Crysis "Hotfix" ATi Drivers for X series,HD2xxx/HD3xxx (Vista & XP)

Stop It · Nov 16, 2007, 06:29 PM

Good afternoon all

ATi/AMD have just released a "hotfix" driver for Crysis, solving a few of the issues suffered by HD series customer, here is a list of what is changed.

Crysis hotfix includes the following

DirectX 10: Fixes texture flickering in bushes, clouds, trees
DirectX 10: Performance improvements
DirectX 9: Fixes Anti-Aliasing corruption seen on the ATI Radeon 2900 Series
DirectX 9: Anti-Aliasing performance enhancements
DirectX 9: Crossfire performance improvements
DirectX 9: Fixes random graphics corruption during game play

Find the driver here: AMD Customer Care
(Select the Crysis topic)

Enjoy.

bman · Nov 16, 2007, 09:16 PM

Another driver that won't work in my AGP card

... Guess the 7.11 won't work either... And that makes 4 months without sorting the problem...

Guess i won't be playing Crysis... More wasted money just because AMD/ATI can't simply make a driver that will work with their hardware...

Well... I think it's clear what colour I'm choosing when i buy my new rig by the end of the year....

Erroneus · Nov 17, 2007, 12:11 AM

What AGP card would anyway be powerful enough to run Crysis?

Dark Lord · Nov 17, 2007, 12:21 AM

my 1950xt.

Frag Maniac · Nov 17, 2007, 03:32 AM

I'm running it on a X1950 Pro 512MB AGP with P4 3.0GHz CPU and 2GB RAM. I use High Textures, 8x AF (via a System.cfg command), Medium shadows, shaders, water, volumetrics, and sound, the rest Low @ 1200x900 and about 30 FPS average.

It runs pretty smooth and looks pretty good and although I do get a bit of texture flickering due to the AMD problem with Crysis, at least the Omega drivers I'm using work with AGP and they're up to date at Cat 7.10 equivalent.

Stop It · Nov 17, 2007, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Erroneus

What AGP card would anyway be powerful enough to run Crysis?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Lord

my 1950xt.

Mine too

Thankfully the drivers installed without problems.

H82LUZ · Nov 17, 2007, 09:06 AM

does anyone get a setup.exe error

Erroneus · Nov 17, 2007, 11:17 AM

Ah forgot they made the 1950xt AGP, cool beans.

Arklon · Nov 17, 2007, 12:50 PM

This is also supposed to increase Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance performance.

Stop It · Nov 17, 2007, 02:06 PM

Heh, I love ATi sometimes, this "hotfix" is supposed to:
DirectX 9: Fixes random graphics corruption during game play
Ok, nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that, for me, it causes them instead, oops!

Ah well, back to the usual 7.10s, here's hoping the 7.11s will combine the best of both drivers.

clozak · Nov 17, 2007, 02:21 PM

AGP support for this driver ala D3D still sucks. Fails all the tests. This probably means the 7.11s will be the same. It's funny, I hopped on the ATI boat because of the driver support, which ironically is going to force me to jump.

clozak · Nov 17, 2007, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frag Maniac

...at least the Omega drivers I'm using work with AGP and they're up to date at Cat 7.10 equivalent.

No they're not. They just have an earlier D3D support version in them. 7.7s I believe.

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Originally Posted by Omegadrive

I included the Cat 7.7 D3D driver and when people choose AGP in the installer the 7.10 ICD gets overwritten by the 7.7 one, so when they install all works properly.

Frag Maniac · Nov 17, 2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by clozak

No they're not. They just have an earlier D3D support version in them. 7.7s I believe.

Well if Omega labeled them as 7.10 equivalent I take it that means they are as up to date as they can be and still work on AGP? It wouldn't surprise me if they exhibit less or none of the graphics problems the pre-hotfix Cats do with Crysis as well, though admittedly that is one of the things I am trying to find out on this forum and have not yet.

Does anyone here know if the latest Omegas suffer from the same graphics problems the Cats did before this hotfix? I get a few minor texture flickers with the Omega but that's about it. I was wondering though if the rocks on the ground drawing into view right in front of you is part of the ATI driver glitches too, anyone know?

Being on AGP platform still, I probably don't have the option to even try this hotfix and it looks to be large enough in file size to entirely replace any driver and control panel setup you're running.

clozak · Nov 17, 2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Frag Maniac

Well if Omega labeled them as 7.10 equivalent I take it that means they are as up to date as they can be and still work on AGP? It wouldn't surprise me if they exhibit less or none of the graphics problems the pre-hotfix Cats do with Crysis as well, though admittedly that is one of the things I am trying to find out on this forum and have not yet.

Does anyone here know if the latest Omegas suffer from the same graphics problems the Cats did before this hotfix? I get a few minor texture flickers with the Omega but that's about it. I was wondering though if the rocks on the ground drawing into view right in front of you is part of the ATI driver glitches too, anyone know?

Being on AGP platform still I probably don't have the option to even try this hotfix and it looks to be large enough in file size to entirely replace any driver and control panel setup you're running.

