CATALYST 6.2 BETA DRIVERS

hannibal2381 · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:06

hey guys just downloading these now, bandwidth is very poor but will be done in an hour. can let anyone have the address yet incase it mess's up my 10kb's download speed. lol anyway to host them ?

chaparral · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:13

Am downloading them now at 11k (57mb = 1hour 28minutes..)

hannibal2381 · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:14

im on 11.3kb's ha ha goin to take ages

chaparral · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:20

Am getting them at 48k now from somewhere else.

hannibal2381 · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:43

i'll be done in ten mins
yey

chaparral · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:43

Installing now.

hannibal2381 · 5 Feb 2006 at 23:47

your fast haha

chaparral · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:10

Not looking good...
Half-life 2 lost coast stress test is down a few fps..and trackmania sunrise benchmark is gone from 115fps to 106fps..

VirusViper · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:18

And the chances of giving us a link or offering a hosting for them?

Vogon · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:20

chaparral said:
Not looking good...
Half-life 2 lost coast stress test is down a few fps..and trackmania sunrise benchmark is gone from 115fps to 106fps..

looking at your sig, i am quite suprised it runs at all

hannibal2381 · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:27

i dont know how to host them people ??

chaparral · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:31

http://rapidshare.de/files/12647556/catalyst_6.2_BETA_2_.exe.html

Metalface Mark · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:32

im just doing a before and after 3dmark with my pc.

Heres the before

3dmark 2001

23958

3dmark 2003

17687

chaparral · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:34

Vogon said:
looking at your sig, i am quite suprised it runs at all

Changed.

Now i confuse people.

VirusViper · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:34

chaparral said:
http://rapidshare.de/files/12647556/catalyst_6.2_BETA_2_.exe.html

Cheers for link

chaparral · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:37

chaparral said:
Not looking good...
Half-life 2 lost coast stress test is down a few fps..and trackmania sunrise benchmark is gone from 115fps to 106fps..

I played with some settings and got the tm sunrise back up to 114fps now..(i turned the catalyst A.I back on)

Am testing at 1920x1200 4AA 16AF (8AF in half-life2)

Vogon · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:42

Thanks for the heads up .. getright has just finished dl them @ 134 kbps ... I shall have a play tommorow

Metalface Mark · 6 Feb 2006 at 00:50

2001

before - 23958
after - 24141

2003

before

17687
17843

X1800XT flashed to PE - p4 3ghz at stock speed.

chaparral · 6 Feb 2006 at 01:00

3d mark 05

before 11313
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 45.3 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 34.4 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 59.5 fps

after 11479
GT1 - Return To Proxycon 45.2 fps
GT2 - Firefly Forest 34.9 fps
GT3 - Canyon Flight 61.5 fps

3dmark 05 is listing it as the same driver.
Driver Version 6.14.10.6587

It come up with this at the top of the details page..

NOTE: This project has not been run with Futuremark approved drivers, or the status of the drivers can not be determined. The accuracy of the results can not be guaranteed. For more information on how to get a valid and comparable result, please refer to this page.

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/projectdetails.jsp?projectType=12&projectId=1780860

VirusViper · 6 Feb 2006 at 01:08

did a quick stress test on css on 1600x1200 6x aa 16x af all high with full HDR and went from an average 137fps to 142 so its an improvment, although im not sure about World of Warcraft it still seems to stutter with no change in the fps almost like it runs with nice fps but its really jumpy