ATI releases beta Cats 4.9 for Doom 3

[John]

Go get 'em while their hot... ATI just released beta Catalyst 4.9
drivers specifically with Doom 3 in mind (before 4.8 are even
official!)

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4547.html

 

[Judas Pissed]

Go get 'em while their hot... ATI just released beta Catalyst 4.9
drivers specifically with Doom 3 in mind (before 4.8 are even
official!)

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4547.html

hmm doesnt seem that much faster - wonder what that fixes

 

[Gareee©]

I was wondering who would test it first.. wonder if it'll also speed up
general opengl applications...

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

Downloading now. Will provide benchmarks in about 30 minutes comparing CAT
4.5 to CAT 4.9 beta in Doom3

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

--System specs below--

[CAT 4.5]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 24.2fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps

[CAT 4.9 beta]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 22.3fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps


WTF?! Gained nothing at all with high AA and AF.... actually lost 2fps at
low AA and AF.

Very dissapointing.


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Windows XP (2600-Professional) w/ SP1
AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache
ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro
VIA Hyperion 4in1 451v
1024mb (2 x (512mb OCZ Platinum EL (2-3-2-5) DDR400/PC3200) Dual Channel)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Catalyst 4.5) (C-378mhz / M-337.5mhz) OC to
(C-411.75mhz / M-360.00mhz)
SbAudigy 5.1 (PCI-Slot 3)

120gb Western Digital WD1200JB primary/master
60gb IBM 60gxp primary/slave
16x HI-VAL DVDrom (BDV316C) secondary/master
48x/24x/48x plextor (PX-W4824A) secondary/slave

LianLi PC-6070 *Silent* Aluminum Mid-Tower Case | 2x80mm intake fans, 1x80mm
exhaust fan
PowerMax 470watt Aluminum PSU | +3.3V@26A +5V@47A +12V@28A

 

[Byron Hinson]

Been stated that they are basically made for the X800 range of cards as they
are the ones that will see the increases most.

 

[smithy]

whats this aa and af stuff how do you access it ?

smithy

Been stated that they are basically made for the X800 range of cards as they
are the ones that will see the increases most.

--
Byron Hinson
Microsoft MVP
http://www.activewin.com

--System specs below--

[CAT 4.5]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 24.2fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps

[CAT 4.9 beta]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 22.3fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps


WTF?! Gained nothing at all with high AA and AF.... actually lost 2fps at
low AA and AF.

Very dissapointing.


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Windows XP (2600-Professional) w/ SP1
AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache
ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro
VIA Hyperion 4in1 451v
1024mb (2 x (512mb OCZ Platinum EL (2-3-2-5) DDR400/PC3200) Dual Channel)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Catalyst 4.5) (C-378mhz / M-337.5mhz) OC to
(C-411.75mhz / M-360.00mhz)
SbAudigy 5.1 (PCI-Slot 3)

120gb Western Digital WD1200JB primary/master
60gb IBM 60gxp primary/slave
16x HI-VAL DVDrom (BDV316C) secondary/master
48x/24x/48x plextor (PX-W4824A) secondary/slave

LianLi PC-6070 *Silent* Aluminum Mid-Tower Case | 2x80mm intake fans, 1x80mm
exhaust fan
PowerMax 470watt Aluminum PSU | +3.3V@26A +5V@47A +12V@28A

 

[Spencer]

Hi,

Anti-Aliasing and Anistropic Filtering.

Go to the 3D tab under display properties.
click open gl or D3D custom tabs.
You can either tick for application preference or manually change for
Quality or Performance.

Try some of the settings and give the game another go to see how looks or
performance has been affected.

Spence

whats this aa and af stuff how do you access it ?

smithy

Been stated that they are basically made for the X800 range of cards as they
are the ones that will see the increases most.

--
Byron Hinson
Microsoft MVP
http://www.activewin.com

--System specs below--

[CAT 4.5]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 24.2fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps

[CAT 4.9 beta]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 22.3fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps


WTF?! Gained nothing at all with high AA and AF.... actually lost 2fps at
low AA and AF.

Very dissapointing.

