Rate Catalyst 4.12 (DRIVER ONLY)

Zardon · Dec 13, 2004, 09:37 PM

You know the drill from 1-10,

ten being the perfect driver.

tornadog · Dec 13, 2004, 10:33 PM

accidently voted for the CCC when I meant to vote for the drivers, sorry and thanks Cat maker, this set is awesome!!!!

Warpy · Dec 13, 2004, 10:42 PM

Best to rate the drivers after a good few hours of testing

Posting your rating in here after 20mins of the release of the cats wont help ATI gather accurate info. Not that i doubt ATI's work, it's always a pleasure to have new driversets.

stl · Dec 14, 2004, 12:02 AM

Thanks ATI!

It took me 22 s to get them

Think it will take me more time to test them!

ronnn · Dec 14, 2004, 12:05 AM

voted 10 as hl2 is running better for some reason. I had the 4.12 betas so would not have thought much difference. This with a 9700pro.

Buddahpest · Dec 14, 2004, 02:44 AM

I voted a "5" only for the simple fact that this is the third official driver set in a row that Smartgart sets "AGP Write" to off and I can't enable it. Oh well.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 14, 2004, 02:45 AM

Who voted 1 (worst) and WHY?

(other then your possably useing a nvidia card

)

Warpy · Dec 14, 2004, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Who voted 1 (worst) and WHY?

(other then your possably useing a nvidia card

)

I believe it was Jen-Hsun Huang, you may want to google him up

~~Vasot~~ · Dec 14, 2004, 03:27 PM

Every game that i played until now runs Great and Stable (Time will tell with more games how good these drivers are )

I choose 8 because Catalyst Control Center needs some work
Drivers seems Great and stable but i think they can be even more optimized in certain Great games and not only with Half life 2

Keep up the good work

farkas · Dec 14, 2004, 03:57 PM

Voted 9. It's quite stable, no issues and no matter what I do with HL2 settings, no texture problems. Pretty much the same performance as the beta's except on some points, where they seem better. Tried CCC for the 1st time, hoping I would get the overdrive tab on my Asuss branded X800 Pro VIVO, to no avail.

Guess I'll have to flash my card to get it recognised as a XT for the overdrive tab. Or even better, anyone know how to get Smartdoctor working with ATI's official driver ?

ridikolous · Dec 14, 2004, 04:50 PM

i gave it a 5, due to the fact that my overdrive gets 2d screen corruption when i apply overdrive on my x800pro cat 4.10 and earlier my overdrive function works great, but not the new sets of drivers.

Drakor · Dec 14, 2004, 04:58 PM

I gave them 10 because 4.12 are simply the best Catalyst drivers of this year

*CATALYST maker* · Dec 14, 2004, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakor

I gave them 10 because 4.12 are simply the best Catalyst drivers of this year

you know i have to say this.... I do agree with you on that one. Seriouslly, at this point there are no major bugs that I know of, and Im quite happy with the performance across the boards. Im glad our last release of the year was our best one.

We will be sure to keep it up in 2005

bake15 · Dec 14, 2004, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddahpest

I voted a "5" only for the simple fact that this is the third official driver set in a row that Smartgart sets "AGP Write" to off and I can't enable it. Oh well.

Have you tried going into smartgart and selecting retest all(or something like that)works for me

Gave these a 10 out of 10

best driver to date with ccc as well

good work catalyst people

ClassicGOD · Dec 14, 2004, 06:47 PM

My Overdrive is gone. Since 4.11 i have no overdrive tab - WHY?? ;(

PS. I have HIS Radeon 9600XT 256

junka · Dec 14, 2004, 07:40 PM

For me the best all round set of drivers since the 3.8, very pleased with them.
Ill give them 10.

EnPassant · Dec 14, 2004, 08:40 PM

Gave them a 9, A very solid driver release and the best yet. I am looking forward to next year.

DarkFoss · Dec 14, 2004, 11:52 PM

Gave them a 9 performance is up in all games I play including EverQuest2 and all but 1 benchmark.

2 reasons I didn't give'em a 10 are,

1. They broke GLExcess, not sure why, the 4.12 beta's worked. Test 10 complete's intermittently and 11 and 12 just abort. I know it's an older bench don't even know if anyone else uses it anymore.

2.Overdrive is broke only overclocks the core not the memory and actually lowers my scores using it alot of stuttering, does correctly report the temps.
Is is supposed to work on a X800 pro ?

If reason 1 is due to being an old app and the answer to 2 is no them I probably should have given them a 10. As Drakor stated in an earlier post that they were the best drivers of the year, I tend to agree with him.

stl · Dec 15, 2004, 01:03 AM

Well they seems to work great here in cold sweden also!

Terry for president and Omega for vice!!!!

Nice piece of "art"

Thanks....

Zorg · Dec 15, 2004, 01:04 AM

Far Cry Demo still not starting on the Rad. 9600 series cards. 640x480 3D mode still showing strong artifacts - voted 3!

Rasta Monsta · Dec 15, 2004, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorg

640x480 3D mode still showing strong artifacts - voted 3!