Sorry, didn't mean to throw a wet blanket on your point. I guess what I was trying to say is no new D3D since 7.7s (7.6s for me) and with all the cool D3D games out in the past few months, no optimizations. ATI needs to release a separate driver for AGP owners, simple as that. This unified driver crap has lost its marketing pinch a long time ago. Especially now that we are having problems...

Frag Maniac · Nov 17, 2007, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clozak

This unified driver crap has lost its marketing pinch a long time ago. Especially now that we are having problems...

Agreed, and it looks more and more like they're saying, "You don't like it, get Pci Ex." I have been on Omegas for some time now and the main reason I rarely have to come here anymore to ask questions.

I will indeed make Pci Ex jump with my next build but I am simply holding out for a one card solution that will drive a 1920x1200 display on any game for a good 3-5 yrs at max settings. Thus I'm waiting to see what the 9800GTX will perform like and probably go next gen quad too.

I read some other threads before coming back here btw, and it looks like some on Pci Ex are still having bad artifact problems even after installing ATI's Crysis hotfix.

tamalero · Nov 18, 2007, 07:09 PM

btw, the link to download doesnt work D:

Stop It · Nov 18, 2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tamalero

btw, the link to download doesnt work D:

Still works here, remember you have to select the Crysis topic on that site to get to the driver page, it's a bit of a strange website layout.

ShaKer · Nov 19, 2007, 03:00 AM

Well the hot fix did nothing for my X1900GT PCIe still not working! Hope they make some more adjustments to driver!

Dyre Straits · Nov 19, 2007, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stop It

Still works here, remember you have to select the Crysis topic on that site to get to the driver page, it's a bit of a strange website layout.

It's worse than 'strange'. It should be linked to right on the Drivers page at least somewhere near the bottom among the other optional downloads.

Nov 16, 2007, 06:29 PM	#1
Stop It HHs' Resident Kitty Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Biggleswade, UK Posts: 1,432 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Crysis "Hotfix" ATi Drivers for X series,HD2xxx/HD3xxx (Vista & XP) Good afternoon all ATi/AMD have just released a "hotfix" driver for Crysis, solving a few of the issues suffered by HD series customer, here is a list of what is changed. Crysis hotfix includes the following DirectX 10: Fixes texture flickering in bushes, clouds, trees DirectX 10: Performance improvements DirectX 9: Fixes Anti-Aliasing corruption seen on the ATI Radeon 2900 Series DirectX 9: Anti-Aliasing performance enhancements DirectX 9: Crossfire performance improvements DirectX 9: Fixes random graphics corruption during game play Find the driver here: AMD Customer Care (Select the Crysis topic) Enjoy. __________________ Sig Courtesy of Mousey

Nov 17, 2007, 12:11 AM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	What AGP card would anyway be powerful enough to run Crysis? __________________

Nov 17, 2007, 12:21 AM	#4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	my 1950xt. __________________

Nov 17, 2007, 09:06 AM	#7
H82LUZ HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cobourg ,Ontario ,Canada Posts: 114 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	does anyone get a setup.exe error __________________

Nov 17, 2007, 11:17 AM	#8
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Ah forgot they made the 1950xt AGP, cool beans. __________________

Nov 16, 2007, 09:16 PM	#2
bman DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Another driver that won't work in my AGP card ... Guess the 7.11 won't work either... And that makes 4 months without sorting the problem... Guess i won't be playing Crysis... More wasted money just because AMD/ATI can't simply make a driver that will work with their hardware... Well... I think it's clear what colour I'm choosing when i buy my new rig by the end of the year....

Nov 17, 2007, 03:32 AM	#5
Frag Maniac DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	I'm running it on a X1950 Pro 512MB AGP with P4 3.0GHz CPU and 2GB RAM. I use High Textures, 8x AF (via a System.cfg command), Medium shadows, shaders, water, volumetrics, and sound, the rest Low @ 1200x900 and about 30 FPS average. It runs pretty smooth and looks pretty good and although I do get a bit of texture flickering due to the AMD problem with Crysis, at least the Omega drivers I'm using work with AGP and they're up to date at Cat 7.10 equivalent.

Nov 17, 2007, 12:50 PM	#9
Arklon HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 163 Rep Power: 0	This is also supposed to increase Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance performance.

Nov 17, 2007, 02:06 PM	Thread Starter #10
Stop It HHs' Resident Kitty Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Biggleswade, UK Posts: 1,432 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Heh, I love ATi sometimes, this "hotfix" is supposed to: DirectX 9: Fixes random graphics corruption during game play Ok, nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that, for me, it causes them instead, oops! Ah well, back to the usual 7.10s, here's hoping the 7.11s will combine the best of both drivers. __________________ Sig Courtesy of Mousey

Nov 17, 2007, 02:21 PM	#11
clozak DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	AGP support for this driver ala D3D still sucks. Fails all the tests. This probably means the 7.11s will be the same. It's funny, I hopped on the ATI boat because of the driver support, which ironically is going to force me to jump.

Nov 18, 2007, 07:09 PM	#16
tamalero DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	btw, the link to download doesnt work D:

Nov 19, 2007, 03:00 AM	#18
ShaKer DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Caseville, MI Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Well the hot fix did nothing for my X1900GT PCIe still not working! Hope they make some more adjustments to driver!