Ati Hotfix For 3.9 (pre-3.10 Catalyst) + Call Of Duty

ViRuS2k · Nov 20, 2003, 03:00 PM

Can someone pm me the Link to the NEW above OPGL file i gather thats all thats needed correct ?????? meaning thats the only file thats diffrent from the offical 3.9 cats ? if so pm me a link thanks so i can replace it and i dont then need to download over 21meg with a 56k lol

Schtopper · Nov 20, 2003, 04:49 PM

Will this fix the hurrendous performance drop seen in certain OpenGL games (if not all) on some systems? When using Cat 3.8s/3.9s i get absolutely aweful OGL FPS drops (e.g. in UT2003 they've dropped from the 3.7 180/80 to low 30s/low20s, D3D performance remains aroud the same as 3.7 280/80 (estimates)). I've tried everything so far, disabling FW etc, and patching to an old version of the atioglxx.dll (or whatever it's called) as well as using the old hotfix and beta 3.9 file, nothing worked. The only solution is to use the 3.7s. Interesting to note is if i install the 3.9s and patch with the ogl dll from the 3.7s i get the same performance drop and texture corruption as seen with full 3.9s (as if the ogl file wasn't to blame) but if i install 3.7s and patch with the 3.9 or 3.8 ogl dll then i get the performance crap and texture corruption (suggestingt his file ios to blame).

Are ATi aware of this issue? and is this new hotfix suposed to fix it? or has it not been mentoned before and therefore shouldn't hold my breath??

ta

PoopyTheJ · Nov 20, 2003, 08:08 PM

Well no freezing but serious hangs in the middle of the game. That's annoying when your fps drops to one and a sniper blows your head off.

djbigben · Nov 20, 2003, 10:04 PM

I tried both Call Of Duty and Pro Evolution Soccer 3 and get hangs and then it crashes. Albeit it took longer to crash

~~HawK~~ · Nov 20, 2003, 10:05 PM

Maybe you all are looking at the wrong device..
anyone tryed to lower 1 or 2 steps @ the Hardware acceleration of you Sound card?
(sound & MMedia prop. /soundplayback preffered device/advanced/ audio properties/ HWacceleration)
maybe that will solve it.

mikedep333 · Nov 20, 2003, 10:55 PM

YES!!
This update also fixes the Empires: Dawn of the Modern World bug, even though ATI doesn't say so. It's mentioned here.
http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4290.html
but it's no more, THANK YOU ATI

Ev!L-aLphA · Nov 20, 2003, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Schtopper
Will this fix the hurrendous performance drop seen in certain OpenGL games (if not all) on some systems? When using Cat 3.8s/3.9s i get absolutely aweful OGL FPS drops (e.g. in UT2003 they've dropped from the 3.7 180/80 to low 30s/low20s, D3D performance remains aroud the same as 3.7 280/80 (estimates)). I've tried everything so far, disabling FW etc, and patching to an old version of the atioglxx.dll (or whatever it's called) as well as using the old hotfix and beta 3.9 file, nothing worked. The only solution is to use the 3.7s. Interesting to note is if i install the 3.9s and patch with the ogl dll from the 3.7s i get the same performance drop and texture corruption as seen with full 3.9s (as if the ogl file wasn't to blame) but if i install 3.7s and patch with the 3.9 or 3.8 ogl dll then i get the performance crap and texture corruption (suggestingt his file ios to blame).

Are ATi aware of this issue? and is this new hotfix suposed to fix it? or has it not been mentoned before and therefore shouldn't hold my breath??

ta

I JUST GOT UT 2K3 AND MY FPS IS LIKE 20 WTF?? IS THAT THE PROBLEM NEW DRIVERS?? CUZ MY SYSTEM PWNS
e.g. in UT2003 they've dropped from the 3.7 180/80 to low 30s/low20s, D3D performance remains aroud the same as 3.7 280/80 (estimates)). never tried the 3.7 on ut but with 3.9 im GETTING HORRABLE FPS

wolfran · Nov 20, 2003, 11:29 PM

Thanks CM.

