Catalyst 7.8 beta

willhub · 29 Jul 2007 at 17:09

RavenUK said:
Did you restart ATI tool after applying it.?

Yep.

Dunno if Riviatuner is doing something, but I'm sure thats closed.

psychas · 29 Jul 2007 at 19:26

is it normal drivers what does it mean by beta?

Tom|Nbk · 29 Jul 2007 at 19:29

psychas said:
is it normal drivers what does it mean by beta?

BETA

A beta version is the first version released outside the organization or community that develops the software, for the purpose of evaluation or real-world black/grey-box testing. The process of delivering a beta version to the users is called beta release. Beta level software is between 60% and 70% complete, generally includes all features, but may also include known issues and bugs of a less serious variety.

knowledge123 · 29 Jul 2007 at 19:29

psychas said:
is it normal drivers what does it mean by beta?

They are normal drivers, and are installed as such, they just haven't been WHQL tested, and there may be a few features missing.

edit - gah! beaten!

straxusii · 29 Jul 2007 at 19:34

Nice to see you 2900xt boys finally getting something from the drivers. Come on ati dont leave us with a 1 horse race!

gareth170 · 29 Jul 2007 at 19:43

straxusii said:
Nice to see you 2900xt boys finally getting something from the drivers. Come on ati dont leave us with a 1 horse race!

hey. don't forget the 2600xt too.

wuyanxu · 29 Jul 2007 at 21:14

gareth170 said:
i get between 20 - 25 fps on Lost Planet Extreme Condition (DX10) on my 2600xt ddr4...

OCuk will soon be 1 less 2600XT GDDR4 in stock

can anyone run the free Call of Juarez Dx10 benchmark demo? and tell us your results?
same settings as here (scroll down please.

im asking this because i'm trying to justify whether it's worth saving £80 in graphics card by going with 2600XT GDDR4 instead of 8800GTS.

Bobmunkhouse · 29 Jul 2007 at 21:21

knowledge123 said:
^This^ is the HL2 LC Source Test, all setting were maxed in HL2 options, in CCC everything was 'let app decide', AAA was on @ 720p
My Spec: E6600 @ stock, 2GB Geil ULL, 2900XT, Asus P5B.

^This^ is the CSS stress test, same settings.

But what FPS did you get before you installed the new drivers how much did it go up? Thanks

jrodga2k5 · 29 Jul 2007 at 21:28

My Experience on my HD2600XT DDR3!

Seems to be like not much difference with the DDR4 and DDR3's which is good

3D Mark 06 w/7.7's! Core 825Mhz Mem 850Mhz
3DMark Score 4883 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 1663 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2113 Marks
CPU Score 2430 Marks

3D Mark 06 w/7.8 beta's! Core 825Mhz Mem 850Mhz
3DMark Score 5128 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 1795 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2193 Marks
CPU Score 2448 Marks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2590821 (and yes I'm no1 at the moment ;P)

Both conducted with 2.8Ghz Core 2 Duo e6300!

BIg movement in the SM 2.0score on these drivers and a boost to 3.0's!

Basically STALKER on max settings with no AA was only really playable on 1024x768 but now on the same settings the res can be upped to 1280x1024 without suffering a performance drop, I have still yet to do some proper benchies.

Any good oblivion benchmarks around the net?

gareth170 · 29 Jul 2007 at 21:41

jrodga2k5 said:
My Experience on my HD2600XT DDR3! Seems to be like not much difference with the DDR4 and DDR3's which is good

3D Mark 06 w/7.7's! Core 825Mhz Mem 850Mhz
3DMark Score 4883 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 1663 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2113 Marks
CPU Score 2430 Marks

3D Mark 06 w/7.8 beta's! Core 825Mhz Mem 850Mhz
3DMark Score 5128 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 1795 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2193 Marks
CPU Score 2448 Marks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2590821 (and yes I'm no1 at the moment ;P)

do one without overclicking the gpu

knowledge123 · 29 Jul 2007 at 21:48

wuyanxu said:
can anyone run the free Call of Juarez Dx10 benchmark demo? and tell us your results?
same settings as here (scroll down please.

tweakguides said:
Running on My System which includes an 8800GTS 640MB graphics card, my results for the benchmark at 1280x1024, High Shadow Quality, 2048 Shadow Map Size, No AA are Min: 13.5, Max: 38.2, Avg: 22.1

Bobmunkhouse said:
But what FPS did you get before you installed the new drivers how much did it go up? Thanks

Sorry I can't remember, and I don't have a screenie either

:-/

The_Vindicator · 29 Jul 2007 at 22:03

Got allmost 400 points improvement with the 7.8's
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2591138

3DMark Score 7.8 8461
3DMark Score 7.7 8070

SM 2.0 Score 7.8 3750
SM 2.0 Score 7.7 3525

SM 3.0 Score 7.8 4078
SM 3.0 Score 7.7 3950

CPU Score 7.8 1915
CPU Score 7.7 1821

knowledge123 · 29 Jul 2007 at 22:14

after DX August update

jrodga2k5 · 29 Jul 2007 at 22:31

gareth170 said:
do one without overclicking the gpu

Il do so tomorrow when I have some time

gareth170 · 29 Jul 2007 at 22:46

i guess the Call of Juarez DX10 Benchmark demo doesn't work in vista64?

all i get is:
Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

Application Name: CoJDX10Launcher.exe

Application Version: 1.3.0.1

Application Timestamp: 00000000

Fault Module Name: CoJDX10Launcher.exe

Fault Module Version: 1.3.0.1

Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000

Exception Code: c0000005

Exception Offset: 0006f6df

OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3

Locale ID: 2057

Additional Information 1: c48e

Additional Information 2: 387937b656a904294c01ac3a4abb3341

Additional Information 3: 3aa7

Additional Information 4: de3012e1c7d3a1bed398907b5dd08e28

SS-89 · 29 Jul 2007 at 23:06

fornowagain said:
Was that at the clocks in your sig? I tried it on my GTX, much better than the other timedemo

, all that looking at the sky.

Yep that was with the clocks in my sig and thanks i didnt really like the other time demos as they were skewed due to the amount of times it looks at the sky :/.

What were your results for the timedemo?

.:MBK:. · 30 Jul 2007 at 00:01

Bobmunkhouse said:
But what FPS did you get before you installed the new drivers how much did it go up? Thanks

hehe i was thinking that, in all fairness though i imagine my low fps (30-40) in css might be more related to the "maturity" of the rest of my rig, time for an upgrade i guess

SS-89 · 30 Jul 2007 at 00:45

Just did 3dmark 06 again and got 12908

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2592297

Also just did Dirt on Ultra 4xAA 16xAF on the italian recaro track (2nd career race)

Average:41 min:35 max:45

willhub · 30 Jul 2007 at 00:59

SS-89 said:
Just did 3dmark 06 again and got 12908

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2592297

Also just did Dirt on Ultra 4xAA 16xAF on the italian recaro track (2nd career race)

Average:41 min:35 max:45

Is that with Ultra shadows too?? I get like 27fps average at 1400x1050, all Ultra apart from High shadows, 4xAA, 16xAF. :confused:

I havent tested it with my 2900 at 850/2000 yet tho.

SS-89 · 30 Jul 2007 at 01:01

willhub said:
Is that with Ultra shadows too?? I get like 27fps average at 1400x1050, all Ultra apart from High shadows, 4xAA, 16xAF.

I havent tested it with my 2900 at 850/2000 yet tho.

Sorry shadows are on high.