radeon 9700PRO omega & catalyst: bug or wrong settings?

rund1me · Mar 6, 2006, 03:48 PM

Hi there,

I was wondering why my radeon9700PRO is that slow so i installed the drivers for it on my system again. after install & reboot the system is slower than before some examples:
*when i click left on my desktop context menu appears very slowly
*windows drag & drop is slower than everything
*games wont got 1-10fps (counterstrike,...)

so you see that drivers making problems, the only way to solve this is go to device manager -> Graficscard -> deinstall -> reboot -> wait for autoinstall hardware -> reboot again
then the default windows drivers installed again and run normal but not good....
the information on drivers installed in extended montor settings displayed are the newest catalyst / omega but i dont think that they are used then

i had that problem before i tried the newest catalyst and then the omega so its always the same....

also Sisoft Sandra says that my Grafics bios is too old... what to do then ?

System info from Sisoft Sandra:
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Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Speed : 2.92GHz
Processor : 1 Unit
Threads : 2 Units
Datacache : 16kB Synchron, Write-Thru, 8-weg Satz, 64 Byte Zeilengröße, 2 geteilte Threads
L2 Onboard Cache : 1MB ECC Synchron, ATC, 8-weg Satz, 64 Byte Zeilengröße, 2 Zeilen pro Sektor, 2 geteilte Threads

Mainboard
Bus : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Unterstützung : No
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. P1.40
System : 775V88
Mainboard : 775V88
Ram: 1GB DDR-SDRAM

Modell : ASRock Inc PT880 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed: 4x 195MHz (780MHz Datenrate)
Ramspeed: 2x 97MHz (194MHz Datenrate)

Grafics:
Monitor/TFT : Plug und Play-Monitor
Monitor/TFT : Samsung SyncMaster 900p (CSH9839*)
Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO (Omega 3.8.221)
Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO
Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO Secondary (Omega 3.8.221)
Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO - Secondary

OS: Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)

fobis · Mar 6, 2006, 11:08 PM

Do only Omega's drivers exhibit this problem? What about other drivers?
Did you uninstall and clean your old drivers out properly using DriverCleaner Pro? (this is critical)

rund1me · Mar 7, 2006, 07:25 PM

i uninstalled every ATI shit with drivercleaner pro and reinstalled Omega / reboot / little settings tweaking and it runs better than ever... ati catalyst driver suxx..
when i take a look at sysoft the videobios says always to update it....

fobis · Mar 7, 2006, 10:46 PM

Good to hear you got it working.
As for the video BIOS, you really don't need to upgrade it, so just ignore that message.

rund1me · Mar 7, 2006, 11:00 PM

so my next problem is if i watch any vid (mediaplayerclassic) its displayed like a thumbnail only it mpc not in windowsmplayer so maybe its a different setting in DX Tweaks ?
...
btw..: where is a discription for the tweaks and overclocking with ATT?

fobis · Mar 8, 2006, 01:28 AM

There is a thread here: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-xp-radeon-display-drivers/80292-ati-tray-tools-advanced-tweaks.html concerning advanced tweaks in ATT. I don't know if that will help you out.
As for playing videos, can't you increase the size of the video output through the player? I know MediaPlayer Classic can resize the window of the video...

Mar 6, 2006, 03:48 PM	#1
rund1me DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	radeon 9700PRO omega & catalyst: bug or wrong settings? Hi there, I was wondering why my radeon9700PRO is that slow so i installed the drivers for it on my system again. after install & reboot the system is slower than before some examples: when i click left on my desktop context menu appears very slowly windows drag & drop is slower than everything games wont got 1-10fps (counterstrike,...) so you see that drivers making problems, the only way to solve this is go to device manager -> Graficscard -> deinstall -> reboot -> wait for autoinstall hardware -> reboot again then the default windows drivers installed again and run normal but not good.... the information on drivers installed in extended montor settings displayed are the newest catalyst / omega but i dont think that they are used then i had that problem before i tried the newest catalyst and then the omega so its always the same.... also Sisoft Sandra says that my Grafics bios is too old... what to do then ? System info from Sisoft Sandra: ------------------ Processor Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Speed : 2.92GHz Processor : 1 Unit Threads : 2 Units Datacache : 16kB Synchron, Write-Thru, 8-weg Satz, 64 Byte Zeilengröße, 2 geteilte Threads L2 Onboard Cache : 1MB ECC Synchron, ATC, 8-weg Satz, 64 Byte Zeilengröße, 2 Zeilen pro Sektor, 2 geteilte Threads Mainboard Bus : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus MP Unterstützung : No MP APIC : Yes System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. P1.40 System : 775V88 Mainboard : 775V88 Ram: 1GB DDR-SDRAM Modell : ASRock Inc PT880 CPU to PCI Bridge Front Side Bus Speed: 4x 195MHz (780MHz Datenrate) Ramspeed: 2x 97MHz (194MHz Datenrate) Grafics: Monitor/TFT : Plug und Play-Monitor Monitor/TFT : Samsung SyncMaster 900p (CSH9839) Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO (Omega 3.8.221) Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO Secondary (Omega 3.8.221) Adapter : RADEON 9700 PRO - Secondary OS: Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)

Mar 6, 2006, 11:08 PM	#2
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	Do only Omega's drivers exhibit this problem? What about other drivers? Did you uninstall and clean your old drivers out properly using DriverCleaner Pro? (this is critical) __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 7, 2006, 10:46 PM	#4
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	Good to hear you got it working. As for the video BIOS, you really don't need to upgrade it, so just ignore that message. __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 8, 2006, 01:28 AM	#6
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	There is a thread here: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-xp-radeon-display-drivers/80292-ati-tray-tools-advanced-tweaks.html concerning advanced tweaks in ATT. I don't know if that will help you out. As for playing videos, can't you increase the size of the video output through the player? I know MediaPlayer Classic can resize the window of the video... __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 7, 2006, 07:25 PM	Thread Starter #3
rund1me DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	i uninstalled every ATI shit with drivercleaner pro and reinstalled Omega / reboot / little settings tweaking and it runs better than ever... ati catalyst driver suxx.. when i take a look at sysoft the videobios says always to update it....

Mar 7, 2006, 11:00 PM	Thread Starter #5
rund1me DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	so my next problem is if i watch any vid (mediaplayerclassic) its displayed like a thumbnail only it mpc not in windowsmplayer so maybe its a different setting in DX Tweaks ? ... btw..: where is a discription for the tweaks and overclocking with ATT?