Your team has been very fast in responding to any problems. This is a very good sign for the whole ATI community.

Schtopper · Nov 20, 2003, 11:30 PM

that's exactly the problem yes. It occurs in all versions of 3.8s and 3.9s i've tried so far. I'm really not hpopeful that these will improve at all. I don't understand how ATI could have missed it, so much for testing.

Schtopper · Nov 20, 2003, 11:47 PM

Ok how stupid do i feel right about now???

Just downloaded the new cats (semi 3.10s) and isntalled em and i'm glad to report that things are greatly imporved in the OpenGL department for UT2003 (haven't tried anything else) D3d got around 165/72 and OGL got 147/64 which is a helluva lot better than 30/20 in the previous coupleof sets. So my appologies to ATi and the Catalyst teamf or going off on one before trying them, and thanks for early release

wolfran · Nov 21, 2003, 01:49 AM

i would say thank you again for fixing the COD problem. I usully experience lots of hangs and lockups in the car stage. With this hotfix driver, there is no more lockups in this stage. The opengl performance also seems to improve.

Good Work Catalyst Team

Ev!L-aLphA · Nov 21, 2003, 01:56 AM

OMG IT FIXED MY 10 FPS IN UNREAL NOW I CAN ACTAULY PLAY AT LIKE 80 MAX EVERY SINGLE THING + AA AND AF!!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 21, 2003, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ViRuS2k
that is the correct file just its got its extention like _ all you do is replace the missing l and delete the _

easy ehh

not that simple lol .... has to be install extracted bocouse it's compressed to about 1/2 to 1/3 size. renamed file will not work...

Quote:

Originally posted by ViRuS2k
Can someone pm me the Link to the NEW above OPGL file i gather thats all thats needed correct ?????? meaning thats the only file thats diffrent from the offical 3.9 cats ? if so pm me a link thanks so i can replace it and i dont then need to download over 21meg with a 56k lol

look here for the files
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=31116

Poppi · Nov 21, 2003, 04:15 AM

No more lock ups in the carride (ultimate test) for me. Nice job ATI. Way to respond to your customer's concerns efficiently.

*CATALYST maker* · Nov 21, 2003, 05:41 PM

To everyone thanking us, you are very welcome.
Sorry for the bug in the first place. Hope we took care of it for the vast majority of you. I still see that it did not fix it for everyone so I am going to gather some more info and see what is happening.

Rayder · Nov 21, 2003, 08:43 PM

Hmm...I tested out the new driver.

I immediately noticed this problem that has existed since the Cat 3.6 on my BB ATI Radeon 8500 128DDR:

The Hulk

I realise that this is not what this hotfix driver was meant to fix, but I think I found the culprit DLL that causes this problem for me. If I replace the ati3d2ag.dl_ file in the 3.10 beta drivers with the one from the 3.5 hotfix drivers, the problem goes away. So far, I haven't encountered any problems by doing this little file swap and all my games play correctly.

Just thought I'd give a little insight to Catalyst_Maker on this issue. Maybe he can investigate what's causing this in that DLL with that game on my 8500.

BTW, my Radeon's BIOS is listed as:
BK7.6.0 VR.000.000.007.006.003.001.001 ldfyy
According to the "adapter" tab in the Radeon CP.
I never overclock and have never flashed the card's BIOS. Hope this info is useful to CM.

Huigie · Nov 21, 2003, 11:16 PM

I still have "lock ups" in the carride with this new driver.

MSI865, P4-3GHZ, 1GB PC3500c2, ATI9800XT, 3.10 beta.

Ev!L-aLphA · Nov 22, 2003, 12:40 AM

Hi CM thanks for the update and why didint u mention the OpenGL update i mean in 3.8 and 3.9 i got 20 fps in unreal with this patch i get almost 90

THANKS DUDE!

