Catalyst 3.8 je OBJAVLJEN !!! Skinite ga ...

[maxer]

Adresa se zna: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

Bas ko sto su obecali ... tacno u 21h.

 

[DusaN]

Ajde bas da ih probam.

Nego, od koliko sati si poceo da lupas refresh na ati.com-u? )

Realease notes http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_38_Release_Notes.html

Ono sto je popravljeno

Fixed in this driver:
Setting the Landscape details to Perfect in the game IL2 Stumovik Forgotten Battles no longer results in the system not responding during the track playback
Playing the game Tiger Woods with the game options set to 1280x1024 32bpp and graphic parameters set to high, no longer results in the game failing to respond after the scorecard is displayed
Setting the game Flight Simulator 2004 to display at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 followed by starting a new flight results in the menu being flipped just before the new flight is about to begin
Setting the display to 800x600 32bpp 100Hz followed by enabling triple buffering no longer results in display corruption when playing CounterStrike
The correct ATI board name is now display in the configuration window of the game Serious Sam 2
A dark screen image and texture corruption is no longer seen when playing the game Project A3
Running the game eRacer with clone mode enabled no longer results in corruption on the secondary display during the opening introduction
Playing the game Midnight Club 2 with the default setting no longer results in the texture coordinated being corrupted. This issue occurred under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 7500 installed
Fog issues have now been resolved in the game Neverwinter Nights
Image corruption is no longer noticed in the game Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. This issue was known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9000 series installed
Playing the demo game Midnight Club 2 under Windows XP with the default modes enabled for the game no longer results in the fog being missing from the game
Playing the demo game XIII under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9500 or 9800 series card installed no longer results in texture corruption when moving the mouse around the game area
The ATI RADEON™ 7500 series card no longer experiences texture and geometry corruption in GL application samples
Setting the display size to 1600x1200x32 bpp under Windows ME with a 256Mb RADEON™ 9700 series card installed and running 3D Mark2003 no longer results in the system failing to respond
The CodeCreatures benchmark score dropping by approximately 10-12% on DX8-class hardware (RADEON™ 9200, 9000, and 8500) is now resolved
When updating to current or future CATALYST™ releases your current color control panel profiles are no longer lost
Setting the main OpenGL slider in the ATI 3D tab to quality no longer results causes games to run in 16bpp mode
Disabling Extended Desktop when two display adapters are connected to four Displays no longer results in corruption on one display
Help file is now available for brightness of TV under Windows XP with a RADEON™ 9800 series card installed
The large desktop resolution setting are no longer displayed in the Setting tab once large desktop has been disabled
Selecting the 3D screen saver during DVD playback when the display resolution is set to 1280x1024x16bit no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the overlay
Repeatedly switching between a Full Screen DOS session and the window desktop no longer results in corrupt horizontal red lines on the CRT
Entering the screen saver tab in the display properties and selecting 3D Flying Objects followed by entering standby mode no longer results in the Windows 2000 operating system rebooting
The ability to extend the desktop while playing an MPEG file is now resolved
The system no longer reboots when playing NEC dvd4 after changing the display from extended mode to clone mode
The ATI Problem Report Wizard is now functioning properly under Windows XP
The ATI RADEON™ 8500 no longer suffers from a Direct 3D performance decrease when the Windows XP desktop resolution is set to 32bpp
Setting the display resolution to 1152x864 32bpp under Windows XP and playing an MPEG or AVI file no longer results in display corruption on the TV output
Texture banding issues under OpenGL is now resolved

 

[maxer]

Nego, od koliko sati si poceo da lupas refresh na ati.com-u? )

:mrgreen: iskreno samo dva puta, u 20:55 i u 21:01 i onako imam neka druga posla na net-u, pa mi je bilo usput ...

 

[maxer]

OpenGL and D3D tabs combined into one
CATALYST™ 3.8 introduces a new user-friendly 3D control panel. The 3D control panel combines the current D3D and OpenGL tabs into one tab called ATI 3D.

Game Profile Feature
CATALYST™ 3.8 provides users with the ability to create 3D profiles so that every game can have its own unique settings. The custom sections of the control panel can now be used to individually configure 3D settings such as Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic filtering and SMARTSHADER™ effects. These additions allow gamers to activate exciting pixel shader effects in any Direct3D or OpenGL application.

CATALYST™ Uninstaller
CATALYST™ 3.8 introduces a new simple application that removes the CATALYST™ software from the system.

New ATI 3D Tab Layout
CATALYST™ 3.8 now provides a single slider within the new 3D tab that allows users to select from different ATI recommended 3D settings. Benefits include the flexibility to adjust the overall performance/quality experience with the main slider.

