ATi Catalyst 3.2 Drivers Released.

[Remedy]

Has anyone notice any IQ increasements with this driver set? I notice quake3 looks alot better on my Radeon than on my former Geforce4 Ti card. GF4 IQ=vomit.

 

[Thor86]

Anyone experiencing hard lockups when pressing the 'escape' key to exit from Counter-Strike using 3.2s? Back to 3.1s for now.

 

[bmg]

Originally posted by: Thor86
Anyone experiencing hard lockups when pressing the 'escape' key to exit from Counter-Strike using 3.2s? Back to 3.1s for now.

Yep, you're not alone. Multiple reports. Hard to believe.

 

[chizow]

Latest Catalyst 1-in-4's fixed my CP. No other instability issues of note, although FSB speeds > 200MHz crash/lock faster than before. Gonna need official 200MHz FSB from nVidia in the form of a BIOS update or a new video card (assuming the 9700pro can't handle 200MHz FSB).

Chiz

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: chizow
Latest Catalyst 1-in-4's fixed my CP. No other instability issues of note, although FSB speeds > 200MHz crash/lock faster than before. Gonna need official 200MHz FSB from nVidia in the form of a BIOS update or a new video card (assuming the 9700pro can't handle 200MHz FSB).

Chiz

The stage is getting "set" . . .



How much you gonna sell your 9700Pro for?

EDIT: From Rage 3D:

Our close buddy Terry Makedon, or better known amongst our forums as "Catalyst Maker", has shed some light on what to expect with the soon to be released driver set, Catalyst 3.2!

Here's a small breakdown of what's going on.


1) People are very anxious for the 7.84 set which is known as CATALYST 3.2 and want to know when it will be posted.
2) People want to know what to expect in this driver set.
3) People are wondering about RADEON9800 performance paths and when the RADEON9700 users will get them.
I have decided to address these for the inquiring minds.

1) Shortly
2) Stuttering observed in the 9700 series is all I want to mention right now. Stay tuned for more!
3) Seems like lately on the forums a developer has spoiled my upcoming surprise about the CATALYST drivers for RADEON. We found some pretty decent performance boosts while we were developing the 9800 drivers. They were scheduled for release with the first set of 9800 drivers (CATALYST 3.2) and we were planning on letting them out for the 9700 cards once we'd tested them thoroughly. Which in this case is CATALYST 3.3

When we launched CATALYST we committed that we would keep adding new features, bug fixes and performance boosts across the range, but we're dead serious about our stability and quality testing and won't compromise that for anything. The CATALYST drivers are the most stable on the market, and that will not change. So for now CATALYST 3.2 will have not have the amazing performance boosts for the 9700, CATALYST 3.3 will! Furthermore since I like you guys so much I will plan on bringing in the CATALYST 3.3 posting day from our typical release cycle, and have it posted as soon possible

However, since the CAT(!) is out of the bag - you now know that 9700 owners will have a great performance boost with the CATALYST 3.3 posting. We're not just number one - we'll now be #1 (RADEON 9800 PRO), #2 (9800) and #3 (9700 PRO).

2003 the year of CATALYST!


Just from this alone, you can't help saying to yourself... "Hurry up with teh 3.3's!!" But for the time being, the 3.2's will suffice handsomely. Stay tuned for more details!

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: ReMeDy{WcS}
Has anyone notice any IQ increasements with this driver set? I notice quake3 looks alot better on my Radeon than on my former Geforce4 Ti card. GF4 IQ=vomit.

yes, i also notice IQ improvements... a lot of people at rage3d also have reported improvement

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: gregor7777

Originally posted by: Dacalo
freelancer problem is solved

I sometimes get a little choppyness when I open the "purchase menus". Is this the problem you're referring to?

Other than that, Freelancer runs like a champ on my 9500 Pro with 2x, 8AF and looks great.

cat 3.1 had problem where menus made everything choppy, now it is fixed

 

[Rectalfier]

I want 3.3 now!

 

[Chad]

Image quality was great before, and is outFREAKINGstanding now. w00t w00t for 3.2's!

 

[paperfist]

IQ looks much better then before on the games I have. My 2D screens, especially the text looks nice and crisp now. It almost seems like I have a new monitor.

 

[MarkFahey]

Go ATI!

 

[Chad]

For all 9500 SoftMod users... check this out, you can get the benefits of the 9800 driver path now...

click here for instructions

 

[Czar]

wonder when they make the new drivers remove the old drivers when you install them, extremely anoying of having to go through this procedure every time

but.. new drivers.. I'm happy

 

[Chad]

It's not too bad, here's a quick and easy way to get a perfect install...