SoldaT. (be) · Nov 22, 2003, 01:48 AM

the 9700pro dude.

After trying diff. drivers including both ati and omega 3.9 drivers,I finally solved me probs!
I knew disabling fast write worked fine to,however,I prefere to leave it enabled by default.
So I searched for other solutions and found this1 to be just fine.

I reinstalled the ATI 3.9 CAT driver and updated the hotfix...CoD still crashed after that...
So I installed the the 2nd fix regarding the VPU recover error message,(which I btw never had )

Problems solved!!!
No more crashes...
The game always crashed on the same spot,level ship3.

I can modifie me settings as Vsync in whatever way pleases me,the game keeps running smooth.
desktop res. 1024x768@85Hz
ingame res.=same
with all setting by default,also Vsync,I have a constant fps not going over 85 or under 70.
I could raise those nmbrs if I wanted to,still,theres no reason doing so cuz game runs very nice!!!
I really hope this time it wont start crashing again...atleast I came out ship 3 alive..

http://search.ati.com/nasearch.asp?Q...go.x=11&go.y=9

use this link for the fixes made by ati..

good luck !!!(ull need it! in my opinion,sys.spec mather,even when having same videocards,I have a feeling
that dusnt mean u need same solution.)
f.e.,some machines run just fine holding a 9700 pro,fast write enabled(with 3.9 cat driver).mine did not...
winxp pro sp1/XP2400/512ddr dual/radeon 9700 pro

please dont mind any mistakes,keeping in mind I learned me english watching movies,lol.

snic320 · Nov 22, 2003, 11:18 AM

Thanx very much CAT MAKER !!!, i see almost everyone has resolved his problems with the COD game wich is really nice, i also did but in another way..............Reinstalled WIn XP, new Nforce 3.13 drivers+OLD 3.2 Cathalyst that came with the CD and VOILA!!! everything runs fine and smooth COD. Battlefield (that´s what i needed)

Also noticed that my 3 weeks old Radeon 9800 PRo could have freezed the system because the FAN wasn´t spinning all the time!!! it went slower then faster then slower.....

.....1 drop of special all in wonder OIL in the fan and it now runs fulll power all time (still check it once a day or more until i get more secure).

BTW will wait till official new radeon drivers with hotfix included to upgrade from my trusty 3.2 cathalyst and carefull with those crappy ATI fans (think i will put one coolermaster i have with rpm monitor just in case....)

SoldaT. (be) · Nov 22, 2003, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by snic320
Thanx very much CAT MAKER !!!, i see almost everyone has resolved his problems with the COD game wich is really nice, i also did but in another way..............Reinstalled WIn XP, new Nforce 3.13 drivers+OLD 3.2 Cathalyst that came with the CD and VOILA!!! everything runs fine and smooth COD. Battlefield (that´s what i needed)

Also noticed that my 3 weeks old Radeon 9800 PRo could have freezed the system because the FAN wasn´t spinning all the time!!! it went slower then faster then slower..... .....1 drop of special all in wonder OIL in the fan and it now runs fulll power all time (still check it once a day or more until i get more secure).

BTW will wait till official new radeon drivers with hotfix included to upgrade from my trusty 3.2 cathalyst and carefull with those crappy ATI fans (think i will put one coolermaster i have with rpm monitor just in case....)

yep,indeed,the 3.2 worked fine for me to,still,i was hunger to install newer drivers...

Henk Ensing · Nov 22, 2003, 03:28 PM

Unfortunately the new catalyst drivers 3.10 didn't do anything for me...

I completely uninstalled the 3.9, used drivercleaner 2 and then installed the ati fix (the 'almost' 3.10 catalyst).

Am I missing something here??

pinokiss · Nov 22, 2003, 03:51 PM

Call of Duty hangs with this HOTFIX as before with 3.9, 3,7, or Omega drivers. For me only disabling "Fast Write" works.

