Unian 5.1 is out!

pir8nyc · Jan 25, 2005, 04:01 AM

~~Turtle~~ · Jan 25, 2005, 04:10 AM

what are some of the tweaks in these drivers?

JokerRJA · Jan 25, 2005, 05:13 AM

Ok, obvious problem. When I play the Imperial Campaign in Rome: Total War and I get to the battlefield, the whole battle map is black! When I move the camera up close to my units I can see them and the grass and buildings, but the actually map is black!!! Please fix this in the next Unian driver!

JokerRJA · Jan 25, 2005, 05:14 AM

Another thing. It worked fine before with the official ATI drivers. I have never seen this problem until now.

MindlessOath · Jan 25, 2005, 06:13 AM

did u use drivercleaner?

and mabe its a setting like geomitry instancing or catalyst AI, try changing those settings in the ati tray tool.

JuanCarlos · Jan 25, 2005, 12:20 PM

Downloading now!!!!!!!!!

JC

e v o · Jan 25, 2005, 12:30 PM

i 2nd the tweaklist

Chaos · Jan 25, 2005, 02:27 PM

sweet UNiaN drivers are always worth a look

Widkidone · Jan 25, 2005, 02:48 PM

If you have the Catalyst 5.1 Drivers all you have to do is to uninstall the control panel and then just install these.

UnTouchAble · Jan 25, 2005, 03:30 PM

w000teh dlin!

Edit:

Installed and noticed 10+ FPS improvement on CSS

Poppi · Jan 25, 2005, 05:41 PM

Anyone who was having lockup issues with the ATI 5.1s, like me, fair better with the lockup issue with these?

bake15 · Jan 25, 2005, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poppi

Anyone who was having lockup issues with the ATI 5.1s, like me, fair better with the lockup issue with these?

i'd like to know as well,any one tried yet??

Rumble · Jan 25, 2005, 06:31 PM

UniAN Catalyst Change Log

# 2004/01/24 (v1.1.51)
- Based on ATI Catalyst v5.1
- GLideWrapper v0.08e included
- D3D and OpenGL optimized
- ATI Tray Tools v1.0.1.415 included
- Unlock Overclock Protection
- Support Mobility Chipsets
MOBILITY RADEON FIRE GL T2/9000/7500 series
MOBILITY RADEON X300/X600/X700 series
MOBILITY RADEON 9800/9700/9600 series
MOBILITY RADEON 7500/9000/9200 series
MOBILITY RADEON serie

Blackboost · Jan 25, 2005, 08:13 PM

I unistalled and reinstalled CS:S again (3rd time) just to be 100% that my freeze problem is not related to the graphic drivers but to the latest CS:S update. Anyway I won't know for sure until the download finishes and I get to play the game. This time however I'm going to try this Unian set to see how it fares on my games.

MindlessOath · Jan 25, 2005, 11:30 PM

hope it works for ya, usually unian drivers are the most stable drivers out their!
tho that also depends on ATI's drivers first off, if those are not very stable than any modded driver may have troubles.

BWX · Jan 25, 2005, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MindlessOath

tho that also depends on ATI's drivers first off, if those are not very stable than any modded driver may have troubles.

Catalysts are always stable.. What set hasn't been?

Blackboost · Jan 25, 2005, 11:45 PM

Downladed the game again and again it keeps crashing. I believe it's safe to say that Steam sucks!!!

MindlessOath · Jan 26, 2005, 02:23 AM

BWX, i have had many problems with ati drivers that only unian drivers have fixed. dunno why exactly tho.

everything seems to be fine now but not previously.

JuanCarlos · Jan 26, 2005, 04:39 AM

Very nice as always

JC

UnTouchAble · Jan 26, 2005, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackboost

Downladed the game again and again it keeps crashing. I believe it's safe to say that Steam sucks!!!

Steams great, I dont have that problem, try putting your Sound acceleration to the Basic via Controll Panel > Sounds > Audio > Advanced > Preformance.

It used to crash on mee when playing CSS, this somehow sorted my problem.

Clubber · Jan 26, 2005, 12:04 PM

anyone test these yet?

Chaos · Jan 26, 2005, 02:03 PM

I have them installed and they are working great, no big gains anywhere but stable

Blackboost · Jan 26, 2005, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnTouchAble

Steams great, I dont have that problem, try putting your Sound acceleration to the Basic via Controll Panel > Sounds > Audio > Advanced > Preformance.

It used to crash on mee when playing CSS, this somehow sorted my problem.

Thanks for the tip, but I did get to fix my problem at last. Anyway I installed this drivers and so far they're very good and stable. I got an average gain of 100-150 marks in 3DMark03 and also got a 3 to 5 raise in FPS in CS:S compared to the normal 5.1 Catalyst.

UnTouchAble · Jan 27, 2005, 12:06 PM

np, glad u fixed ya prob.

