Catalyst 9.1

frankmcg · 16 Jan 2009 at 15:44

Vimes said:
Understanding what you have written makes me wonder would I be better off with a NVidia graphics option when building a HTPC..?

I was thinking about a...
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX

...board which uses the ATI 3200 onboard GPU. I assumed that this would have been a good option for 1080p via the HDMI socket, carrying both video and audio..?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-115-GI

PS - sorry for being a tad off topic

I believe the best HTPC mobos/gfx cards at the moment (at least the ones with fewest problems) are the nvidia 9300/9400 onboard ones. Stick in a cheapo core2 duo and off you go. The Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H has been getting good writeups from the HTPC community.

Vimes · 16 Jan 2009 at 15:57

Thank you very much for your advice it is most appreciated

Schnippzle · 16 Jan 2009 at 16:22

RoEy said:
No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9, No.9.....................

Not quite as good as 'While my guitar gently weeps'

RoEy

No true, but when you are crawling into the corner of a couch, Number 9 is pretty "good".

kppanic · 16 Jan 2009 at 18:10

RoEy said:
Not quite as good as 'While my guitar gently weeps'

RoEy

by Jake?

FrenchTart · 16 Jan 2009 at 18:17

frankmcg said:
I believe the best HTPC mobos/gfx cards at the moment (at least the ones with fewest problems) are the nvidia 9300/9400 onboard ones. Stick in a cheapo core2 duo and off you go. The Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H has been getting good writeups from the HTPC community.

That's news to me - quite interesting if true though.

tmaxxthomson · 17 Jan 2009 at 01:33

still nothing on catalyst 9.1?? its the 17th already and still nothing? no beta? information? release even? we got 8.12 on the 10th if i remember right...

Dicehunter · 17 Jan 2009 at 01:49

Im gonna say that we'll get them maybe the 25th of this month or close to it, just a guess

tmaxxthomson · 17 Jan 2009 at 01:51

is it just me or is it after a month after the release of the last driver set, that i want the new drivers more each day? haha. but really. i wish i knew wot these drivers were gonna hold! and wots gonna be so special that they need an extra 2 weeks development compared to the last lot? lol

Dicehunter · 17 Jan 2009 at 02:08

Well if they need an extra 2 weeks then that must mean extra features, better performance, bug fixes and better stability

I hope

tutu · 17 Jan 2009 at 02:49

Either that or they were crazy enough to have some time off over christmas

Blackberries · 17 Jan 2009 at 05:03

Snakedoctor said:
Not looking forward to November's one then. No doubt a few crashes will be had.

Heh. Bit tasteless but it made me chuckle all the same.

ViRuS2k · 17 Jan 2009 at 05:29

ATI are taking the P***

arghh i will never buy another ATI product im just sick and tired of there inmature driver support...

we gotta wait and yet wait some more and when the driver does get release we gotta wait and yet again wait.

1 driver a month isnt good enough. i have been to use to nvidias drivers poping up all over the place.., seriously though has ati employed monkeys for driver support.

ashmanuk67 · 17 Jan 2009 at 08:29

I thought Nvidias drivers was few and far between, At least you always know that there is a new driver around a set date "well sort of" ;-)

I have gone over to crossfire on a fresh install of win xp and was using 8:12 could not always get crossfire to work, read forums and a lot of talk about 8:10 drivers so i try and what a change image seems so much sharper average fps is slightly lower but games feel so much smoother.
And crossfire works every time.
I like you guys can not wait for new driver but i would rather them get it right....

FrenchTart · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:02

ViRuS2k said:
ATI are taking the P***

arghh i will never buy another ATI product im just sick and tired of there inmature driver support...

we gotta wait and yet wait some more and when the driver does get release we gotta wait and yet again wait.

1 driver a month isnt good enough. i have been to use to nvidias drivers poping up all over the place.., seriously though has ati employed monkeys for driver support.

Nvidia release official drivers far less frequently than ATI - all these "leaked" drivers you seek are nothing to do with Nvidia officially releasing updates...

God, toys are well out of your pram, aren't they?

londonbairn · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:11

Does 9.1 bring good increases for the X2 (not that I really need them!)

Since the X2 launch drivers, all drivers have been absolutely fine for me.

Alexrose1uk · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:32

Aekeron said:
Nvidia release official drivers far less frequently than ATI - all these "leaked" drivers you seek are nothing to do with Nvidia officially releasing updates...

God, toys are well out of your pram, aren't they?

I see your sarcasm meter was a little out of kilter for a minute

The only serious bit was his comment on the quality of the drivers sometimes, not the frequency

layte · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:32

ViRuS2k said:
ATI are taking the P***

arghh i will never buy another ATI product im just sick and tired of there inmature driver support...

we gotta wait and yet wait some more and when the driver does get release we gotta wait and yet again wait.

1 driver a month isnt good enough. i have been to use to nvidias drivers poping up all over the place.., seriously though has ati employed monkeys for driver support.

This is a superb example of a trolling post, well done sir!

Alexrose1uk · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:32

rafster said:
Does 9.1 bring good increases for the X2 (not that I really need them!)

Since the X2 launch drivers, all drivers have been absolutely fine for me.

Rumours have it that theres going to be some nice performance improvements, however I'll wait til I see it

FrenchTart · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:36

Alexrose1uk said:
I see your sarcasm meter was a little out of kilter for a minute The only serious bit was his comment on the quality of the drivers sometimes, not the frequency

If that's the case then I blame the fact that I'd only been awake for a short time

Talrinys · 17 Jan 2009 at 11:03

layte said:
This is a superb example of a trolling post, well done sir!

He does have a point, it's pathetic that AMD still lacks basic features and that they would rather have a marketing stunt than actually ship a product that works.