ATI 9600 PRO 128
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 800 FSB
Intel 875 PBZ
1.0 Gb DDR 400

Henk Ensing · Nov 22, 2003, 04:03 PM

Even disabling fast writes (in the Ati CP) doesn't work ...

I'm at a loss - very frustrating being stuck in one map...

~~HawK~~ · Nov 22, 2003, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Henk Ensing
Even disabling fast writes (in the Ati CP) doesn't work ...

I'm at a loss - very frustrating being stuck in one map...

Henk probeer eens.. oh sorry

you could:
Try lowering HWaccel. in the sound options, or change to 2D sound in the game, see if that helps
What Watt is your PSU? you need atleast 400w.
or if you can, try underclocking your card, if that would fix it return the Pwrcolor and ask an other one (RMA?)

Henk Ensing · Nov 22, 2003, 05:31 PM

Hawk bedankt voor je... oh ja, sorry

I lowered HW accelleration for the soundcard in Windows. As to 2d sound, I tried the 11Khz setting in the game - same result.

My PSU is 350 watt. I only have one HD attached to it... Why do you think I could use a 400 watt PSU (I want to buy a silent PSU and I'm considering a 350 watt at the moment: Coba AP-350X.

Underclocking my card?? No way!

I could try it though...

One thing I've thought about is that maybe the GPU is running too hot. Anyone know of a tool where I can monitor the GPU's temp?

toddsmack2k · Nov 22, 2003, 05:51 PM

I like SPEEDFAN

Henk Ensing · Nov 22, 2003, 06:06 PM

Thanks for the link - I'll try it asap...

Henk Ensing · Nov 22, 2003, 06:18 PM

Hmmm,

There 6 temperature readings, not sure one is which now.

But... One of them is reading well into the 90 (probably the CPU) degrees celcius... The other are running in the 50 degrees celcius (Could be the GPU) ...

~~HawK~~ · Nov 22, 2003, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Henk Ensing
Hawk bedankt voor je... oh ja, sorry

My PSU is 350 watt. I only have one HD attached to it... Why do you think I could use a 400 watt PSU (I want to buy a silent PSU and I'm considering a 350 watt at the moment: Coba AP-350X.

Underclocking my card?? No way! I could try it though...

One thing I've thought about is that maybe the GPU is running too hot. Anyone know of a tool where I can monitor the GPU's temp?

Hehe lache wa.. PSU? well I ask because, when I got my 9700np, I use to have lockups too, but only in certain games funny enough, then I changed my 350w PSU (was a very cheap one ,already in the rainbow case I bought) for a 550 watt Q-tec (55 euro), after reading this and never had a lock up since, here is a site which will tell you what watt you need but!! they a assume this is a high Quality PSU ($) you buy and after reading my first link, you see that your system will put alot af strain on the 5 & 12volt rail, now 550w is ofcourse overkill but who knows about the future

And yes heath is a killer too, and a good airflow is a must

Nov 20, 2003, 04:49 PM	#32
Schtopper DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	Will this fix the hurrendous performance drop seen in certain OpenGL games (if not all) on some systems? When using Cat 3.8s/3.9s i get absolutely aweful OGL FPS drops (e.g. in UT2003 they've dropped from the 3.7 180/80 to low 30s/low20s, D3D performance remains aroud the same as 3.7 280/80 (estimates)). I've tried everything so far, disabling FW etc, and patching to an old version of the atioglxx.dll (or whatever it's called) as well as using the old hotfix and beta 3.9 file, nothing worked. The only solution is to use the 3.7s. Interesting to note is if i install the 3.9s and patch with the ogl dll from the 3.7s i get the same performance drop and texture corruption as seen with full 3.9s (as if the ogl file wasn't to blame) but if i install 3.7s and patch with the 3.9 or 3.8 ogl dll then i get the performance crap and texture corruption (suggestingt his file ios to blame). Are ATi aware of this issue? and is this new hotfix suposed to fix it? or has it not been mentoned before and therefore shouldn't hold my breath?? ta __________________ XP2500+ @ 11x180 1.99Ghz 768Mb Corsair RAM ABIT NF7-S GeForce 6800GT DVD-RW +/- CD-RW DVD-ROM 40Gb Maxtor HD other stuff that makes up a PC. 3D Mark05 - 5396 3D Mark03 - 12129

