ATI hotfix now available

ademcg · 25 Mar 2008 at 23:34

chaotic_uk said:
is it just me or does my card run hotter than it did before the hotfix was applied ? , it hit 76c while playing bioshock but before it only hit 68c . i have noticed though it ran smoother and looked alittle better

Not sure not checked temps, although it seemed to be working the fan a little harder than normal in COD4 ?

Mud · 25 Mar 2008 at 23:36

If anything I'd say my temps are lower now, especially the 2nd core.

Gerard said:
Not meant to give a frame rate improvement, it says in the first post what its meant to fix.

Well it did! Ish!

chaotic_uk · 25 Mar 2008 at 23:37

VortexA1 said:
It makes sense with it running hotter with it not now clocking down with the issue sorted - temps not getting a break which is what it should be like now.

should i worry about the temps or just enjoy lol

VortexA1 · 25 Mar 2008 at 23:41

chaotic_uk said:
should i worry about the temps or just enjoy lol

Haha...temps are fine.

VortexA1 · 25 Mar 2008 at 23:42

Mud said:
If anything I'd say my temps are lower now, especially the 2nd core.

Ohhh..is that good ..sounds like maybe the 2nd core not working as efficiently as it should on the card? :confused:

chaotic_uk · 25 Mar 2008 at 23:44

i hope it is cause i am planning on a second 3870 when they are back in stock

VortexA1 · 26 Mar 2008 at 00:03

I guess you have a 3870x2 right now?

chaotic_uk · 26 Mar 2008 at 00:20

nope not me , i have the cheapo triplex 3870 (ocuk hd3870)

. hoping to get a better version soon though , just had bioshock freeze on me (i think it is a ccc problem though )

VortexA1 · 26 Mar 2008 at 00:25

chaotic_uk said:
nope not me , i have the cheapo triplex 3870 (ocuk hd3870) . hoping to get a better version soon though , just had bioshock freeze on me (i think it is a ccc problem though )

What do you they cut back on a cheapo triplex?

Bioshock freezing..that's annoying - hope you get it sorted out m8 .

chaotic_uk · 26 Mar 2008 at 00:34

VortexA1 said:
What do you they cut back on a cheapo triplex?

Bioshock freezing..that's annoying - hope you get it sorted out m8 .

see for your self , the pcb is a lot shorter than the stock 3870

http://www.triplex.com.tw/commonfiles/products_pic/prod_head/3850_3870_2.jpg

as for the bioshock freezing it is something to do with ccc and network framework 2k5

VortexA1 · 26 Mar 2008 at 02:39

Wow - looks a dinky thing.

So what's cheapo then about it then? I like the small size of it from what I see of it.

chaotic_uk · 26 Mar 2008 at 02:58

the cooler is cheap tack , the fins bend even if you blow on them . but other than that i had to uninstall this hotfix cause it kept crashing ccc while gaming , installed 8.3 igp drivers and the problem seems to have gone now

Darkwave · 26 Mar 2008 at 11:41

ademcg said:
Its the same in COD4 for me as Cat 8.3's bad screen flicker following flash nade.....I think I will be rolling back to 8.2 and wait for 8.4

That's just tearing, it goes away with vsync enabled for me.

J.D · 26 Mar 2008 at 11:54

Ulfhedjinn said:
That's just tearing, it goes away with vsync enabled for me.

Do you play with vsync online? :eek:

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Darkwave · 26 Mar 2008 at 12:14

J.D said:
Do you play with vsync online? .

No it was just an example of what fixes that tearing issue for me, didn't say I used it.

perox · 26 Mar 2008 at 12:23

That couldn't have been tearing, this hotfix has fixed it for me and I never use vsync.

It was far too harsh to be tearing and I only got the issue with the 8.3's.

spookywillow · 26 Mar 2008 at 12:26

chaotic_uk said:
the cooler is cheap tack , the fins bend even if you blow on them . but other than that i had to uninstall this hotfix cause it kept crashing ccc while gaming , installed 8.3 igp drivers and the problem seems to have gone now

have you tried to play DiRt ?

my triplex would crash out of that and cod4 with driver errors, after a bit of testing i found it was running on far less voltage than what it needed. have since voltmodded it so that it can actually run on stock speeds.

ademcg · 26 Mar 2008 at 12:28

perox said:
That couldn't have been tearing, this hotfix has fixed it for me and I never use vsync.

It was far too harsh to be tearing and I only got the issue with the 8.3's.

Same for me, only happens with Cat 8.3 and these hotfix drivers.

So, no one knows why it might be happening ?

Its can't be game specific if it did it in Steam games too...I might try that and confirm it does it in Steam for me too.

Could it be AA ? I play online with the eye candy on, inc AA, perhaps its that ? :confused:

***Clutches a big handful of straws***

perox · 26 Mar 2008 at 12:45

It does still happen to me sorry... I tried it in SP where I have vsync on so it wasn't happening, still happens in MP.

skunksta · 26 Mar 2008 at 12:49

I had to uninstall the old 8.3 and just put the hot fix on sorted out my tearing (XP).My vista drive updated over the top np.