Best drivers for the 9600 XT?

TheFEAR · Aug 28, 2005, 08:23 PM

It doesn't matter who they are made by, but what number (4.12, 4.8, 5.7, etc) would be the best version of catalyst for me to get for my 9600 XT? I've found that 4.12 has the best so far but I was wondering what the people who own cards from the 9600 series were running.

Talha · Aug 28, 2005, 09:02 PM

Use latest catalyst from ATI i.e 5.8

H3X4D3C1M4L · Aug 28, 2005, 11:26 PM

I second the 5.8 CCC...the new CCC is kick ass, VERY fast and low mem usage to boot

swimtech · Aug 29, 2005, 12:18 AM

I'm running the Omega 5.7's - work great! Had to reset the internal game settings with FarCry to correct graphics corruption but now all runs great - equivalent or better than 4.12's - and no crashes. I've got the card you asked about too...

I'm waiting for Omegadrive to release his version of the 5.8's to save any installation hassles - his stuff just installs over his previous version (after uninstalling the ATT first...) - too easy, and a major time saver for me.

K9-Cop · Aug 29, 2005, 01:25 AM

I have a 9600xt on an amd64 2800+ windows xp sp2 system. Currently I am running Catalyst 5.6's with no problems. However, as soon as I update to either 5.7 or 5.8, I find that CS:Source tends to crash, especially on cs_office (which I think is a somewhat more intensive level for the vid card). Any ideas as to why?

Also, since I'm only running things at 1024x768 with no Anti-aliasing, is it even worth the bother of updating to 5.8?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Aug 29, 2005, 09:41 PM

It could be for a 9600 XT.

But TBH you'd be better to overclock the crap out of the core, they do really well even with stock cooling

Aug 28, 2005, 08:23 PM	#1
TheFEAR DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Best drivers for the 9600 XT? It doesn't matter who they are made by, but what number (4.12, 4.8, 5.7, etc) would be the best version of catalyst for me to get for my 9600 XT? I've found that 4.12 has the best so far but I was wondering what the people who own cards from the 9600 series were running.

Aug 29, 2005, 12:18 AM	#4
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	I'm running the Omega 5.7's - work great! Had to reset the internal game settings with FarCry to correct graphics corruption but now all runs great - equivalent or better than 4.12's - and no crashes. I've got the card you asked about too... I'm waiting for Omegadrive to release his version of the 5.8's to save any installation hassles - his stuff just installs over his previous version (after uninstalling the ATT first...) - too easy, and a major time saver for me. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Aug 28, 2005, 09:02 PM	#2
Talha -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	Use latest catalyst from ATI i.e 5.8

Aug 28, 2005, 11:26 PM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	I second the 5.8 CCC...the new CCC is kick ass, VERY fast and low mem usage to boot

Aug 29, 2005, 01:25 AM	#5
K9-Cop DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I have a 9600xt on an amd64 2800+ windows xp sp2 system. Currently I am running Catalyst 5.6's with no problems. However, as soon as I update to either 5.7 or 5.8, I find that CS:Source tends to crash, especially on cs_office (which I think is a somewhat more intensive level for the vid card). Any ideas as to why? Also, since I'm only running things at 1024x768 with no Anti-aliasing, is it even worth the bother of updating to 5.8?

Aug 29, 2005, 09:41 PM	#6
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	It could be for a 9600 XT. But TBH you'd be better to overclock the crap out of the core, they do really well even with stock cooling