Nov 20, 2003, 08:08 PM	#33
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 64	Well no freezing but serious hangs in the middle of the game. That's annoying when your fps drops to one and a sniper blows your head off. __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Nov 20, 2003, 10:55 PM	#36
mikedep333 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	YES!! This update also fixes the Empires: Dawn of the Modern World bug, even though ATI doesn't say so. It's mentioned here. http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4290.html but it's no more, THANK YOU ATI __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ Asus K8V Deluxe (k8t800) Gig of pc2100 Sapphire Radeon 9700 @ 304/290 ATI TV Wonder PCI

Nov 20, 2003, 11:30 PM	#39
Schtopper DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	that's exactly the problem yes. It occurs in all versions of 3.8s and 3.9s i've tried so far. I'm really not hpopeful that these will improve at all. I don't understand how ATI could have missed it, so much for testing. __________________ XP2500+ @ 11x180 1.99Ghz 768Mb Corsair RAM ABIT NF7-S GeForce 6800GT DVD-RW +/- CD-RW DVD-ROM 40Gb Maxtor HD other stuff that makes up a PC. 3D Mark05 - 5396 3D Mark03 - 12129

Nov 20, 2003, 11:47 PM	#40
Schtopper DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	Ok how stupid do i feel right about now??? Just downloaded the new cats (semi 3.10s) and isntalled em and i'm glad to report that things are greatly imporved in the OpenGL department for UT2003 (haven't tried anything else) D3d got around 165/72 and OGL got 147/64 which is a helluva lot better than 30/20 in the previous coupleof sets. So my appologies to ATi and the Catalyst teamf or going off on one before trying them, and thanks for early release __________________ XP2500+ @ 11x180 1.99Ghz 768Mb Corsair RAM ABIT NF7-S GeForce 6800GT DVD-RW +/- CD-RW DVD-ROM 40Gb Maxtor HD other stuff that makes up a PC. 3D Mark05 - 5396 3D Mark03 - 12129

Nov 20, 2003, 03:00 PM	#31
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Can someone pm me the Link to the NEW above OPGL file i gather thats all thats needed correct ?????? meaning thats the only file thats diffrent from the offical 3.9 cats ? if so pm me a link thanks so i can replace it and i dont then need to download over 21meg with a 56k lol

Nov 20, 2003, 10:04 PM	#34
djbigben DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Penzance, Cornwall Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I tried both Call Of Duty and Pro Evolution Soccer 3 and get hangs and then it crashes. Albeit it took longer to crash

Nov 20, 2003, 10:05 PM	#35
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	Maybe you all are looking at the wrong device.. anyone tryed to lower 1 or 2 steps @ the Hardware acceleration of you Sound card? (sound & MMedia prop. /soundplayback preffered device/advanced/ audio properties/ HWacceleration) maybe that will solve it.

Nov 20, 2003, 11:29 PM	#38
wolfran DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 414 Rep Power: 0	Thanks CM. Your team has been very fast in responding to any problems. This is a very good sign for the whole ATI community.

Nov 21, 2003, 01:49 AM	#41
wolfran DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 414 Rep Power: 0	i would say thank you again for fixing the COD problem. I usully experience lots of hangs and lockups in the car stage. With this hotfix driver, there is no more lockups in this stage. The opengl performance also seems to improve. Good Work Catalyst Team

Nov 21, 2003, 01:56 AM	Thread Starter #42
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	OMG IT FIXED MY 10 FPS IN UNREAL NOW I CAN ACTAULY PLAY AT LIKE 80 MAX EVERY SINGLE THING + AA AND AF!! __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Nov 21, 2003, 04:15 AM	#44
Poppi DH Admirer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 251 Rep Power: 0	No more lock ups in the carride (ultimate test) for me. Nice job ATI. Way to respond to your customer's concerns efficiently. __________________

Nov 21, 2003, 05:41 PM	#45
CATALYST maker ATI driver guru Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: ATI, Canada Posts: 678 Rep Power: 61	To everyone thanking us, you are very welcome. Sorry for the bug in the first place. Hope we took care of it for the vast majority of you. I still see that it did not fix it for everyone so I am going to gather some more info and see what is happening.