Yeh, i got a gain in FPS in CSS too with these.

Trilogy · Jan 27, 2005, 05:36 PM

I had some weird things going on during the install. I got empty messageboxes with that nasty red exclamation mark on them. About ten during driver install and ten during control panel install. I deleted the previous Unian 4.12 drivers with it's own uninstall tool and rebooted after that of course.

I know about that I should had run through the drivercleaner but earlier drivers have gone fine through...

Anyway, everything seems to work fine, though I have only played some WOW so far (what else should I do with my life anyway?

WOW had some terrible performance issues with 4.12 drivers, especially on instances. Game started to "shutter" and it looked like watching game via dia show. I have to test this thing later on when I drag my humble Tauren Shaman to another deep...hole...

These drivers seem to be nice alternative to those Omegas witch I used for a long time. I got tired to those Radlinker problems and messing around with it... Atitool and Ati Tray Tools are way better for me. Cheers Unian.

If someone is interested about this "problem" and doesn't blame about me not using Drivercleaner on every driver release, so here comes my rig...

2400+ AMD Athlon thorou...
Asrock K7S8XE
1024mb DDR RAM
Club3d Radeon 9700.

MindlessOath · Jan 28, 2005, 09:21 PM

dunno why you had the install problems. it sometimes happens with any kind of drivers (modded ones). i didnt use drivercleaner myself and worked fine, tho as you said everything works fine.

just make sure for good measure use drivercleaner next time - mabe it was a problem with one of the tools (did u uninstall a previous ati tool or ati tray tool etc).

griff · Jan 30, 2005, 07:18 PM

Version 5.1a available here.

Fixes softmod error.

http://unian.atimania.com/

Duranix · Jan 30, 2005, 08:16 PM

uniANS are great!

i just switched from catalysts, to omegas, and now im on uniAN, and i can say i just got a 20 fps boost and theres no drop in detail.

only problem is that theres still shimmering. its not bad, but its there.

e v o · Jan 30, 2005, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duranix

uniANS are great!

i just switched from catalysts, to omegas, and now im on uniAN, and i can say i just got a 20 fps boost and theres no drop in detail.

only problem is that theres still shimmering. its not bad, but its there.

you mean the omega 4.12s? very good driverss

longshot520 · Jan 30, 2005, 09:45 PM

Decided to give these a try in the absence of the Omega 5.1's and so far so good.. Strange thing though is that using this set and Radlinker 2.028 I cannot enable Geometry Instancing on my 9600Pro. Never had any problems doing this with any of the Omega releases.

Jan 25, 2005, 04:01 AM	#1
pir8nyc DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	Unian 5.1a updated link Download Here Last edited by pir8nyc; Feb 5, 2005 at 07:59 PM.

Jan 25, 2005, 06:13 AM	#5
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	did u use drivercleaner? and mabe its a setting like geomitry instancing or catalyst AI, try changing those settings in the ati tray tool. __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

Jan 25, 2005, 02:27 PM	#8
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	sweet UNiaN drivers are always worth a look __________________

Jan 25, 2005, 02:48 PM	#9
Widkidone DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 711 Rep Power: 0	If you have the Catalyst 5.1 Drivers all you have to do is to uninstall the control panel and then just install these. __________________ Case- Cooler Master ATC-201B-BXT Aluminum Case Power Supply- Antec 480w TrueBlue480 ATX-12V MX518 Mouse CPU- AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket-939 Motherboard-K8N Neo2 Platinum 2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual Channel Platinum Hard Drive- WD 74GB 8MB 10000rpm S-ATA WD740GD Sound Card- Creative SB Audigy 2 Zs Platinum CDRW- LG GCE-8525BI 52X32X52 CD-RW OS- Microsoft Windows XP Pro Edition w/SP2 Video-Radeon X850XT AGP 256MB

Jan 25, 2005, 03:30 PM	#10
UnTouchAble DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S-O-T Posts: 342 Rep Power: 0	w000teh dlin! Edit: Installed and noticed 10+ FPS improvement on CSS Last edited by UnTouchAble; Jan 25, 2005 at 04:34 PM.

Jan 25, 2005, 04:10 AM	#2
~~Turtle~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	what are some of the tweaks in these drivers?

Jan 25, 2005, 05:13 AM	#3
JokerRJA DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	Ok, obvious problem. When I play the Imperial Campaign in Rome: Total War and I get to the battlefield, the whole battle map is black! When I move the camera up close to my units I can see them and the grass and buildings, but the actually map is black!!! Please fix this in the next Unian driver!

Jan 25, 2005, 05:14 AM	#4
JokerRJA DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	Another thing. It worked fine before with the official ATI drivers. I have never seen this problem until now.