Yeah, and Commander Keen looks all flat and lame. . .3 is generous!

rasta

Robert McClelland · Dec 15, 2004, 02:30 AM

Awesome job Terry You did lie about proformce in 9600xt cards ehehe. I just broke my old score for first time today. Only trouble I have is with OD with CC panels. But works well under CCC panel? Can you make a hot fix for this thanks

Ev!L-aLphA · Dec 15, 2004, 02:34 AM

Ati... Very good job on these drivers i havent had any bugs at all since 4.0 and i have to say that these are the best drivers out.

awesome performance, lots of fixes, ccc works great..

10 outa 10

great job ati keep the good work

FiatluX · Dec 15, 2004, 11:18 AM

a 10 from me !

Spyre · Dec 15, 2004, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkFoss

Gave them a 9 performance is up in all games I play including EverQuest2 and all but 1 benchmark.

2 reasons I didn't give'em a 10 are,

1. They broke GLExcess, not sure why, the 4.12 beta's worked. Test 10 complete's intermittently and 11 and 12 just abort. I know it's an older bench don't even know if anyone else uses it anymore.

2.Overdrive is broke only overclocks the core not the memory and actually lowers my scores using it alot of stuttering, does correctly report the temps.
Is is supposed to work on a X800 pro ?

If reason 1 is due to being an old app and the answer to 2 is no them I probably should have given them a 10. As Drakor stated in an earlier post that they were the best drivers of the year, I tend to agree with him.

Overdrive 2 DOESNT overclock the memory!

Overdrive 3 however does, but is only available on X850's

I gave them an 8 since Overdrive doesnt work for me with these drivers

auki · Dec 15, 2004, 09:16 PM

voted for 2
still have heavy texture corruption/missing in quiet every scene, with my 8500 BbA.

Only the Omega 2.5.90 (as mentioned in the ReadMe) can fix this issue.
->so i still use Omega.
Is there no way for ATi to include a bugfix, like Omega?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega's ReadMe

Fixed a bug with some Radeon cards (mostly 8500 and 9000) which caused texture corruption in some 3D games/applications. Thanks to lockves for the tip

EDIT:
in D3D - apps
e.g. HL2, FlatOut demo, NHL04 demo, NFSU1+2, 3DMark 01SE+03

DarkFoss · Dec 16, 2004, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Overdrive 2 DOESNT overclock the memory!

Thanks Spyre, wasn't sure about that. Scratch 1 reason.

I'll guess GLExcess is broke due to it being based on an older version of Openglide, and the optimizations for new games aren't compatible anymore.
Ahh well nothing lasts forever, too bad I can't change my vote from a 9 to a 10!
Perhaps a mod can

Hint, hint.

popdog · Dec 16, 2004, 07:05 PM

Best set of drivers for me this year too. Performance on HL2 with my X800Pro is excellent compared to the 4.11's. No issues with any games unlike previous driver sets. Still not using CCC, don't see what the advantage is

pr0digal jenius · Dec 17, 2004, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkFoss

Thanks Spyre, wasn't sure about that. Scratch 1 reason.

I'll guess GLExcess is broke due to it being based on an older version of Openglide, and the optimizations for new games aren't compatible anymore.
Ahh well nothing lasts forever, too bad I can't change my vote from a 9 to a 10!
Perhaps a mod can

Hint, hint.

done

wiskerbizkit · Dec 19, 2004, 09:32 PM

I don't understand how anyone can rate this driver a 1 lol. this has to be the best ATI released driver in a while

Dec 13, 2004, 09:37 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Rate Catalyst 4.12 (DRIVER ONLY) You know the drill from 1-10, ten being the perfect driver.

Dec 14, 2004, 02:44 AM	#6
Buddahpest DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 218 Rep Power: 0	I voted a "5" only for the simple fact that this is the third official driver set in a row that Smartgart sets "AGP Write" to off and I can't enable it. Oh well. __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 4GHz / Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R / 8 GB (2GB x 4) G.Skill PC2 8500 / eVGA GTX 280 / Soundblaster Audigy 2 / 2x74GB Western Digital Raptor 10000 rpm in Raid 0 / 250GB Western Digital 7200 rpm / Plextor PX-716A DVD-RW / 1100W BFG PSU / Klipsch 4.1 Promedia / HP w2408h LCD / Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Dec 14, 2004, 02:45 AM	#7
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Who voted 1 (worst) and WHY? (other then your possably useing a nvidia card ) __________________

Dec 14, 2004, 03:27 PM	#9
~~Vasot~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GREECE Posts: 369 Rep Power: 0	Every game that i played until now runs Great and Stable (Time will tell with more games how good these drivers are ) I choose 8 because Catalyst Control Center needs some work Drivers seems Great and stable but i think they can be even more optimized in certain Great games and not only with Half life 2 Keep up the good work Last edited by Vasot; Dec 14, 2004 at 03:36 PM.

