ATI Catalyst 10.2 WHQL Released

[Mussels]

@Mussels
In regards to those profiles you need with various settings per game, you could just make the settings and save them as a standard CCC profile and select the option "start application on loading this profile" and select the game there, then select 'make a shortcut on the desktop', (and/or make a hotkey), also in profile manager, and there you have your per-game settings.
So basically that already exists for some time now, although I must admit I never tried to make a profile with that 'start application on loading', plus you'd still need to either make a profile for every 3D app or make a reset to defaults profile too else you'd be stuck with the settings of whatever you played last, but that's not a big deal is it?

thats a long, convoluted method and it gets erased every time i update drivers. it just doesnt work as well as nvidias method (nor does it give me control over what crossfire mode is used)

 

[Wshlist]

thats a long, convoluted method and it gets erased every time i update drivers. it just doesnt work as well as nvidias method (nor does it give me control over what crossfire mode is used)

Actually no, the profiles folder remains, even if you remove the driver (which isn't always needed anyway since on vista/w7 you can install over the old one supposedly)
Mind you that can actually cause issues if they change things too much and the profiles don't get parsed correctly, even though it's XML and should be easy to parse even when new things are added, a parser can just skip those missing settings and use default, but ATI is stupid enough to even mess that up.

Plus you can save the profiles folder, it's in your user account folder ...Local Settings\Application Data\ATI\ACE and then restore it after some super cleanup/format you did where it were lost, which you can also script for convenience of course, simple copy command after all.

And don't forget that even if ATI implemented what you wanted in some other way you'd also lose the profiles then if you wiped everything ATI related, so there's no difference there.

But yes the crossfire profiles is another matter, but in your post you spoke of settings like AA and such as a separate issue, and that was were my idea for a solution was aimed at, and come-on, waiting for ATI and hoping they listen and add stuff one wants is pretty hopeless so you really should consider giving my idea a shot I think, at least for some often played games that need changed non-crossfire-related settings, it doesn't mean you need to like the situation, it's just that that's how it is currently with ATI.

Talking of the crossfire profiles, I read they might also be XML, and in that case some 3rd party could simply write an editor and make user-editing a reality, and techpowerup is a place where we see such things, they have several utilities and BIOS editors and such because they aren't content with just accepting the crumbs but try to fix things themselves

 

[Mussels]

the only thing i NEED changed is the crossfire settings, the rest is just a convenience issue - nvidias is more convenient.

 

[Saakki]

guys please help.. i played WoW for 5 mins with my 4890 and got vertical grey lines..people think that it is the drivers that are crappy..? Any help?

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Are you running the 10.2 set Saaki?

 

[Saakki]

Yes I am sir..4890 HD with XFX bios and 10.2 catalyst set. Played WoW with Ultra setting for 5 minutes and BAM vertical grey lines and black screen..had to restart..works fine in 2D and temperature of the core is 33-38

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Have you tried restoring the original BIOS and seeing if the problem continues?

 

[Saakki]

Nah man but i can do that..god damn ATi ..

 

[Saakki]

Ok no crashing anymore BUT why the hell is the core clock boungin from 240 to 850 constantly in GPU-Z ? Is it related to Win7 and its AERO ?

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Can't say I've ever had the 2D/3D clock change issue, but then again I've never messed about with the BIOS for my card. Is it just GPU-Z that is reporting the fluctuation & when is it occurring?

 

[Saakki]

People do have a LOT of these problems because of the auto change to 2D - 3D in vista and windows 7. You too maybe? Check out your GPU-Z if u use aero..

Other people who have problems :

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6410606

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=91821

etc... god DAMN!

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I've never had it and if I have I've never noticed any issue within games. At least you have that TPU thread to go on.

 

[Saakki]

ho ho problem solved. Made manually two profiles with 240 core and 850 core which can be instantly loaded by two shortcuts from the desktops. Now the constant changing stopped

 

[eidairaman1]

ho ho problem solved. Made manually two profiles with 240 core and 850 core which can be instantly loaded by two shortcuts from the desktops. Now the constant changing stopped

Provide that Suggestion to AMD, that's the one thing I cant stand is autoadjust of a product, if Im going to game the part will be adjusted by me, not automatically by software. TBH this reminds me of Speed Step and Cool N quiet tech, when overclocking its recommended to have both turned off as they will not work properly.

 

[Mussels]

Provide that Suggestion to AMD, that's the one thing I cant stand is autoadjust of a product, if Im going to game the part will be adjusted by me, not automatically by software. TBH this reminds me of Speed Step and Cool N quiet tech, when overclocking its recommended to have both turned off as they will not work properly.

they work fine for me - it just complicates things.