Jan 25, 2005, 12:20 PM	#6
JuanCarlos DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	Downloading now!!!!!!!!! JC

Jan 25, 2005, 12:30 PM	#7
e v o HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	i 2nd the tweaklist

Jan 25, 2005, 05:41 PM	#11
Poppi DH Admirer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 251 Rep Power: 0	Anyone who was having lockup issues with the ATI 5.1s, like me, fair better with the lockup issue with these? __________________

Jan 25, 2005, 06:31 PM	#13
Rumble DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Athens Posts: 96 Rep Power: 0	UniAN Catalyst Change Log # 2004/01/24 (v1.1.51) - Based on ATI Catalyst v5.1 - GLideWrapper v0.08e included - D3D and OpenGL optimized - ATI Tray Tools v1.0.1.415 included - Unlock Overclock Protection - Support Mobility Chipsets MOBILITY RADEON FIRE GL T2/9000/7500 series MOBILITY RADEON X300/X600/X700 series MOBILITY RADEON 9800/9700/9600 series MOBILITY RADEON 7500/9000/9200 series MOBILITY RADEON serie

Jan 25, 2005, 08:13 PM	#14
Blackboost -=[DHzer0point Author]=- Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	I unistalled and reinstalled CS:S again (3rd time) just to be 100% that my freeze problem is not related to the graphic drivers but to the latest CS:S update. Anyway I won't know for sure until the download finishes and I get to play the game. This time however I'm going to try this Unian set to see how it fares on my games.

Jan 25, 2005, 11:30 PM	#15
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	hope it works for ya, usually unian drivers are the most stable drivers out their! tho that also depends on ATI's drivers first off, if those are not very stable than any modded driver may have troubles. __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

Jan 25, 2005, 11:45 PM	#17
Blackboost -=[DHzer0point Author]=- Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	Downladed the game again and again it keeps crashing. I believe it's safe to say that Steam sucks!!!

Jan 26, 2005, 12:04 PM	#21
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Jan 26, 2005, 02:23 AM	#18
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	BWX, i have had many problems with ati drivers that only unian drivers have fixed. dunno why exactly tho. everything seems to be fine now but not previously. __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

Jan 26, 2005, 04:39 AM	#19
JuanCarlos DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	Very nice as always JC

Jan 26, 2005, 02:03 PM	#22
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	I have them installed and they are working great, no big gains anywhere but stable __________________

Jan 27, 2005, 12:06 PM	#24
UnTouchAble DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S-O-T Posts: 342 Rep Power: 0	np, glad u fixed ya prob. Yeh, i got a gain in FPS in CSS too with these.

Jan 27, 2005, 05:36 PM	#25
Trilogy DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	I had some weird things going on during the install. I got empty messageboxes with that nasty red exclamation mark on them. About ten during driver install and ten during control panel install. I deleted the previous Unian 4.12 drivers with it's own uninstall tool and rebooted after that of course. I know about that I should had run through the drivercleaner but earlier drivers have gone fine through... Anyway, everything seems to work fine, though I have only played some WOW so far (what else should I do with my life anyway? WOW had some terrible performance issues with 4.12 drivers, especially on instances. Game started to "shutter" and it looked like watching game via dia show. I have to test this thing later on when I drag my humble Tauren Shaman to another deep...hole... These drivers seem to be nice alternative to those Omegas witch I used for a long time. I got tired to those Radlinker problems and messing around with it... Atitool and Ati Tray Tools are way better for me. Cheers Unian. If someone is interested about this "problem" and doesn't blame about me not using Drivercleaner on every driver release, so here comes my rig... 2400+ AMD Athlon thorou... Asrock K7S8XE 1024mb DDR RAM Club3d Radeon 9700.

Jan 28, 2005, 09:21 PM	#26
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	dunno why you had the install problems. it sometimes happens with any kind of drivers (modded ones). i didnt use drivercleaner myself and worked fine, tho as you said everything works fine. just make sure for good measure use drivercleaner next time - mabe it was a problem with one of the tools (did u uninstall a previous ati tool or ati tray tool etc). __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

Jan 30, 2005, 07:18 PM	#27
griff HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Smithers BC Canada Posts: 41 Rep Power: 0	Version 5.1a available here. Fixes softmod error. http://unian.atimania.com/

Jan 30, 2005, 08:16 PM	#28
Duranix DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 614 Rep Power: 0	uniANS are great! i just switched from catalysts, to omegas, and now im on uniAN, and i can say i just got a 20 fps boost and theres no drop in detail. only problem is that theres still shimmering. its not bad, but its there.

Jan 30, 2005, 09:45 PM	#30
longshot520 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Decided to give these a try in the absence of the Omega 5.1's and so far so good.. Strange thing though is that using this set and Radlinker 2.028 I cannot enable Geometry Instancing on my 9600Pro. Never had any problems doing this with any of the Omega releases.