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New 5.4s released by ATI!

post #1 of 33
4/7/05 at 4:52pm
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With old school CP
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-...2a-022141c.exe

With CCC
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-...1c-english.exe

Download Page
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27 Page

Fixed in this driver:

* 3DMark2001: A black screen is no longer displayed when launching 3DMark2001 after launching Aquamark3 when the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER is installed
* Pacific Fighters: Playing the game after playing any track for a short period of time and having the landscape detail set to perfect no longer results in the clouds becoming blocking when flying
* Sail Simulator 4: Attempting to play the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9800 XT installed no longer results in the operating system failing to respond and rebooting
* SolidWorks 2004: Display corruption is no longer noticed when setting the AA to 6X and AF to 16X
* Splinter Cell: Depth buffer corruption noticed on the ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO is now resolved
* Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Loading the Dantooine level of the game under Windows XP no longer results in slow game performance
* Using the ATI Problem Report Wizard under Windows XP SP2 with an ATI RADEON™ X850 XT installed no longer results in an error message appearing when clicking the Finish button for the problem report
* CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: An option to select Yes or No to changes made in SMARTGART™ is now displayed when clicking the Apply button in SMARTGART™
* CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: Playing a video clip in the background and entering the Overlay page found in the Video section no longer results in the default value for the Hue not being reapplied unless the CATALYST™ CONTROL™ CENTER is closed and re-launched
* CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: Selecting Germany as the language no longer results in some of the text overlapping each other on the Unlock button
* CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: Selecting Netherlands (Dutch) as the language no longer results in some of the text in the Hotkey manager being cut off
* CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: The Bus setting information is now displayed in the Graphic Hardware section of the Information Center found
* CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: The Display Manager Wizard no longer contains a Component Video single display setting message, when multi-display desktop mode is selected
* CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: Custom modes can only be applied if the display device can support the mode selected
* Attempting to apply a higher refresh rate to a non-DDC monitor no longer results in the refresh rate reverting to 60hz.
* SXGA+ LCD panel flicker is no longer noticed when the frame buffer (UMA size) is set to 32MB or 64MB
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post #2 of 33
4/7/05 at 5:31pm
I kiss goodbye to Omega to one more month... It's actually sad.
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post #3 of 33
4/7/05 at 7:08pm
someone test the counter-strike source ones, compare omega & the new 5.4s please!
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post #4 of 33
4/7/05 at 8:12pm
Ill stick to omegas. not like my games crawl
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post #5 of 33
4/7/05 at 9:23pm
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I agree. I'm still on the tried and true 4.12 omegas (not beta). Damn that was a great set of drivers.
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post #6 of 33
4/8/05 at 12:29am
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21865

Interesting looks like D3 performance got lower but SM 2.0b performance was supposedly increased.
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post #7 of 33
4/8/05 at 2:53am
Here's my 3DMark05:
before 5.3 ATI or Omega's = ~1300+
5.3 ATI = 1672
5.4 ATI = 1686

So, 5.4 at least not slower in D3D applications then 5.3.
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post #8 of 33
4/8/05 at 3:05am
I dont know if I would take stock in benchmarks like that. I dont think they are a foolproof indicator of performance especially with a 14 point difference. My 2 cents. I think gameplay would be a better indicator.
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post #9 of 33
4/8/05 at 3:16am
14 points of difference mean there is no difference . I was surprised by 300-point difference when installed 5.3. But in real games miracle didn't happen...
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post #10 of 33
4/8/05 at 9:46am
not long to wait for new omegas (5.3)
"This is the first driver set, based on the ATI Cat 5.2, the next set will be Nvidia, based on the 66.93 official drivers, that will be released on Tuesday (05) or Wednesday (06). Following it will be the ones based on ATI Cat 5.3 next Saturday (09)"
he staggering the releases to let servers cope.
My conversion to 2003 will have to wait till then not installin older drivers just to uninstall a day later
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post #11 of 33
4/8/05 at 1:32pm
Haha yeah I am wiating for the Omega version of 5.3 as well. The ATI drivers from ATI are quite boring to be honest. They dont even have the option of enabling WMV video acceleration in the options tab of the control panel unlike the Omegas.
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post #12 of 33
4/8/05 at 5:26pm
Thats because it is already enabled.
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post #13 of 33
4/8/05 at 5:47pm
Ho hum didnt know that thanks for clarifying rct23. Good to know...nonetheless I am switching to Omegas ASAP!
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post #14 of 33
4/9/05 at 2:10pm
its the 9th now, Where are they!!!!!!!!
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post #15 of 33
4/9/05 at 2:50pm
I also found a thread in beyond3d where a guy wrote a stress testing program...using .NET platform and found that the 5.4s hit performance in graphics cards kinda bad. Looks like I am going to stick with either what I have or Omegas 5.3 and thats it. Gonna skip 5.4
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post #16 of 33
4/9/05 at 3:14pm
good old 4.12 omega do me fine.. im only interested in trying new ones cuz i had these forever.
no qualms about going back to 4.12 tho
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post #17 of 33
4/10/05 at 8:24am
" ATI Omega Drivers Update:

Since ATI released the Cat 5.4 yesterday and according to many people the Cat 5.3 have some problems, I have decided to skip the Omega Drivers based on the Cat 5.3 and go directly to Cat 5.4, but since I have not tested them yet, the release will be done next week, probably next Saturday, in the meantime enjoy the previous release based on the Cat 5.2." damn
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post #18 of 33
4/10/05 at 11:12am
I'm using the Cats because last time I tried the Omegas I got weird artifacts when playing Sacred. But seems to me that if you ARE using Omegas... who cares if they aren't based on the "just out, paint's still wet" version of the Cats? If the Omegas worked for you BEFORE 5.4 came out, odds are they will STILL work now, and none of your games will lose FPS just because a newer driver is out. Get a grip folks...
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post #19 of 33
4/10/05 at 5:07pm
Yes I agree 4.12s were da bomb.
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post #20 of 33
4/16/05 at 10:23am
no new omegas yet as promised.
damn timezones!
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