Caution: Installing the Catalyst software suite 7.8 or 7.9 on a system containing the ATI Radeon™ X1950 AGP series of product may result in either the desktop failing to be drawn properly or the operating system failing to boot. It is recommended to continue using Catalyst 7.7 for this product at this time.
WoW!!!! giant performance increases in these games. It show you the full potential of even the 2600 xt has not been reached.
Performance Improvements
The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst™ 7.9:
Far Cry performance improves up to 14 % on the ATI Radeon™ HD2900XT CrossFire™, ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card, and ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations
Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 12% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and single card configurations
Half-Life 2: Episode 1 performance improves at most 9% on ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and as much as 6% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations.
Serious Sam 2 performance improves up to 46% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ and up to 27% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card and CrossFire™ configurations with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
Quake 4 performance with Anti-Aliasing improves 9% or more on the ATI Radeon™ X1600/X1650Pro and ATI Radeon™ X1300/X1550 products in both single and CrossFire™ configurations
Lets not forget the performance improvements sited in every release note. If you added them all up from day one I wonder what kind of results would be seen.
I was thinking, as I was BSODing just as I approached my log on screen - it would state the problem was with the ati2dvag.dll file I'm going to install them again, but replace that with the one from the 7.7's - just to see what the outcome will be. I doubt it'll get me anywhere and it'll probably report every .dll file in the 7.9's. Still, worth a short?
KetxxxStrange how STALKER never seems to be on the list for perf boosts in games.. if theres one game that needs it, its STALKER.
InnocentCriminalI was thinking, as I was BSODing just as I approached my log on screen - it would state the problem was with the ati2dvag.dll file I'm going to install them again, but replace that with the one from the 7.7's - just to see what the outcome will be. I doubt it'll get me anywhere and it'll probably report every .dll file in the 7.9's. Still, worth a short?
Anyone notice that if you go to DL drivers for an X1950 series for Vista their not listed on the ATi site? only X1900 series :wtf: I also tried to find a link to fill in the driver bug report thing, seems like its been removed when you click on "contact graphics support"..
51 Comments on ATI Catalyst 7.9 Released
Im not trying these, I tried the 7,8 but had a 30fps drop on the CSS stress test, from 7.6...
Daniel
thats a wee bit daft, try them then make the decision, dont just jump to conclusions :)
here's the link:
a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/Catalyst_79_release_notes.html
Performance Improvements
The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst™ 7.9:
Far Cry performance improves up to 14 % on the ATI Radeon™ HD2900XT CrossFire™, ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card, and ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations
Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 12% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and single card configurations
Half-Life 2: Episode 1 performance improves at most 9% on ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and as much as 6% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations.
Serious Sam 2 performance improves up to 46% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ and up to 27% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card and CrossFire™ configurations with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
Quake 4 performance with Anti-Aliasing improves 9% or more on the ATI Radeon™ X1600/X1650Pro and ATI Radeon™ X1300/X1550 products in both single and CrossFire™ configurations
Also, you can download the drivers from the new gaming site.
game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
I managed to get CCC working!
:D
I haven't tried them yet( not at home)
Sorry if that was slightly misleading.
there's alot of stuff missing
ie working AGP drivers lol