Cat 6.8 out - also new Linux driver

[Tony DiMarzio]

Cat 6.8 is out. Supposedly major OpenGL optimizations resulting in
appreciable % gains. Driver and CCC Bug fixes as usual also.

Gonna try both WinXP and Linux now.

 

[Gingangooli]

Cat 6.8 is out. Supposedly major OpenGL optimizations resulting in
appreciable % gains. Driver and CCC Bug fixes as usual also.

Gonna try both WinXP and Linux now.

Weird !!! Just installed the 6.8 and it still says its 6.7 in the CCC.

....and yes I did a clean uninstall of my previous drivers and CCC (which
were 6.3) and cleaned the registry before installing.

 

[Man-wai Chang]

Cat 6.8 is out. Supposedly major OpenGL optimizations resulting in
appreciable % gains. Driver and CCC Bug fixes as usual also.

But how any games are still using OpenGL, other than Half-life?

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[Man-wai Chang]

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[Altea]

Yes my CCC says 6.7 as well and i defo did a clean install. The
drivers show the correct file version. Just The Catalysty ver is stil
6.7 althou it should be 6.8 in this release.

Incidently i ran 3d mark06 before and after

Ati 6.6 = 6174

Ati 6.8 = 5925

nothing else changed on my system, and i get a huyge 3d score drop,
anyone any similiar experiences?

 

[JT]

But how any games are still using OpenGL, other than Half-life?

Any Doom3 engine based game. Quake 4 and Prey come to mind. Besides HL and
HL2, the new SIN game and its episodes.

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

Any Doom3 engine based game. Quake 4 and Prey come to mind. Besides HL
and HL2, the new SIN game and its episodes.

Uh.... guys.... The original HL was OpenGL. Then a Direct3D renderer was
added a few dot revisions in. That was in 2000, 2001-ish. All of the new
Valve products are based on the Source engine which is strictly Direct3D.
These include:

HL2
SiN Episodes
CounterStrike: Source
Day of Defeat: Source
Also, the original Half-Life has been ported to Source.

OpenGL = Doom3, Quake4, Prey... all based on the shit Doom3 engine,
Chronicles of Riddick (which of course you could play with a 9700 no problem
at this point) and a few others. OpenGL is basically dead. Only Carmack's
ideologies are left.

However, it is still nice to see OpenGL performance increases for free
because this is a major arguing point for video card reviewers and NVidia
fans.

Tony

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

Weird !!! Just installed the 6.8 and it still says its 6.7 in the CCC.

...and yes I did a clean uninstall of my previous drivers and CCC (which
were 6.3) and cleaned the registry before installing.

Mine said 6.7 as well... it's a bug. I manually changed it in the registry.
Search and replace 06.7 with 06.8

Tony