Best drivers for 9800 XT???

AwRy108 · May 6, 2005, 10:49 PM

Hey All,

...this looks like the best place on the web to ask, so here goes:

I just updated my rig (ABit aV8 Guru, Athlon 64 3200+, 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel Memory, 80GB SATA Western Digital) so as to better match with the Radeon 9800 XT I already own; but I updated from a much slower machine, yet I see minimal differences in my FPS when I run DOOM 3 at the same settings as my previous rig. A friend of mine suggested that it might be a problem with the Catalyst 5.4 drivers, since my card came out in the ver. 4 days, so he suggested I roll back to something earlier.

So, in turn, my questions are: 1) is he right?; and 2) which drivers should I use (I'm NOT opposed to Omega, either). BTW, yes, I ALWAYS use Driver Cleaner.

All-in-all, I'm not expecting my machine to chew up DOOM 3; but I would hope to see a decent FPS an increase from my previous P4 (2.4 GHz), generic MOBO machine.

Thanks in advance for any help!!!!!

Dave · May 6, 2005, 11:11 PM

dont expect an fps increase from a cpu upgrade. just expect more constant fps instead of fps dipping. just use the 5.4 drivers

May 6, 2005, 10:49 PM	#1
AwRy108 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Best drivers for 9800 XT??? Hey All, ...this looks like the best place on the web to ask, so here goes: I just updated my rig (ABit aV8 Guru, Athlon 64 3200+, 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel Memory, 80GB SATA Western Digital) so as to better match with the Radeon 9800 XT I already own; but I updated from a much slower machine, yet I see minimal differences in my FPS when I run DOOM 3 at the same settings as my previous rig. A friend of mine suggested that it might be a problem with the Catalyst 5.4 drivers, since my card came out in the ver. 4 days, so he suggested I roll back to something earlier. So, in turn, my questions are: 1) is he right?; and 2) which drivers should I use (I'm NOT opposed to Omega, either). BTW, yes, I ALWAYS use Driver Cleaner. All-in-all, I'm not expecting my machine to chew up DOOM 3; but I would hope to see a decent FPS an increase from my previous P4 (2.4 GHz), generic MOBO machine. Thanks in advance for any help!!!!!

May 6, 2005, 11:11 PM	#2
Dave DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Strongsville, Ohio Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	dont expect an fps increase from a cpu upgrade. just expect more constant fps instead of fps dipping. just use the 5.4 drivers __________________ Abit AT8 Crossfire \| AMD Opteron 144 2.6GHz \| 1GB PC2700 RAM \| OCZ PowerStream 520Watt \| eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB 450MHZ Core 1200MHZ RAM \| Western Digital 120GB 8MB Cache 7200 RPM \| 2 Samsung 250GB SATAII RAID 0 \| Athenatech A602 Case \|