Papa6 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 (edited) ****Sorry Admins**** just trying to get the word out to all ATI owners for better GRAW play. If you need to move this thread, please leave a trace of it here so more folks can see it please? Get the catalyst 6.7 drivers Here at this webpage Edited August 2, 2006 by Papa6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th33f. Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 so you got an FPS boost out of it? 1 card or 2? and do you use the geometry instancing option? how about the Cat A.I. setting? i just installed them but haven't tried a real intense server to stress test yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa6 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 I have one card. New Versions of drivers fix things that were messed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARSA Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Thanks Papa6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeron Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 So, what bugs do they fix? Release notes didn't say anything about graw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainman2k Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 So, what bugs do they fix? Release notes didn't say anything about graw... what does that tell you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCE_RikJamez Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 hey guys im runnin an older x700pro 256 with the omega 3.5.252 drivers and it looks good and rund good(for what it is)any kind of fps boost for me is veryt much welcome.my specs are as follows.p4 2.8 1 gb ram.any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whc.demo Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 i was also using the latest omega drivers with my x800pro and when i changed to the cat 6.7 i noticed that all my games seem to be running better, graw fps still sits in the 30 -40's but it feels a lot smoother and yes i have enabled geometry intsancing aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sui317 Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default...amp;folderID=27 6.8 is out for the love of patching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billod Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default...amp;folderID=27 6.8 is out for the love of patching Thanks for the heads-up folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33th41 Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default...amp;folderID=27 6.8 is out for the love of patching Has anyone tried the 6.8 drivers yet? I seem to be having some problems with them. Ever since I installed them, after about 15-20 minutes of play GRAW freezes and minimizes and then the ATI vpu recovery window pops up stating something along the lines of "card not responding to driver requests". I can then click OK and I'm able to go back into the game no problem but only to have it happen again a little while later. Annoying as it is, it's bearable under single player, but when I host a LAN game and this occurs, it kicks all the other players due to the "server not responding". When I reverted back to the 6.7 drivers this no longer occurs. MSI x1800xt w/ Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHaired Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I only tested from a save point where I also tested 6.6 and 6.7. It's GuardRailIX checkpoint 3. With the 6.8 I noticed that when I approached the compound, there's kind of a shade pulled in front of the gunner in that watchtower. The opening is coloured black and only when I get closer to the wall, it "opens" again. A bit OT: I noticed a drop in fps in GR1 when I gamed online. With the 6.7 it peaked over 250, now not higher than 170 and in some cases even down in the red. Could have been the connection so I'll do some more testing. I had hoped that after the noteable improvements of 6.6 and 6.7, the promised improvement for 256MB cards would give another kick in the right direction. Probably ends with rolling back to 6.7 and wait to see if 6.9 fixes the 6.8 issues. Running 2 * X1600XT in Crossfire mode. EDIT: Checked the software in the Control Center and it still says version 6.7. System Restore, same result. Manually removed the software incl. regedit, re-installed and still the same. I upgraded Microsoft Frame Network before the driver install. Anyone else with same experience or is it an "error 40" (where "40" is cm, and the distance between me and my pc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLs Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Installed 6.8 but my catalyst still says 6.7 with several installs. Driver version seems to be correct according to ATI's site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHaired Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 I uninstalled 6.7 (+ everything ATI,..) ran a driver cleaner prg and installed the 6.8. GRAW is working fine but no real FPS improvement. (I had though an issue in 6.7 with the ATI Control Center not wanting to save the 'make the application run in full screen' I had to go in manually and change after each reboot) With 6.8 its ok again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLs Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Does your catalyst software now say 6.8 or 6.7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCE_RikJames Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Ok guys new omega released.i saw alil bit of gameplay improvement.link as follows. [url=http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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