CATALYST 4.6 out now

*CATALYST maker* · Jun 9, 2004, 09:02 PM

Go get em and dont forget to rate them.

Rate them here...

I think this one is a pretty good driver release ;-)

AiS|Gil-galad · Jun 9, 2004, 09:03 PM

Here is my updated Catalyst Comparison with Catalyst 4.5 and 4.6.

Catalyst Comparison 3.0 - 4.6

I added an Image Quality Comparison of all Catalysts from 3.0 to 4.6 with some interesting results

**G.I.BRO** · Jun 9, 2004, 09:10 PM

Thanks CM, great job as always!!

jsx[ifl] · Jun 9, 2004, 09:19 PM

Ahh very nice, some openGL performance increases

downloading atm, didn't see anything about the new CP tho

drakesteakn · Jun 9, 2004, 09:28 PM

its a new CP, i already have them installed

MEABeemer · Jun 9, 2004, 09:29 PM

Nice nice.
Very nice.

Vidmaster23 · Jun 9, 2004, 09:49 PM

keep up the good work.

mine doesnt have a new control panel btw.

jonis · Jun 9, 2004, 09:55 PM

Ahh, looks great! seems like the 4.6 are closing in one the performance of the 3.8s/3.9s (w/o the crashing issue those had in Call of Duty for instance)

. So, this one has the new Control Panel?? sweet, time for a new driver methinks ^^

edit: no new CP then.. ah well, hope for the next release

germanjulian · Jun 9, 2004, 09:57 PM

hey performance increase!!!!

Draxx · Jun 9, 2004, 09:59 PM

Catalyst maker, when are you chaps going to fix the TV out black border issue to created in the 4.5 suite?

Quote:

Enabling multi-monitors at different display resolutions results in Direct3D or OpenGL game images appearing off center on the secondary display.

As I'm stuck using the 4.4 Cats, as all works with them....

Cheers

Paul

M_A_D · Jun 9, 2004, 10:01 PM

No new control panel here (except for a new icon in the system tray... which is way to small imho)

Overall they seem pretty good as always...

Vidmaster23 · Jun 9, 2004, 10:04 PM

Oh man... I went from a smooth 60fps+ per second in Quake 2 (yes people still play that game) to 40 and dropping all the way down to 18

I dont know what is up.

Mabelrode · Jun 9, 2004, 10:05 PM

Nice job on the drivers - I had to pull out of the Rage3D flame war too!

jonis · Jun 9, 2004, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vidmaster23
Oh man... I went from a smooth 60fps+ per second in Quake 2 (yes people still play that game) to 40 and dropping all the way down to 18 I dont know what is up.

that stinks.

Be sure to post back if you solve this issue, such an issue is enough to stop me from even thinking of upgrading.

Vidmaster23 · Jun 9, 2004, 10:15 PM

I'm going to whipe my old ones and start out fresh, see if it helps.

*CATALYST maker* · Jun 9, 2004, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Draxx
Catalyst maker, when are you chaps going to fix the TV out black border issue to created in the 4.5 suite?

As I'm stuck using the 4.4 Cats, as all works with them....

Cheers

Paul

Yes I certaintly hope so...

Trunks0 · Jun 9, 2004, 10:18 PM

I see they mention the gamma/brightness issue. Does this effect UT99? I would be a vary happy man if the gamma worked in OpenGL in that game(Since Direct3D has messed textures in allot of places)

Zeatrix · Jun 9, 2004, 10:18 PM

I find myself perplexed as to why graphics drivers aren't close to perfect by now, I always lived with the impression that the APIs (DX & OGL) would make graphics work the same way... or are all the game graphics programmers just tools?

*CATALYST maker* · Jun 9, 2004, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trunks0
I see they mention the gamma/brightness issue. Does this effect UT99? I would be a vary happy man if the gamma worked in OpenGL in that game(Since Direct3D has messed textures in allot of places)

give it a shot let me know... i believe it should be fine for you

Trunks0 · Jun 9, 2004, 10:20 PM

I keep forgettting to update my specs. Iam on WinXP now

*CATALYST maker* · Jun 9, 2004, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zeatrix
or are all the game graphics programmers just tools?

Quote of the year lol

Draxx · Jun 9, 2004, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CATALYST maker
Yes I certaintly hope so...