Uninstall current ATI drivers (don't reboot yet) and then uninstall the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot into Safe Mode (hit F8 during boot sequence)...
Download and then run this program (important: check out the readme file)...
Install the new ATI 3.2 drivers (don't rebooot yet) and then the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot...
All done.

It sounds harder than it is (it's easy and pretty fast and you can be sure this way it's an absolute clean install)

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Chad
It's not too bad, here's a quick and easy way to get a perfect install...

Uninstall current ATI drivers (don't reboot yet) and then uninstall the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot into Safe Mode (hit F8 during boot sequence)...
Download and then run this program (important: check out the readme file)...
Install the new ATI 3.2 drivers (don't rebooot yet) and then the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot...
All done.

It sounds harder than it is (it's easy and pretty fast and you can be sure this way it's an absolute clean install)

sure sounds harder than with my old matrox, just run the new driver install and reboot and you were done

thanks for the instructions

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Chad
It's not too bad, here's a quick and easy way to get a perfect install...

Uninstall current ATI drivers (don't reboot yet) and then uninstall the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot into Safe Mode (hit F8 during boot sequence)...
Download and then run this program (important: check out the readme file)...
Install the new ATI 3.2 drivers (don't rebooot yet) and then the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot...
All done.

It sounds harder than it is (it's easy and pretty fast and you can be sure this way it's an absolute clean install)

You guys are taking ATI driver instal way too seriously.

For MOST users, it is OK to install the ATI 3.2 right OVERTOP the 3.1 . . . NO, really (read the "readme")! However - TO BE SURE - uninstall the CP and old drivers and simply install the new CP and new drivers (it only takes an extra 3 minutes or so to uninstal and reinstall) - Reg edit is only recommended for systems prone to ATI driver "issues"

 

[Chad]

The file I linked to is a driver cleaner... not need to open any registry programs. Uninstall, reboot into safe mode, run the cleaner and install your new drivers then reboot. That's it, you're done. Really, it's not hard at all... takes like two minutes to do... you guys are lazy

 

[GTaudiophile]

ATi should create a program for thoroughly uninstalling their old drivers. That alone might solve a lot of their complaints!

 

[Chad]

They are... one of their driver developers was pimping a job at ATI for uninstall developers a few weeks back and mentioned it's one of their priorities.

 

[0roo0roo]

hm wonder if this helps with simcity4

 

[corkyg]

Got the 3.2 drivers and Control Panel - right from ATI. The clean install is really over rated - not necessary at all. I installed the new ones right over the old ones and they are perfecto. No problems at all - just one reboot.

 

[Chad]

Hmmm... I would be concerned (if you have Windows XP at least) that the driver file "ati2mtag.sys" aka: "ati2mtag.sy_" did not get updated by just doing that... Windows File Protection might have prevented it (WFP just overwrites the old file back after). I would be worried you are not getting the benefits of the new drivers. You might check that file in your .../system32/ folder and compare it to the one in the drive installation folder and make sue they are the same.

 

[placenta]

hmm i've had a lot of problems since CAT 3.1 i think it is.. im not at home to check..

my screen always flashes on boot up, when the desktop appears.. kinda flickers...

and then anytime i need to bring up my display "advanced" menu, it also flickers about 6-8 times before the box appears... i hope this is fixed...

btw

Asus A7N8X-DX
Athlon XP 2400+
512MB (pc2100/pc2400)
ATI Radeon 8500 (64MB)
SCSI Ultra160
X-pider green case

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[Robor]

All you Radeon owners listing your problems are scaring the crap out of me. I'm currently running a GF4-4200 128MB and would like better speed with AA enabled in games like BF1942 and U2 (no I haven't finished yet). I'm considering a 9700Pro or maybe a 9800Pro if I can find a deal when they arrive but all this driver bug talk is making me think again. I owned a Radeon64 and it gave me nothing but problems. Sure don't want to go through that again.

 

[Challenger]

Originally posted by: Chad
It's not too bad, here's a quick and easy way to get a perfect install...

Uninstall current ATI drivers (don't reboot yet) and then uninstall the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot into Safe Mode (hit F8 during boot sequence)...
Download and then run this program (important: check out the readme file)...
Install the new ATI 3.2 drivers (don't rebooot yet) and then the ATI Control Panel...
Reboot...
All done.

It sounds harder than it is (it's easy and pretty fast and you can be sure this way it's an absolute clean install)

Also if you are connected directly to the internet running XP turn off your router or modem as XP even in safe mode will look for a driver before you get the chance to run Driver Cleaner