ATI Radeon 8.1

cuke2u · 16 Jan 2008 at 20:08

Hi, out now http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
Chris

Cyber-Mav · 16 Jan 2008 at 20:27

i see it, need to check the change log.

knowledge123 · 16 Jan 2008 at 20:29

Thanks chriscatt, much appreciated.

Catalyst 8.1 introduces MultiView™ support. This feature provides for hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering across multiple graphics adapters. MultiView™ will provide hardware accelerated 3D rendering in a system containing multiple graphics cards on an extended desktop arrangement. This feature will allow for the rendering performance and additional frame buffer resources to be evenly shared with the second and third graphics adapters. This allows for a 3D application to have the same performance running on a secondary or third display device as if it were running on the primary display device. This feature will be supported under Windows XP (32 and 64 bit versions), Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions), and the Linux operating system.

Interesting

Cyber-Mav · 16 Jan 2008 at 20:35

no agp fix from the look of it.

cuke2u · 16 Jan 2008 at 20:37

Hi, release notes http://game.amd.com/us-en/content/pdf/Catalyst_81.pdf
Chris

yaboy · 16 Jan 2008 at 20:39

Awesome.

Thanks for heads up. Gonna download it now.

theforce · 16 Jan 2008 at 21:07

Sounds nice. Gonna download them now.

Psycho Sonny · 16 Jan 2008 at 21:10

http://www.iax-tech.com/video/3800biosmod/03.htm

go here for biods mod for all 3800 series cards, will let you overclock up to 1500 on both core and memory from within overdrive as well

Psycho Sonny · 16 Jan 2008 at 21:11

Cyber-Mav said:
no agp fix from the look of it.

and there never will be so get over it

gurusan · 16 Jan 2008 at 21:23

downloading now

gurusan · 16 Jan 2008 at 21:48

just ran 3dmark06 sm2 and sm3 scores. Not a darned bit of difference

Cyber-Mav · 16 Jan 2008 at 22:20

Psycho Sonny said:
and there never will be so get over it

well they have stated here that they will fix the issue:
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31542

but as you say i shoudl not expect anything from them now, so best thing to do is never buy an ati card again for me. they don;t support me, i wont support them.

Cyber-Mav · 16 Jan 2008 at 22:22

hmm a hotfix already? i may have shot my mouth of prematurely:
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31625

Hxc · 16 Jan 2008 at 22:23

Cyber-Mav said:
well they have stated here that they will fix the issue:
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31542

but as you say i shoudl not expect anything from them now, so best thing to do is never buy an ati card again for me. they don;t support me, i wont support them.

That page has hotfixes for 8.1...?

Cyber-Mav · 16 Jan 2008 at 22:39

Hxc said:
That page has hotfixes for 8.1...?

no that page i linked to says they will fix agp issues in the future, i then posted a link in the next post to the hotfix driver i just found, even im shocked.

Hxc · 16 Jan 2008 at 22:42

It also has the hotfixes if you scroll down on that page.

marc2003 · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:04

anybody else got an annoying little yellow square in the top left of their screen. it's only on the desktop and other applications will cover it. it's something to do with the CCC as it goes away when you close the systray icon?? :confused:

edit: i've just updated the drivers on my vista install and i get the same thing again.

badbob · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:05

Weird. I've got that too!

gurusan · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:10

wtf!!!! die!!!!

also I can't see the CCC in my tray

theforce · 16 Jan 2008 at 23:49

Went from 8450 to 8530 in 3D Mark 2006 which is a slight boost. I don't have a yellow square box on the top left of my screen though which is good news. As "gurasan" said though i can see CCC either in my tray.