SMARTSHADER™ Effects
SMARTSHADER™ allows gamers to enable an exciting pixel shader effects in Direct3D or OpenGL applications. SMARTSHADER™ effects delivers the amazing rendering techniques found in pre-shader 3D applications.

VPU Recover
VPU Recover (patent pending) allows the CATALYST™ display driver to reset the graphics accelerator when it is no longer responding to the display driver. Without VPU Recover, a reboot of the system would be required when the graphic accelerator is not responding to the display driver. Depending on the state of the system when VPU Recover is activated, applications that are running may be able to fully recover from the graphics processor reset. If this is not possible, the active application may be closed and the system will return to the desktop. VPU Recover will significantly reduce the number of system crashes caused by graphics hardware hangs. This allows for fewer interruptions and virtually eliminates situations where work can be lost, as well as increasing system stability.

TV Overscan
TV Overscan supports full screen TV display on devices connected to a RADEON™ or MOBILITY™ RADEON™ product. This feature is supported under the Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and XP MCE operating systems. In normal mode, the video image is scaled down so that the complete picture is always visible. This is necessary when displaying the Windows desktop on a TV. In Overscan mode, the video image is not scaled and uses all available scan lines of the TV. This results in a slightly bigger picture but the outer edges of the picture will be lost. This is the normal mode for TVs playing a standard video source such as live TV or DVD using a consumer electronics DVD player.

Performance Improvements
As with most CATALYST™ releases, the performance has increased. The HyperZ enhancements in CATALYST™ 3.8 provide performance improvements to applications that use the Z-buffer in certain ways. Tomb Raider frame rates improve as much as 20%. Giants - Citizen Kabuto also runs significantly faster. Other titles may also be improved.

 

[delimir]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1900

 

[Mephisto]

Jel probao neko overdrive?

 

[delimir]

Da svi imamo ovde R9800XT pa cemo da probamo :mrgreen:

 

[Vuk Kovacevic]

rade odlicno! :wave;

 

[Freak_Power]

Override radi samo na Radeon9800XT, kad dobijem karticu, dacu utiske. Medjutim vjerovatno override ne overclockuje karticu do onih granica do kojih bi trebalo. Vrlo vjerovatno extremno low overclock, i tesko da ce iko koristiti ovu opciju, nego flash bios, disable override i ojha

 

[golum]

"The ATI RADEON™ 8500 no longer suffers from a Direct 3D performance decrease when the Windows XP desktop resolution is set to 32bpp
Setting the display resolution to 1152x864 32bpp under Windows XP and playing an MPEG or AVI file no longer results in display corruption on the TV output
Texture banding issues under OpenGL is now resolved"
Ovaj deo me je malo zaintrigirao jer koristim R8500 i mislim da imam doticni problem. Kako se inace ponasa ova karta sa novim Catalystima jer sam ja ostao na 2.5. Moram li prvo da instaliram DX9 ili ne pre instalacije ovih 3.8?

 

[Mephisto]

Koliko su vam se poboljsale performanse?

 

[srdjan_r]

"The ATI RADEON™ 8500 no longer suffers from a Direct 3D performance decrease when the Windows XP desktop resolution is set to 32bpp
Setting the display resolution to 1152x864 32bpp under Windows XP and playing an MPEG or AVI file no longer results in display corruption on the TV output
Texture banding issues under OpenGL is now resolved"
Ovaj deo me je malo zaintrigirao jer koristim R8500 i mislim da imam doticni problem. Kako se inace ponasa ova karta sa novim Catalystima jer sam ja ostao na 2.5. Moram li prvo da instaliram DX9 ili ne pre instalacije ovih 3.8?

Ja imam istu karticu kao i ti. Jedini porast perfomansi sam primetio sa drajvrrima ver 3.4. Probao sam i 3.7. ali mislim da su bili slabiji od ovih pre, pa sam vratio 3.4. cheers Mislim da nece nesto da se dobij e posbeno u perfomansama sa novim drajverima. mozda se popravi poneki bag u nekim igrama.

 

[Marti Misterija]

Ja sam i dalje na 3.4 drajverima, 3.7 su doneli odredjena usporenje, barem kod mene, mada mozda i do sistema jer nije bio clean instal..

 

[Batica]

Moram li prvo da instaliram DX9 ili ne pre instalacije ovih 3.8?

Ta kartica NIJE DX 9 kartica al' u svakom slučaju možeš da instaliraš DX 9...

 

[meaculpa]

Karta 9800 pro, za nijansu(0.5%) je sporiji nego 3.4, slika je, subjektivno, bolja, ali malo tamnija i karta mi se bolje klokuje sa 3.8. Pre sam imao core=436mhz, sada 441mhz, a mem je bila na 756mhz, a sada radi na 780mhz.Stock cooling. Rezultati u 3d2k3 su isti. Setovanja su mi na high performance.
P.S. TRAOD radi STVARNO bolje, nego na starijim cat.
Poz.