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--
-----------
Windows XP (2600-Professional) w/ SP1
AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache
ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro
VIA Hyperion 4in1 451v
1024mb (2 x (512mb OCZ Platinum EL (2-3-2-5) DDR400/PC3200) Dual Channel)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Catalyst 4.5) (C-378mhz / M-337.5mhz) OC to
(C-411.75mhz / M-360.00mhz)
SbAudigy 5.1 (PCI-Slot 3)

120gb Western Digital WD1200JB primary/master
60gb IBM 60gxp primary/slave
16x HI-VAL DVDrom (BDV316C) secondary/master
48x/24x/48x plextor (PX-W4824A) secondary/slave

LianLi PC-6070 *Silent* Aluminum Mid-Tower Case | 2x80mm intake fans, 1x80mm
exhaust fan
PowerMax 470watt Aluminum PSU | +3.3V@26A +5V@47A +12V@28A

 

[Spencer]

Hi,

Anti-Aliasing and Anistropic Filtering.

Go to the 3D tab under display properties.
click open gl or D3D custom tabs.
You can either tick for application preference or manually change for
Quality or Performance.

Try some of the settings and give the game another go to see how looks or
performance has been affected.

Spence

whats this aa and af stuff how do you access it ?

smithy

Been stated that they are basically made for the X800 range of cards as they
are the ones that will see the increases most.

--
Byron Hinson
Microsoft MVP
http://www.activewin.com

--System specs below--

[CAT 4.5]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 24.2fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps

[CAT 4.9 beta]

"timedemo demo1"
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) 4x-AA 16x-AF = 22.3fps
1024x768 (D3-High Quality) NO-AA 8x-AF = 46.5fps


WTF?! Gained nothing at all with high AA and AF.... actually lost 2fps at
low AA and AF.

Very dissapointing.

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--
-----------
Windows XP (2600-Professional) w/ SP1
AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache
ASUS "A8V Deluxe Wi-Fi" K8T800 Pro
VIA Hyperion 4in1 451v
1024mb (2 x (512mb OCZ Platinum EL (2-3-2-5) DDR400/PC3200) Dual Channel)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Catalyst 4.5) (C-378mhz / M-337.5mhz) OC to
(C-411.75mhz / M-360.00mhz)
SbAudigy 5.1 (PCI-Slot 3)

120gb Western Digital WD1200JB primary/master
60gb IBM 60gxp primary/slave
16x HI-VAL DVDrom (BDV316C) secondary/master
48x/24x/48x plextor (PX-W4824A) secondary/slave

LianLi PC-6070 *Silent* Aluminum Mid-Tower Case | 2x80mm intake fans, 1x80mm
exhaust fan
PowerMax 470watt Aluminum PSU | +3.3V@26A +5V@47A +12V@28A

 

[Highlandish]

Been stated that they are basically made for the X800 range of cards
as they are the ones that will see the increases most.

humph, I was hoping for an all round opengl patch for all cards

 

[Gareee©]

humph, I was hoping for an all round opengl patch for all cards

Same here.

 

[Dreamaker]

Same here.

Maybe the increase in performance is again what are ati are for quality "in special effets of all
kind in the game play" and it not visible from a sintetic benchmark because the image quality have
change but the frame rate...

anyway this as to be "deepening"

 

[Heywood Jablowme]

Thanks Tony for the benchmarks..

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

No problem.

 

[Jamie_Manic]

Go get 'em while their hot... ATI just released beta Catalyst 4.9
drivers specifically with Doom 3 in mind (before 4.8 are even
official!)

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4547.html

I've got them installed, was using 4.7s, on a 9800XT and have gained a
noticible improvement! I'm plesantly surprised. Still getting sparklies now
and then tho.

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

Please post your benchmarks pre and post 4.9 beta.

Otherwise, your analysis of 4.9's performance is subjective at best.

What fps did you get before and after at identical resolution, refresh rate,
color depth, AA, AF, and Doom3 quality settings with Vsync Off please.

 

[maggot]

hmm doesnt seem that much faster - wonder what that fixes

It's the placebo effect ATI is going after.

 

[Jamie_Manic]

Please post your benchmarks pre and post 4.9 beta.

Otherwise, your analysis of 4.9's performance is subjective at best.

What fps did you get before and after at identical resolution, refresh rate,
color depth, AA, AF, and Doom3 quality settings with Vsync Off please.

Dunno.

Just ran slicker when enemies were about.

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

without doing a "timedemo demo1" (do this at least twice in a row because a
lot of game content is loaded during the first run from the hard drive
skewing results) at the console for both cat versions to get your average
FPS for that run. Then compare the two. Otherwise you could quite possibly
be imagining the speed improvement... ya know... placebo effect.

 

[Silt]

It's the placebo effect ATI is going after.

Wow, is saying "placebo effect" the new 'cool' phrase nowadays?
Christ I swear I've read it 200 times the last week in gaming posts.

Silt