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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 20:23 |
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Sepharo wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 20:21:
Ant wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 10:24:
Sepharo wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 02:30:
PHJF wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 02:14:
My nvidia driver is dated 1/2011
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I'm apparently using Catalyst 8.8 from November.
I think I always download these but just forget to run them. Do newer games work with that old driver? I used to run v9.7, but had problems with newer games with my old, updated XP Pro. SP3 and 4870 (512 MB) video card. 
Newish games I've played with it have been Witcher 2, Duke Demo, Brink.
Didn't notice any issues and didn't find myself wanting more frames even with settings maxed.
This is on a 5870. Interesting, I have had a few new demos and betas that didn't show graphics correctly. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 20:21 |
Sepharo |
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Ant wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 10:24:
Sepharo wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 02:30:
PHJF wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 02:14:
My nvidia driver is dated 1/2011
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I'm apparently using Catalyst 8.8 from November.
I think I always download these but just forget to run them. Do newer games work with that old driver? I used to run v9.7, but had problems with newer games with my old, updated XP Pro. SP3 and 4870 (512 MB) video card.
Newish games I've played with it have been Witcher 2, Duke Demo, Brink.
Didn't notice any issues and didn't find myself wanting more frames even with settings maxed.
This is on a 5870. |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 16:05 |
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| Last couple of drivers I've had corruption in the PowerDVD menus of Blurays? Anyone else seen that? My google-fu is too weak to wade through all the other powerdvd & ati shit. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 10:24 |
Ant |
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Sepharo wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 02:30:
PHJF wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 02:14:
My nvidia driver is dated 1/2011
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I'm apparently using Catalyst 8.8 from November.
I think I always download these but just forget to run them. Do newer games work with that old driver? I used to run v9.7, but had problems with newer games with my old, updated XP Pro. SP3 and 4870 (512 MB) video card. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 07:56 |
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| I still use the 10-2_vista32 version, its never let me down once on any game and I've a new 6950. Ive tried some of the newer drivers and they are shite. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 07:47 |
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I couldn't get these to install on my 6950 that is flashed to a 6970 (I did do an uninstall first). At first I got a blue screen, then on subsequent atttempts I got "No compatible hardware found. Despite that linked hotfix not being for my card, I tried it and it worked! This on Windows 7 64-bit.
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 02:30 |
Sepharo |
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PHJF wrote on Aug 18, 2011, 02:14:
My nvidia driver is dated 1/2011
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I'm apparently using Catalyst 8.8 from November.
I think I always download these but just forget to run them. |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 02:14 |
PHJF |
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My nvidia driver is dated 1/2011
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 18, 2011, 00:32 |
Jerykk |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 23:14 |
born2expire |
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| the auto fan control on these still sucks, I go from 30% fan on idle desktop to 35% fan under heavy gaming. Still have to manually crank up the fans before gaming |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 23:08 |
Sepharo |
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headkase wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 22:20:
By the way: a first for me! First time I've seen a spam post on Blues.. 
They've been happening more frequently the past week for some reason.
Wonder if there is some sort of spammer hit list out there or something. |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 22:20 |
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Sacrifex wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 18:45:
Been running these (albeit, the preview 11.8 drivers released with the 11.7's) for over a month, without any problems: installing, or running.
While AMD certainly can improve their driver support (I'm looking at you Crossfire), I've yet to have/see any issues like the constant outpouring of "I installed these drivers and they killed my wife/child/dog, then made me watch while they barbequed/ate the battered corpses," that comes up in every single AMD driver thread here on Blues.
I've used multiple mismatched Crossfire setups in my day, with beta drivers, and no lack of overclocking/tweaking - If this stuff is as common is it would seem, shouldn't I have been gruesomely killed in some sort of explosive driver snafu by now?
5-6+ years ago, sure, the drivers were a mess - now? Either fanboi lulz, or PEBKAC.
I HAVE had a "blue screen" (actually, black screen then reboot but the Windows error log called it a "blue screen"..) on Windows 7 64-bit when running the AMD Catalyst Driver Update. I was having problems with a few - and only a specific few - games at the same time. What fixed it? I replaced the power supply which in hindsight was getting wonky. No issues since.
By the way: a first for me! First time I've seen a spam post on Blues.. |
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Aug 17, 2011, 21:37 |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 21:33 |
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Yeah, I guess only nitwits like me actually follow AMD's driver update instructions. 
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 20:24 |
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PropheT wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 20:17:
JediPunisher wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 19:55:
You do know that you're supposed to uninstall the previous drivers first, don't you?
The install package does that itself these days anyway.
Yeah...that uninstall before install thing died a while ago...for nVidia for sure. I would think ATI is similar. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 20:17 |
PropheT |
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JediPunisher wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 19:55:
You do know that you're supposed to uninstall the previous drivers first, don't you?
The install package does that itself these days anyway. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 20:11 |
mag |
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I've historically been a big defender of ATI drivers, because I never had trouble. nvidia's drivers were always way worse. Until a couple of months ago, when AMDTI released a set that bluescreened my computer on install, crashed it on its next boot, and on the next boot displayed everything with a neon green tinge.
I figured out the green, eventually: Apparently they broke EDID support at the beginning of the year and still haven't fixed it. If you just disabled it, it gets rid of the green. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 20:00 |
JediPunisher |
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Sacrifex wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 18:45:
Been running these (albeit, the preview 11.8 drivers released with the 11.7's) for over a month, without any problems: installing, or running.
I've installed dozens of ATI drivers over the years, and I never had a problem until now. You are running the same 11.8 preview drivers I was, which seemed bug free, so you might want to skip these official 11.8's and avoid any headaches.
This comment was edited on Aug 17, 2011, 20:09. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 19:55 |
JediPunisher |
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coldcut wrote on Aug 17, 2011, 18:21:
What's the problem? Just run the installer and it will upgrade your drivers, no reboot needed at all, works perfectly ... You do know that you're supposed to uninstall the previous drivers first, don't you? While installing over previous drivers works, it will sometimes lead to problems (e.g. when the current drivers contain a file that is older than the one in the previous release).
In any case, the installer kept crashing... I ended up using the installer from the preview drivers... problem solved.
This comment was edited on Aug 17, 2011, 20:08. |
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Re: New AMD/ATI Reference Drivers |
Aug 17, 2011, 18:45 |
Sacrifex |
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Been running these (albeit, the preview 11.8 drivers released with the 11.7's) for over a month, without any problems: installing, or running.
While AMD certainly can improve their driver support (I'm looking at you Crossfire), I've yet to have/see any issues like the constant outpouring of "I installed these drivers and they killed my wife/child/dog, then made me watch while they barbequed/ate the battered corpses," that comes up in every single AMD driver thread here on Blues.
I've used multiple mismatched Crossfire setups in my day, with beta drivers, and no lack of overclocking/tweaking - If this stuff is as common is it would seem, shouldn't I have been gruesomely killed in some sort of explosive driver snafu by now?
5-6+ years ago, sure, the drivers were a mess - now? Either fanboi lulz, or PEBKAC. |
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