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ATI is providing an early version of CATALYST 4.9 to users interested in increasing performance of Doom 3.



PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE YOU PROCEED:

The BETA display drivers found here are offered AS IS, without warranty of any kind, and have NOT been completely qualified by ATI. Usage of these drivers are without support of any kind, and you use them at your own risk.

ATI does NOT recommend installing these drivers in systems used for mission critical operations or where productivity of any kind is a concern.

Unless you are very comfortable with installing and un-installing drivers, we DO NOT recommend that you use the drivers provided here. These BETA Drivers are NOT SUPPORTED by ATI Customer Care or any other ATI department.

Catalyst 4.9 Beta

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DJZaagmans Unregistered

#55713 Posted on: 08/04/2004 03:33 PM Just for your pleasure, I dl'ed 3DMark 2001 SE and benched, results were: 1st run: 12607 2nd run: 12494

xanty Unregistered

#55714 Posted on: 08/04/2004 03:56 PM I must admit I found them to be a lot sweeter on my x800pro (modded to XT)..but like the man said if u need the WDM stuff don't install..did try the extraction just of the OpenGL dll but without success?so I'll stick with these for a bit until either somone posts the dll or the 4.9 fianls released..nice to see ATI trying to look out for us though

Domingo Unregistered

#55716 Posted on: 08/04/2004 06:01 PM Actual framerates for me went up by 4-5 FPS which isn't too bad for a new driver. Nothing huge, but no complaints either! I'm on a P4 3.2 and a Radeon 9800 Pro. I've played around and found that 1024X768 with medium detail or 800X600 with high details are both solid. The game also seemed to run a little smoother here and there, but when a lot of environmental effects are going on or I'm new to an area it does still drag a little bit. On an unrelated note - anyone else get eyestrain from all the darkness in the game? I find myself unable to play it for long periods of time just because I'm always squinting and trying to see what's going on. The gamma adjustment and brightness helped a little, but the game is killing my eyes. Anyone else feel this way?

Vegitto Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: 2003-04-23

#55724 Posted on: 08/04/2004 10:17 PM Not much of a performance gain for me: 9800 Pro 128. If I cannot go from medium to high without lagging after every door opens then it won't be enough of a boost. It plays well enough on medium so no crying here. However, it looks like NVidia is back on top and will likely get my money the next time I'm ready to buy a card unless ATI has a better answer. So far the new cards just aren't as sexy. Sry ATI fans. No disrepect. I don't have a dog in this fight. I own both and will own whichever is better at the time. For the moment, though, I'm hoping for better drivers from ATI - not that I expect much there. The cards have been good but drivers just haven't been all that great compared to the great days of NVidia's drivers.

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