the green and red team - for the past couple of weeks.

I don't think we can measure the impact these drivers have, BFBC2 is screwed.
 
These drivers absolutely fix any fps drops I was getting on certain areas in Black Ops (Havana main street, Cracked middle area), constant fps anywhere now. I just assumed the game was at fault (maybe it is and they just figured a fix out) as some Nvidia users would also report this.
 
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