3.8 Over rated garbage.

Mystic · Oct 8, 2003, 10:45 PM

I can't believe how you people are acting like complete idiots. I mean seriously, these drivers are worse then 3.7. They don't give any performance increases like they said it would, the benches have proven this. Also, this drivers shouldn't concern anybody without a 9800TX.

My thoughts on the subject, feel free to rant or whatever.

spajdr · Oct 8, 2003, 10:59 PM

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Originally posted by Mystic
I can't believe how you people are acting like complete idiots. I mean seriously, these drivers are worse then 3.7. They don't give any performance increases like they said it would, the benches have proven this. Also, this drivers shouldn't concern anybody without a 9800TX.

My thoughts on the subject, feel free to rant or whatever.

what performance increases you talking about ?

DocterDee · Oct 8, 2003, 11:08 PM

for me the Game Profil feature is fully overrated. Look you need to go all the way to the CP (dont forget the 5 second load time on some PCs) and there to change the Profil. Why not use a 3rd Party tool like rTool and change those settings by hand?

€: I thought the Game Profils feature would be like RadLinker. Just set up a game and the Drivers automatically change the settings. That would be innovative.

sry but this feature is crap ;(

HENNESSY · Oct 8, 2003, 11:15 PM

not even a auto detect game feature in the game profile

shuki · Oct 8, 2003, 11:17 PM

closing dupe thread. please keep these type of opinions in the official ratings thread here

Cereal Killer · Oct 8, 2003, 11:19 PM

There was never any mention of tremendous performance increases with the new 3.8 set. The word out before the release was they (ATI) were introducing new features in the Catalyst software suite. If you look back at the readme files, you will concur that there is a nice set of new features. Terry has never once said that the 3.8 set would offer performance boosts over 3.7.

If you are going to rant, please back it up with proof.

Oct 8, 2003, 10:45 PM	#1
Mystic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	3.8 Over rated garbage. I can't believe how you people are acting like complete idiots. I mean seriously, these drivers are worse then 3.7. They don't give any performance increases like they said it would, the benches have proven this. Also, this drivers shouldn't concern anybody without a 9800TX. My thoughts on the subject, feel free to rant or whatever. __________________ A7V266-E Rev 1.07 Athlon Xp 1900+ 512 DDR2100 ATI 9500 NP s-mod 9700 303/303 Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital

Oct 8, 2003, 11:08 PM	#3
DocterDee DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 99 Rep Power: 0	for me the Game Profil feature is fully overrated. Look you need to go all the way to the CP (dont forget the 5 second load time on some PCs) and there to change the Profil. Why not use a 3rd Party tool like rTool and change those settings by hand? €: I thought the Game Profils feature would be like RadLinker. Just set up a game and the Drivers automatically change the settings. That would be innovative. sry but this feature is crap ;( Last edited by DocterDee; Oct 8, 2003 at 11:16 PM.

Oct 8, 2003, 11:15 PM	#4
HENNESSY DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 0	not even a auto detect game feature in the game profile __________________ P4 2.6GHz / 1024 MB DDR / Medion Radeon 9600 TX (Yeah TX not XT)

Oct 8, 2003, 11:19 PM	#6
Cereal Killer [DH] Catalyst Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mississauga, Ontario Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	There was never any mention of tremendous performance increases with the new 3.8 set. The word out before the release was they (ATI) were introducing new features in the Catalyst software suite. If you look back at the readme files, you will concur that there is a nice set of new features. Terry has never once said that the 3.8 set would offer performance boosts over 3.7. If you are going to rant, please back it up with proof. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 2.53GHz (11.5x220 @ 1.95V) Thermalright SP-97 w/ TT SmartFan II Abit NF7-S Rev. 2.0 2x512MB GeIL PC3500 Platinum Dual DDR ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 360GB WD 8MB SATA HDDs RAID 0 Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Sony E500 21" Monitor WinXP Pro SP1

Oct 8, 2003, 11:17 PM	#5
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	closing dupe thread. please keep these type of opinions in the official ratings thread here