FireGL driver faster than 4.9B driver in Doom3?!?

Krobar · Aug 19, 2004, 07:32 PM

Ive just been doing some benchmarking with Doom3 and have found on my setup the FireGL opengl driver to be faster, has anyone else experienced this? Also my scores seem a bit low, any ideas?

Spec: Dual Xeon 3.0/400
FireGL X1-256P
512mb PC800

Doom 3 1024*768 HQ
With Current FGL driver - 24.7
With Atioglgl.dll replaced with 4.9b file - 21.7
Omegas wont load Doom 3
4.9B Install Program Refuses to Install
Spirit Install Program Refuses to Install

Zardon · Aug 19, 2004, 07:49 PM

what configuration are you using with the opengl firegl driver.

Krobar · Aug 19, 2004, 08:54 PM

Default Profile

Enabled:
8 Bit Double Buffered Overlay Planes
Hardware Acceleration

Disabled:
Wait For Vertical Retrace
Force Copy Swap

AA: Application Preference

FireGL Clocked @ 360Mhz/275Mhz

dzjepp · Aug 20, 2004, 12:46 AM

Hi there,

Where can I find this driver? Do you mean the Spirit Driver 1.5?

Krobar · Aug 20, 2004, 08:30 AM

Its the latest Official ATI release for FireGL cards. It should work with hacked Radeons too. Link: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/f...2kxp-79621.exe

The_Neon_Cowboy · Aug 20, 2004, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krobar

Its the latest Official ATI release for FireGL cards. It should work with hacked Radeons too. Link: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/f...2kxp-79621.exe

There is an old post of mine you can force the firegl drivers onto a unhacked radeon. You just have to force the install and choose the firegl equilvalant..

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...ghlight=firegl

sorry the pics are gone they were in my dh space b4 I lost it. But the text should be self expanitory....

Krobar · Aug 21, 2004, 01:19 PM

For comparison the DNA drivers were worst. Installed with Doom3 Normal FPS driver and using identical settings to above I got 16.5Fps. The DNAs did work best in D3D though and everything seemed to work with decent image quality, they are also one of the few drivers that correctly detected my FireGL as the AGP Pro variant. Overall though the ATI FGL driver seems to work best.

Anyone else tried the FGL driver?

Geminiwave · Aug 21, 2004, 07:47 PM

are the fireGL drivers slower on everything or better? Higher IQ im sure

Aug 19, 2004, 07:32 PM	#1
Krobar DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	FireGL driver faster than 4.9B driver in Doom3?!? Ive just been doing some benchmarking with Doom3 and have found on my setup the FireGL opengl driver to be faster, has anyone else experienced this? Also my scores seem a bit low, any ideas? Spec: Dual Xeon 3.0/400 FireGL X1-256P 512mb PC800 Doom 3 1024*768 HQ With Current FGL driver - 24.7 With Atioglgl.dll replaced with 4.9b file - 21.7 Omegas wont load Doom 3 4.9B Install Program Refuses to Install Spirit Install Program Refuses to Install

Aug 21, 2004, 07:47 PM	#8
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	are the fireGL drivers slower on everything or better? Higher IQ im sure __________________

Aug 19, 2004, 07:49 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	what configuration are you using with the opengl firegl driver.

Aug 19, 2004, 08:54 PM	Thread Starter #3
Krobar DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Default Profile Enabled: 8 Bit Double Buffered Overlay Planes Hardware Acceleration Disabled: Wait For Vertical Retrace Force Copy Swap AA: Application Preference FireGL Clocked @ 360Mhz/275Mhz

Aug 20, 2004, 12:46 AM	#4
dzjepp Black Mesa Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 76 Rep Power: 0	Hi there, Where can I find this driver? Do you mean the Spirit Driver 1.5?

Aug 20, 2004, 08:30 AM	Thread Starter #5
Krobar DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Its the latest Official ATI release for FireGL cards. It should work with hacked Radeons too. Link: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/f...2kxp-79621.exe

Aug 21, 2004, 01:19 PM	Thread Starter #7
Krobar DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	For comparison the DNA drivers were worst. Installed with Doom3 Normal FPS driver and using identical settings to above I got 16.5Fps. The DNAs did work best in D3D though and everything seemed to work with decent image quality, they are also one of the few drivers that correctly detected my FireGL as the AGP Pro variant. Overall though the ATI FGL driver seems to work best. Anyone else tried the FGL driver?