Dec 14, 2004, 03:57 PM	#10
farkas IT Support Specialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, Québec, Can Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0	Voted 9. It's quite stable, no issues and no matter what I do with HL2 settings, no texture problems. Pretty much the same performance as the beta's except on some points, where they seem better. Tried CCC for the 1st time, hoping I would get the overdrive tab on my Asuss branded X800 Pro VIVO, to no avail. Guess I'll have to flash my card to get it recognised as a XT for the overdrive tab. Or even better, anyone know how to get Smartdoctor working with ATI's official driver ? __________________ K8N DLX (s754) A64 3200+ Thermalright XP-120 Corsair CMX512C2 X 2 1GB total Asus X800XT PE with ATI Silencer 4 rev 1 120Gb Sea SATA + 120GB WD PATA + 80GB WD PATA

Dec 13, 2004, 10:33 PM	#2
tornadog DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	accidently voted for the CCC when I meant to vote for the drivers, sorry and thanks Cat maker, this set is awesome!!!!

Dec 13, 2004, 10:42 PM	#3
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	Best to rate the drivers after a good few hours of testing Posting your rating in here after 20mins of the release of the cats wont help ATI gather accurate info. Not that i doubt ATI's work, it's always a pleasure to have new driversets.

Dec 14, 2004, 12:02 AM	#4
stl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Thanks ATI! It took me 22 s to get them Think it will take me more time to test them!

Dec 14, 2004, 12:05 AM	#5
ronnn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 617 Rep Power: 0	voted 10 as hl2 is running better for some reason. I had the 4.12 betas so would not have thought much difference. This with a 9700pro.

Dec 14, 2004, 04:50 PM	#11
ridikolous DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	i gave it a 5, due to the fact that my overdrive gets 2d screen corruption when i apply overdrive on my x800pro cat 4.10 and earlier my overdrive function works great, but not the new sets of drivers.

Dec 14, 2004, 04:58 PM	#12
Drakor DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	I gave them 10 because 4.12 are simply the best Catalyst drivers of this year

Dec 14, 2004, 06:47 PM	#15
ClassicGOD DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	My Overdrive is gone. Since 4.11 i have no overdrive tab - WHY?? ;( PS. I have HIS Radeon 9600XT 256 __________________ [COLOR=Red]Classic GOD // Hells Gate Arrested[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] "He that is pleased with solitude must be either a wild Beast or a God" [/COLOR]

Dec 14, 2004, 07:40 PM	#16
junka Zex Machine Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 199 Rep Power: 0	For me the best all round set of drivers since the 3.8, very pleased with them. Ill give them 10. __________________

Dec 14, 2004, 08:40 PM	#17
EnPassant DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 0	Gave them a 9, A very solid driver release and the best yet. I am looking forward to next year.

Dec 14, 2004, 11:52 PM	#18
DarkFoss HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 688 Rep Power: 0	Gave them a 9 performance is up in all games I play including EverQuest2 and all but 1 benchmark. 2 reasons I didn't give'em a 10 are, 1. They broke GLExcess, not sure why, the 4.12 beta's worked. Test 10 complete's intermittently and 11 and 12 just abort. I know it's an older bench don't even know if anyone else uses it anymore. 2.Overdrive is broke only overclocks the core not the memory and actually lowers my scores using it alot of stuttering, does correctly report the temps. Is is supposed to work on a X800 pro ? If reason 1 is due to being an old app and the answer to 2 is no them I probably should have given them a 10. As Drakor stated in an earlier post that they were the best drivers of the year, I tend to agree with him. __________________ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety,deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin, 1755

Dec 15, 2004, 01:03 AM	#19
stl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Well they seems to work great here in cold sweden also! Terry for president and Omega for vice!!!! Nice piece of "art" Thanks....

Dec 15, 2004, 01:04 AM	#20
Zorg DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 182 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Far Cry Demo still not starting on the Rad. 9600 series cards. 640x480 3D mode still showing strong artifacts - voted 3!

Dec 15, 2004, 02:30 AM	#22
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,252 Rep Power: 193 System Specs	Awesome job Terry You did lie about proformce in 9600xt cards ehehe. I just broke my old score for first time today. Only trouble I have is with OD with CC panels. But works well under CCC panel? Can you make a hot fix for this thanks __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2242746

Dec 15, 2004, 02:34 AM	#23
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	Ati... Very good job on these drivers i havent had any bugs at all since 4.0 and i have to say that these are the best drivers out. awesome performance, lots of fixes, ccc works great.. 10 outa 10 great job ati keep the good work __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Dec 15, 2004, 11:18 AM	#24
FiatluX DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 53 Rep Power: 0	a 10 from me ! __________________ Asus A8V-E SE A64 Venice 3200+ @2400 (10X240) CPU & NB Watercooled 3Gb Corsair XPS DDR400 Inno3D 6800GS PCI-E Watercooled Vista RTM

Dec 16, 2004, 07:05 PM	#28
popdog DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Best set of drivers for me this year too. Performance on HL2 with my X800Pro is excellent compared to the 4.11's. No issues with any games unlike previous driver sets. Still not using CCC, don't see what the advantage is

Dec 19, 2004, 09:32 PM	#30
wiskerbizkit DH ***** hobo Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia SC Posts: 467 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I don't understand how anyone can rate this driver a 1 lol. this has to be the best ATI released driver in a while