Yes your fixing the TV out issue?

What about the TOCA Race Driver 2 shadow and AA issues?

Cheers mate

Paul

*CATALYST maker* · Jun 9, 2004, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Draxx
Yes your fixing the TV out issue?

What about the TOCA Race Driver 2 shadow and AA issues?

Cheers mate

Paul

Not sure about shadow issues, but AA issues is something we can not help with. Its the game behaviour. In fact in the release notes if you notice we mention that for that game AA will not be turned on.

The game does not support them properly

Draxx · Jun 9, 2004, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CATALYST maker
Not sure about shadow issues, but AA issues is something we can not help with. Its the game behaviour. In fact in the release notes if you notice we mention that for that game AA will not be turned on.

The game does not support them properly

Oh I see, ok.

So we can expect no black border with the TV out with the 4.7 Cats?

Just out of interest, do you know why that bug was introduced in the 4.5 and 4.6's? (the TV Output bug that is)

Paul

OpusP.Gladiator · Jun 9, 2004, 10:26 PM

well... just installed and ran aquamark with radlinker uping my specs a bit...

aghast, these drivers while looking great in the benchmark don't run nearly as fast.... I mean I think I ran an initial score of 38,000 but like my sig says I've seen up to 48... anyways...will see how ut2004 likes 'em an let ya know...

M_A_D · Jun 9, 2004, 10:28 PM

i just saw this over at the r3d-thread (posted by Dem2k), and since i think it is a good question and i am interested in it too i thought i could bring it up here:

Quote:

So I know this question of mine won't get answered since CM has gone to a more civil place. But when will temporal AA be supported in OpenGL? Will it ever be possible?

*CATALYST maker* · Jun 9, 2004, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Draxx
Oh I see, ok.

So we can expect no black border with the TV out with the 4.7 Cats?

Just out of interest, do you know why that bug was introduced in the 4.5 and 4.6's? (the TV Output bug that is)

Paul

I am not familiar with this bug so I need to investigate before I can comment on when it will be fixed.

Can you give me exact steps to see this problem?

*CATALYST maker* · Jun 9, 2004, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Thallerich
i just saw this over at the r3d-thread (posted by Dem2k), and since i think it is a good question and i am interested in it too i thought i could bring it up here:

Yes it is possible, and will be coming in CAT 4.7

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jun 9, 2004, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vidmaster23
Oh man... I went from a smooth 60fps+ per second in Quake 2 (yes people still play that game) to 40 and dropping all the way down to 18 I dont know what is up.

What I wonder is why are you still playing 7-8 year old games?

(But, If you want I can do a look at the 4.5 and 4.6 framrates on one of my rigs. What card are you useing?)

dragonfist22 · Jun 9, 2004, 10:34 PM

What about performance in the MMORPG, Horizons? Any change here? Would love to see some better performance in that game even though I know it isn't one of the big games.

Jun 9, 2004, 09:02 PM	#1
CATALYST maker ATI driver guru Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: ATI, Canada Posts: 678 Rep Power: 63	CATALYST 4.6 out now Go get em and dont forget to rate them. Rate them here... I think this one is a pretty good driver release ;-)

Jun 9, 2004, 09:03 PM	#2
AiS\|Gil-galad DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Here is my updated Catalyst Comparison with Catalyst 4.5 and 4.6. Catalyst Comparison 3.0 - 4.6 I added an Image Quality Comparison of all Catalysts from 3.0 to 4.6 with some interesting results __________________ Greetings Robert ___________________________ webmaster: www.amd-insight.de

Jun 9, 2004, 09:19 PM	#4
jsx[ifl] DH's Unofficial Hero Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 650 Rep Power: 0	Ahh very nice, some openGL performance increases downloading atm, didn't see anything about the new CP tho __________________ [color=Gray][color=DarkRed][color=Gray][color=DarkRed][color=Gray][color=DarkRed][color=Gray][color=DarkRed][color=Gray][color=DarkRed][color=Gray][color=DarkRed][color=Gray] [/color][/color] [/color][/color][/color][/color][/color][/color][/color][/color][/color][/color][/color]

Jun 9, 2004, 09:28 PM	#5
drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 0	its a new CP, i already have them installed __________________

Jun 9, 2004, 09:29 PM	#6
MEABeemer C-Groove StreetFighter Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 405 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Nice nice. Very nice. __________________ XBox360 Slim 250GB

Jun 9, 2004, 09:10 PM	#3
G.I.BRO To Have and to Hold Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	Thanks CM, great job as always!!