 

[Mudri]

Meni najbolje rade 3.4 (9000 pro).Prepostavljam da su novi drajveri pobosavalju performanse samo sa najnovijim hardverom.

 

[byMaX]

Odlicni su 3.8... Nego, jedno pitanje, za one service killere i WinXP optimajzere - da li nesto znaci fajl Ati2paxx.exe ili tako nesto. Znaci, njegovo ime je ATI Hotkey poller (a postoji i servis ATI Smart) - oba sam ubio i sve radi kako treba. Jel su "neophodni" ili ne?

 

[byMaX]

Dobra je i fora SmartShader effects... Bas sam se zezao sa tim nocas...

 

[Mephisto]

Jedva cekam da dodjem kuci da vidim rezultate

 

[genijalcin@23]

Odlicni su 3.8... Nego, jedno pitanje, za one service killere i WinXP optimajzere - da li nesto znaci fajl Ati2paxx.exe ili tako nesto. Znaci, njegovo ime je ATI Hotkey poller (a postoji i servis ATI Smart) - oba sam ubio i sve radi kako treba. Jel su "neophodni" ili ne?

naravno da nisu neophodni.

 

[byMaX]

Super, ionako sam ih ukinuo...

 

[delimir]

Dobra je i fora SmartShader effects... Bas sam se zezao sa tim nocas...

Kod mene na R9000Pro rade samo b&w, classic, color cycle i inverse color. Cycle nije lose, mada verujem da su ovi preostali efekti, a koji se ne vide na DX8 jos bolji...

 

[golum]

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Ja imam istu karticu kao i ti. Jedini porast perfomansi sam primetio sa drajvrrima ver 3.4. Probao sam i 3.7. ali mislim da su bili slabiji od ovih pre, pa sam vratio 3.4. cheers Mislim da nece nesto da se dobij e posbeno u perfomansama sa novim drajverima. mozda se popravi poneki bag u nekim igrama.

Porast performansi me uopste ne interesuje jer se ne igram ali me interesuje to sa TV Outom i da li generalno ovi Catlyst-i 3.x prave neki problem sa ovim starijim kartama?
Znaci ne moram da instaliram DX9 da bi instalirao ove 3.x drivere koliko sam vas shvatio?!
Cekacu novi disk iz Digitala za ove nove drivere, smor je da ih skidam sa neta

 

[delimir]

Trebalo bi da su ovi novi Catalyst-i konacno doneli podrsku za overscan na TV izlazu. Istina, to je i pre moglo da se ukljuci iz R3DTweak-a, ali ipak je bolje ovako, "zvanicno"

 

[byMaX]

Sta bre overscan - pa to ti kropuje sliku na monitoru i okvir se ne vidi... Ne vidi se recimo, prvi niz ikonica

 

[borab]

Driveri su odlicni.Testirao sam ih u F1gp4, Traod,Unreal2, Chaser-u i 3D2001 i 3D2003.U svim imam po 5 fps vise, s tim sto mi je cpu ocupancu u F1gp4 pao sa 80%, na 75%.Stabilni su , a efekte nesto i nisam probavao.
Ati His 9500pro 128Mb
3D2001 1024x768 dx9 12800
3D2003 1024x768 dx9 4060

 

[filipenko]

Odlicni drajveri. 23 poena vise u marku03 , par fps-ova vise u igrama...
Stabilnost odlicna, tv-out - nemam pojma, slika blago izmenjena na difolt vrednostima, efekti vrlo, vrlo zanimljivi, itd. itd.

Sve u svemu - nije lose.

 

[DusaN]

Da, nisu losi.
Mada i dalje je ostao problem sa 9600pro i nekim igrama kada mora da se ugasi hardverski kursor da bi mogle da se igraju, u suprotnom blokiraju (recimo, C&C Generals).

Cekajuci 3.9

 

[ivica]

Dobro je,... konacho podrshka za...

...MEDION-a 9600 TX. Ne moram vishe da hakujem drajver da bi radio...
Ne znam josh kakvi su rezultati u testovima ali drajveri su odlichni...
Konacho da se primeti da su neshto menjali....

Ima li poboljshanja u radu ove kartice sa ovim drajverima?

 

[delimir]

Da, nisu losi.
Mada i dalje je ostao problem sa 9600pro i nekim igrama kada mora da se ugasi hardverski kursor da bi mogle da se igraju, u suprotnom blokiraju (recimo, C&C Generals).

Cekajuci 3.9

Generalsi mi sa ovim Catalystima ne rade. Sa svim prethondnim su radili OK, a sada brljaju (R9000Pro). Nisam jos probao Zero Hour.