Problem with new drivers on Radeon 9500 pro

Leonidass · Oct 26, 2003, 06:43 PM

I have Radeon 9500 pro from supergrace manufacturer.
And i have problem. When i instal driver above Catalyst 3.4 performance is going down very seriously. In 3dmark 2001 test pixel shader Catalyst 3.4 - 170 fps, Catalyst 3.6 or 3.7 or 3.8 - 90 fps.
In other tests performance drop is not spectacular like in this tests but is visible.
Did someone have problem similar to mine. I don't know what is happening. It is software or hardware problem??

Chaos · Oct 26, 2003, 07:12 PM

i think that's about the time they removed "cough" application specific "cough" optomizations from their drivers

mkk · Oct 26, 2003, 08:03 PM

Losing points in something like 3DMark2001 is not a real problem either. Try a genunie application like Unreal Tournament 2003, and you should see some improvement with later drivers. I know I do with my R9500pro.

Zardon · Oct 26, 2003, 08:06 PM

yes I agree, I wouldnt really keep relying so much on 3dmarks anymore. those days are kind of coming to an end, run some of your games and you should find them nice and smooth with high FPS (run fraps)..

Chaos is right ATI removed certain optimisations.

Leonidass · Oct 27, 2003, 04:17 PM

Im not really sure i tried to check it on new games like Tomb Raider AOD and Max Payne 2.

Results are as follow:

Tomb Raider :

Catalyst 3.4
2003-10-27 16:44:14 - TRAOD_P3
Frames: 612 - Time: 15221ms - Avg: 40.207 - Min: 40 - Max: 42

Omega Catalyst 3.8
2003-10-27 17:07:49 - TRAOD_P3
Frames: 337 - Time: 8632ms - Avg: 39.040 - Min: 38 - Max: 40

Max Payne 2

Catalyst 3.4
2003-10-27 16:48:35 - MaxPayne2
Frames: 354 - Time: 8873ms - Avg: 39.896 - Min: 40 - Max: 41

Omega Catalyst 3.8
2003-10-27 17:09:59 - MaxPayne2
Frames: 389 - Time: 11897ms - Avg: 32.697 - Min: 33 - Max: 33

FPS are from Fraps log

In both games i loaded save game and i did not move mouse or keyboard (only start Fraps logging)

Oct 26, 2003, 06:43 PM	#1
Leonidass DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Poland Damnica Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Problem with new drivers on Radeon 9500 pro I have Radeon 9500 pro from supergrace manufacturer. And i have problem. When i instal driver above Catalyst 3.4 performance is going down very seriously. In 3dmark 2001 test pixel shader Catalyst 3.4 - 170 fps, Catalyst 3.6 or 3.7 or 3.8 - 90 fps. In other tests performance drop is not spectacular like in this tests but is visible. Did someone have problem similar to mine. I don't know what is happening. It is software or hardware problem??

Oct 26, 2003, 07:12 PM	#2
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	i think that's about the time they removed "cough" application specific "cough" optomizations from their drivers __________________

Oct 26, 2003, 08:03 PM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Losing points in something like 3DMark2001 is not a real problem either. Try a genunie application like Unreal Tournament 2003, and you should see some improvement with later drivers. I know I do with my R9500pro.

Oct 26, 2003, 08:06 PM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yes I agree, I wouldnt really keep relying so much on 3dmarks anymore. those days are kind of coming to an end, run some of your games and you should find them nice and smooth with high FPS (run fraps).. Chaos is right ATI removed certain optimisations.

Oct 27, 2003, 04:17 PM	Thread Starter #5
Leonidass DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Poland Damnica Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Im not really sure i tried to check it on new games like Tomb Raider AOD and Max Payne 2. Results are as follow: Tomb Raider : Catalyst 3.4 2003-10-27 16:44:14 - TRAOD_P3 Frames: 612 - Time: 15221ms - Avg: 40.207 - Min: 40 - Max: 42 Omega Catalyst 3.8 2003-10-27 17:07:49 - TRAOD_P3 Frames: 337 - Time: 8632ms - Avg: 39.040 - Min: 38 - Max: 40 Max Payne 2 Catalyst 3.4 2003-10-27 16:48:35 - MaxPayne2 Frames: 354 - Time: 8873ms - Avg: 39.896 - Min: 40 - Max: 41 Omega Catalyst 3.8 2003-10-27 17:09:59 - MaxPayne2 Frames: 389 - Time: 11897ms - Avg: 32.697 - Min: 33 - Max: 33 FPS are from Fraps log In both games i loaded save game and i did not move mouse or keyboard (only start Fraps logging)