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by **Klin** » Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:24:04

The latest release of the Catalyst drivers are now available on ATI's site.
According to the release notes, there's a known problem with Nascar 2003,
here's the snippet:

Known Issues

The following section provides a brief description of known issues
associated with the latest version of CATALYSTT. These include the
following:
<snip>
Playing the game Nascar 2003 with the display resolution set to 1280x1024
32bpp results in display corruption being seen. This issue will be resolved
in an upcoming CATALSYT release. Further information on this issue can be
found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/AAAI.html

(The link doesn't work for me at the moment.)

...Klinn

by **Larr** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:04:44

Great. That's exactly what I run...

I just _knew_ this ATI driver stuff was gonna bite me in the ass. It's why
I waited so long. Now that I went ahead and did it... CHOMP!

-Larry

by **MadDAW** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:25:01

Just curious, but have you tried dropping the res and upping the FSAA & AF?
I was running 1280x1024x32 (no FSAA/AF) with my GF3, but found I got a
better image and frame rate running 1024x768 and 4x FSAA and AF. I am on
the low end of the CPU scale with only a XP2100 so you might even be able to
run a higher res as well with a faster CPU.

MadDAWG

by **Mitch_** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:59:57

Ive never run 1280X1024 for the simple fact that 1280X960 is the non-scaled
res for a 4X3 aspect monitor. I ran 1280X960 for awhile but like 1152X864
6X AA 16X AF a little better.

Personally I rarely ever run ATI native drivers. Things are much nicer once
Omega gives em a run through.

Nvidia NEVER has driver issues hehe, I have some land for sale, interested
:)

Mitch

by **rms** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 02:21:06

Magnus reports on rage3d that FSAA is still disabled in GPL :(

Very bad news. We need to bombard their driver feedback email
http://apps.ati.com/driverfeedback/index.asp

rms

by **Steve Smit** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 03:15:08

Catalyst 3.1s? WTF?!?!? A couple of weeks ago ATI had just released Cat
3.9s...which were to make up for the unloved 3.8s, which weren't as good as
the 3.7s. Is ATI stuck in reverse, or is it just me?

by **Andre** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 03:17:45

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:15:08 GMT, "Steve Smith"

>Catalyst 3.1s? WTF?!?!?

They are 3.10.
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by **Steve Smit** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:56:32

Sure, everybody's knows 3.10 comes after 3.9; do the math! Since when did
binary succumb to the Dewey Decimal System?

> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:15:08 GMT, "Steve Smith"

> >Catalyst 3.1s? WTF?!?!?

> They are 3.10.
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by **Andre** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:21:13

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:56:32 GMT, "Steve Smith"

>Sure, everybody's knows 3.10 comes after 3.9; do the math! Since when did
>binary succumb to the Dewey Decimal System?

And since when did version numbers become standard decimals? My IE
version is 6.0.2800.1106. Analyse that.
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by **Tiny Lun** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 10:56:05

I tested and found no corruption at any resolution. Must be my super
computer.

The latest release of the Catalyst drivers are now available on ATI's site.
According to the release notes, there's a known problem with Nascar 2003,
here's the snippet:

Known Issues

The following section provides a brief description of known issues
associated with the latest version of CATALYSTT. These include the
following:
<snip>
Playing the game Nascar 2003 with the display resolution set to 1280x1024
32bpp results in display corruption being seen. This issue will be resolved
in an upcoming CATALSYT release. Further information on this issue can be
found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/AAAI.html

(The link doesn't work for me at the moment.)

...Klinn

by **Joachim Trens** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:19:25

> Great. That's exactly what I run...

You shouldn't be running 1280x1024 anyway for the reason Mitch explains,
but there are several other driver versions which don't have a problem
at all, like the 3.7 (which are the ones I'm using), and they're all
still available for download from ATI.

Achim

by **Joachim Trens** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:21:57

> Catalyst 3.1s? WTF?!?!? A couple of weeks ago ATI had just released Cat
> 3.9s...which were to make up for the unloved 3.8s, which weren't as good as
> the 3.7s. Is ATI stuck in reverse, or is it just me?

A pretty strange numbering scheme, isn't it :) but there is no prob at
all in GPL with AA - it works perfectly well for me using the 3.7 CAT.

Achim

by **Joachim Trens** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:24:42

> I tested and found no corruption at any resolution. Must be my super
> computer.

I've tested them in Win2000 and don't have any corruption either, they
work as smooth as a charm.

In WinME I still use the 3.7, and those as well have no probs for me at
any resolution.

The 3.9 also work flawlessly for me btw, in both OSes.

Achim

by **Steve Smit** » Sat, 20 Dec 2003 20:53:02

I take yer point.

> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:56:32 GMT, "Steve Smith"

> >Sure, everybody's knows 3.10 comes after 3.9; do the math! Since when
did
> >binary succumb to the Dewey Decimal System?

> And since when did version numbers become standard decimals? My IE
> version is 6.0.2800.1106. Analyse that.
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by **Larr** » Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:47:23

Hell, I got it ALL turned on now. Horsepower, Baby :)

BTW... My previous post was a humerous accounting of my typical luck :)

-Larry

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