Nov 21, 2003, 08:43 PM	#46
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,160 Rep Power: 71	Hmm...I tested out the new driver. I immediately noticed this problem that has existed since the Cat 3.6 on my BB ATI Radeon 8500 128DDR: The Hulk I realise that this is not what this hotfix driver was meant to fix, but I think I found the culprit DLL that causes this problem for me. If I replace the ati3d2ag.dl_ file in the 3.10 beta drivers with the one from the 3.5 hotfix drivers, the problem goes away. So far, I haven't encountered any problems by doing this little file swap and all my games play correctly. Just thought I'd give a little insight to Catalyst_Maker on this issue. Maybe he can investigate what's causing this in that DLL with that game on my 8500. BTW, my Radeon's BIOS is listed as: BK7.6.0 VR.000.000.007.006.003.001.001 ldfyy According to the "adapter" tab in the Radeon CP. I never overclock and have never flashed the card's BIOS. Hope this info is useful to CM.

Nov 21, 2003, 11:16 PM	#47
Huigie DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	I still have "lock ups" in the carride with this new driver. MSI865, P4-3GHZ, 1GB PC3500c2, ATI9800XT, 3.10 beta.

Nov 22, 2003, 12:40 AM	Thread Starter #48
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	Hi CM thanks for the update and why didint u mention the OpenGL update i mean in 3.8 and 3.9 i got 20 fps in unreal with this patch i get almost 90 THANKS DUDE! __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Nov 22, 2003, 01:48 AM	#49
SoldaT. (be) DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Got CoD running again.. the 9700pro dude. After trying diff. drivers including both ati and omega 3.9 drivers,I finally solved me probs! I knew disabling fast write worked fine to,however,I prefere to leave it enabled by default. So I searched for other solutions and found this1 to be just fine. I reinstalled the ATI 3.9 CAT driver and updated the hotfix...CoD still crashed after that... So I installed the the 2nd fix regarding the VPU recover error message,(which I btw never had ) Problems solved!!! No more crashes... The game always crashed on the same spot,level ship3. I can modifie me settings as Vsync in whatever way pleases me,the game keeps running smooth. desktop res. 1024x768@85Hz ingame res.=same with all setting by default,also Vsync,I have a constant fps not going over 85 or under 70. I could raise those nmbrs if I wanted to,still,theres no reason doing so cuz game runs very nice!!! I really hope this time it wont start crashing again...atleast I came out ship 3 alive.. http://search.ati.com/nasearch.asp?Q...go.x=11&go.y=9 use this link for the fixes made by ati.. good luck !!!(ull need it! in my opinion,sys.spec mather,even when having same videocards,I have a feeling that dusnt mean u need same solution.) f.e.,some machines run just fine holding a 9700 pro,fast write enabled(with 3.9 cat driver).mine did not... winxp pro sp1/XP2400/512ddr dual/radeon 9700 pro please dont mind any mistakes,keeping in mind I learned me english watching movies,lol.

Nov 22, 2003, 11:18 AM	#50
snic320 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Thanx very much CAT MAKER !!!, i see almost everyone has resolved his problems with the COD game wich is really nice, i also did but in another way..............Reinstalled WIn XP, new Nforce 3.13 drivers+OLD 3.2 Cathalyst that came with the CD and VOILA!!! everything runs fine and smooth COD. Battlefield (that´s what i needed) Also noticed that my 3 weeks old Radeon 9800 PRo could have freezed the system because the FAN wasn´t spinning all the time!!! it went slower then faster then slower..... .....1 drop of special all in wonder OIL in the fan and it now runs fulll power all time (still check it once a day or more until i get more secure). BTW will wait till official new radeon drivers with hotfix included to upgrade from my trusty 3.2 cathalyst and carefull with those crappy ATI fans (think i will put one coolermaster i have with rpm monitor just in case....)

