Soldato
Yep, its much better now we have net framework 2.0 but control panel was still much faster (which is why I'm running 5.11)
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ATI Cat 6.3+updated CP!
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Soldato
The Control Centre does use a huge amount of rescources unlike the Control Panel
You can just install the drivers - they'll work fine. You won't be able to force AA or AF or anything like that though
You can just install the drivers - they'll work fine. You won't be able to force AA or AF or anything like that though
Soldato
Yes it's better than having the control centre - you won't loose performance in games from not having it. In all honesty your performance should be a little better as you will have fewer processes running. It is also probably better than having the control panel but as the resources for this are so small I'd still consider it
Its just an interface to the registry AFAIK (excluding processes for hotkeys and vpu recovery, which can be disabled if so inclined), its not resident in the memory, its set and forget. No reason not to use it.
Also if you are bothered what frequency your monitor is set to when playing games, then it has a fix for that; also color profiles (which are sometimes necessary since ATI have a tendancy to go dark).
Also if you are bothered what frequency your monitor is set to when playing games, then it has a fix for that; also color profiles (which are sometimes necessary since ATI have a tendancy to go dark).
Conrad11 said:
you get just the same performance with or without a control panel. but if you play a variety of games you may that you need to change some options. for example i need the CP to set the following
gta:sa - change gamma setting. too dark otherwise
pro evo 5 - need to set vsync forced ON to stop tearing on screen
if you're completely happy with every game (there are non-gaming settings too i guess such as overlay) and don't need to ever change anything then you can just run the drivers on their own. it's upto you.
Soldato
downloading now.
cheers lads
cheers lads
Overlay tab for video playback adjustmentsPaa` said:
gamma = saturation?Paa` said:
TBH if u had always used CP u would be saying same thing about CCC, AFAIK the only thing CP cant do is the CAT AI, which adjusts settings automatically according to ATI set optimizations on a per game basis. Many people turn that feature off anyhow.
This whole issue is covered in the sticky - which I hadnt checked before.
My main gripe with the bloated CCC is not the actual app but the fact that installing .net as a requirement slows windows boot up down and uses up to 300mb of system ram!
I just install the driver alone and use ATT which is a superb little utility!
I just install the driver alone and use ATT which is a superb little utility!
Soldato
Unfortunately, as I use overdrive to clock my card, I had to switch back to CCC as it has the overclocking overdrive tab as opposed to the standard overdrive 
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smids said:Unfortunately, as I use overdrive to clock my card, I had to switch back to CCC as it has the overclocking overdrive tab as opposed to the standard overdrive
same here! back to CCC would have used ati tool to clock but it crashed my system while overclocking my 19xtx......nice fan control mind, at 100 p/cfane the temps dropped by 10 degs, though it did sound like concorde !!
Ofcourse if u prefer to use CCC then thats your choice. Many people are in agreement that they want to have more control over what is and is not installed on their own PC.smids said:Unfortunately, as I use overdrive to clock my card, I had to switch back to CCC as it has the overclocking overdrive tab as opposed to the standard overdrive
I used to use nvidia active armour till I found that it corrupts ftp downloads. I used nvidia firewall until I found not using it stopped americas army hitting 2fps when refreshing the browser. I used ATItool until I found that its dynamic fan control caused lag in both my favorite fire person shooter online games. There are threads about this on rage3d and techpowerup! forums.
I used CCC and without ATItool it ran fine. I do have 2Gb of memory now. While I found no issue with it, if I let every bloated piece of junk install and remain on my system I would be wondering which one of those apps was causing the next issue I run into.
Even microsoft office and nero want to run each time you boot your pc, what benifit is there?
As for an overclocking tab, try rage3dtweak. That added an overclocking panel right into the tabs.
Soldato
I actively want to use the CP - I installed the one in this thread actually but had to go back. I hate the bloat, but for now, I'm stuck with it.megatron said:
Soldato
drivers + ATi Tray Tools > drivers + CC
Soldato
Yeah, I know - I wish I could but as I said in the other thread, I don't want to clock with it so would be stuck on stock clocks.james.miller said:
For anyone not clocking their X1800/X1900, this si the way to go.
Soldato
smids said:
yeah but you dont HAVE to use tray tools to clock
for everything else its better
Soldato
Problem being though, that only the CCC has the overdrive which works, no other program reliably clocks, hence the reason I'm stuck - I could run at stock, but where is the fun in that 
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.smids said:Problem being though, that only the CCC has the overdrive which works, no other program reliably clocks, hence the reason I'm stuck - I could run at stock, but where is the fun in that
why not dump your bios, edit it to your overclocked speeds and flash it back. that's what i've always done. i hate using software to overclock....