Jun 9, 2004, 09:49 PM	#7
Vidmaster23 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 77 Rep Power: 0	keep up the good work. mine doesnt have a new control panel btw.

Jun 9, 2004, 09:55 PM	#8
jonis Alien mindbender Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Valhalla Posts: 539 Rep Power: 0	Ahh, looks great! seems like the 4.6 are closing in one the performance of the 3.8s/3.9s (w/o the crashing issue those had in Call of Duty for instance) . So, this one has the new Control Panel?? sweet, time for a new driver methinks ^^ edit: no new CP then.. ah well, hope for the next release __________________ [color=yellow]P4 2.533GHz 533MHz \| 2 x Samsung 512MB PC2700 (1GB) \| Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro \| ASUS P4S8X (fw v1.005) \| SB Audigy Platinum WDC 120GB SE (8MB buffer) x 2 \| M$ intellimouse Explorer 3.0 \| WinXP SP-1 \| DX 9.0c & CATs 5.10 \| Viewsonic VP191b (19" TFT)[/color] Last edited by jonis; Jun 9, 2004 at 10:08 PM.

Jun 9, 2004, 09:57 PM	#9
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	hey performance increase!!!! __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Jun 9, 2004, 10:01 PM	#11
M_A_D DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Austria Posts: 72 Rep Power: 0	No new control panel here (except for a new icon in the system tray... which is way to small imho) Overall they seem pretty good as always... __________________ "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." Richard Cook

Jun 9, 2004, 10:04 PM	#12
Vidmaster23 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 77 Rep Power: 0	Oh man... I went from a smooth 60fps+ per second in Quake 2 (yes people still play that game) to 40 and dropping all the way down to 18 I dont know what is up.

Jun 9, 2004, 10:05 PM	#13
Mabelrode DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	Nice job on the drivers - I had to pull out of the Rage3D flame war too!

Jun 9, 2004, 10:15 PM	#15
Vidmaster23 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 77 Rep Power: 0	I'm going to whipe my old ones and start out fresh, see if it helps.

Jun 9, 2004, 10:18 PM	#17
Trunks0 Keeping an open mind Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver,B.C.,Canada Posts: 552 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I see they mention the gamma/brightness issue. Does this effect UT99? I would be a vary happy man if the gamma worked in OpenGL in that game(Since Direct3D has messed textures in allot of places) __________________

Jun 9, 2004, 10:18 PM	#18
Zeatrix DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 36 Rep Power: 0	I find myself perplexed as to why graphics drivers aren't close to perfect by now, I always lived with the impression that the APIs (DX & OGL) would make graphics work the same way... or are all the game graphics programmers just tools? __________________

Jun 9, 2004, 10:20 PM	#20
Trunks0 Keeping an open mind Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver,B.C.,Canada Posts: 552 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I keep forgettting to update my specs. Iam on WinXP now __________________

Jun 9, 2004, 10:26 PM	#25
OpusP.Gladiator '42' Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon!!! Posts: 300 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	mmmm 4.4 was great... well... just installed and ran aquamark with radlinker uping my specs a bit... aghast, these drivers while looking great in the benchmark don't run nearly as fast.... I mean I think I ran an initial score of 38,000 but like my sig says I've seen up to 48... anyways...will see how ut2004 likes 'em an let ya know... __________________ http://img52.exs.cx/img52/7799/opus.jpg AMD X2-3800 (Manchester), Oc'd to 2.25 on stock cooler! DFI Lanparty-UT-SLI-D mobo, OCZ Platinum pc3200xtc @ 2.3.2.5.1T, MSI 7800gt @440/1100, Soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty, 2 wd 36g raptors, 1 maxtor 250g eide, Coolermaster case with Handle Logitech g15, 20.1" Sceptre LCD, Antec neo2 500w PS"

Jun 9, 2004, 10:34 PM	#30
dragonfist22 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	What about performance in the MMORPG, Horizons? Any change here? Would love to see some better performance in that game even though I know it isn't one of the big games.