Nov 22, 2003, 03:28 PM	#52
Henk Ensing DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Unfortunately the new catalyst drivers 3.10 didn't do anything for me... I completely uninstalled the 3.9, used drivercleaner 2 and then installed the ati fix (the 'almost' 3.10 catalyst). Am I missing something here?? __________________ AMD 2600XP+/333 - A7N8X dlx - 512MB DDRAM - PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO - Catalyst 3.9 Fix (3.10) drivers - 80GB / 7200 RPM HD - Nforce 2 Onboard Sound - Labtec LCS 1060 Speakers - WinXP+SP1a - DX 9b - IE6

Nov 22, 2003, 03:51 PM	#53
pinokiss DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Call of Duty hangs with this HOTFIX as before with 3.9, 3,7, or Omega drivers. For me only disabling "Fast Write" works. ATI 9600 PRO 128 Intel Pentium 4 2.4 800 FSB Intel 875 PBZ 1.0 Gb DDR 400

Nov 22, 2003, 04:03 PM	#54
Henk Ensing DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Even disabling fast writes (in the Ati CP) doesn't work ... I'm at a loss - very frustrating being stuck in one map... __________________ AMD 2600XP+/333 - A7N8X dlx - 512MB DDRAM - PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO - Catalyst 3.9 Fix (3.10) drivers - 80GB / 7200 RPM HD - Nforce 2 Onboard Sound - Labtec LCS 1060 Speakers - WinXP+SP1a - DX 9b - IE6

Nov 22, 2003, 05:31 PM	#56
Henk Ensing DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Hawk bedankt voor je... oh ja, sorry I lowered HW accelleration for the soundcard in Windows. As to 2d sound, I tried the 11Khz setting in the game - same result. My PSU is 350 watt. I only have one HD attached to it... Why do you think I could use a 400 watt PSU (I want to buy a silent PSU and I'm considering a 350 watt at the moment: Coba AP-350X. Underclocking my card?? No way! I could try it though... One thing I've thought about is that maybe the GPU is running too hot. Anyone know of a tool where I can monitor the GPU's temp? __________________ AMD 2600XP+/333 - A7N8X dlx - 512MB DDRAM - PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO - Catalyst 3.9 Fix (3.10) drivers - 80GB / 7200 RPM HD - Nforce 2 Onboard Sound - Labtec LCS 1060 Speakers - WinXP+SP1a - DX 9b - IE6

Nov 22, 2003, 05:51 PM	#57
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	I like SPEEDFAN __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

Nov 22, 2003, 06:06 PM	#58
Henk Ensing DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the link - I'll try it asap... __________________ AMD 2600XP+/333 - A7N8X dlx - 512MB DDRAM - PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO - Catalyst 3.9 Fix (3.10) drivers - 80GB / 7200 RPM HD - Nforce 2 Onboard Sound - Labtec LCS 1060 Speakers - WinXP+SP1a - DX 9b - IE6

Nov 22, 2003, 06:18 PM	#59
Henk Ensing DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Hmmm, There 6 temperature readings, not sure one is which now. But... One of them is reading well into the 90 (probably the CPU) degrees celcius... The other are running in the 50 degrees celcius (Could be the GPU) ... __________________ AMD 2600XP+/333 - A7N8X dlx - 512MB DDRAM - PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO - Catalyst 3.9 Fix (3.10) drivers - 80GB / 7200 RPM HD - Nforce 2 Onboard Sound - Labtec LCS 1060 Speakers - WinXP+SP1a - DX 9b - IE6