ATi Catalyst 3.9 Available

[Bateluer]

I just installed them, and ran a series of benches. Decent speed boost in X2 and 3dm2k1.

I'm going to install Morrowind tomorrow sometime and see how that runs now.

Also, I am trying to figure this out. My mobo is an AGP 8x board. My vidcard is an 8x card. When I was running win2k, any attempt to run at AGP 8x produced a hard lock as soon as the system started any 3D app. Under XP, AGP 8x worked fine for about a month, then started displaying the same problem. Updating the drivers fixed it this time, last time it was a reformat. Silly windows.

Anyway, here are some numbers for you. I am not sure what happened with Aquamark, so take that one with a grain of salt. Usually, I score around 24k with the Cat3.7s. Not sure why it only scored 14k tonight. Again, silly windows. Pretty decent speed bump in X2 as well.


Cat 3.7s

2k1 - 9980

2k3 - 2993

Aquamark - 14000

X2 - The Threat

Executeable compiled Mon Aug 11 20:53:00 2003

Video Settings during test:
Screen Resolution: 1024*768*32
Bumpmapping: On
Realtime Shadows: On

System specific video settings:
Adapter name: RADEON 9600 SERIES [RADEON 9600 SERIES ]
Vertex Shader: Hardware, version 1
Hardware T&L: Yes
Fog capabilities: W-fog Z-fog RangeFog Table(Pixel)Fog VertexFog

System specific audio settings:
SecondarySampleRate (Min/Max): 4000/192000
PrimaryBuffers: 1
MaxHwMixingBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 64/64/64
FreeHwMixingBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 0/0/0
MaxHw3DBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 64/64/64
FreeHw3DBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 0/0/0
HwMemBytes (Free/Total/MaxContigFree): 0/0/0
UnlockTransferRateHwBuffers: 0
PlayCpuOverheadSwBuffers: 0
Flags: CERTIFIED CONTINUOUSRATE PRIMARY16BIT PRIMARY8BIT PRIMARYMOMO PRIMARYSTEREO SECONDARY16BIT SECONDARY8BIT SECONDARYMONO SECONDARYSTEREO

Framerates
Scene 00 123.551 fps
Scene 01 31.316 fps
Scene 02 30.023 fps
Scene 03 20.260 fps
Scene 04 15.969 fps
Scene 05 12.521 fps
Scene 06 6.568 fps
Scene 07 16.722 fps
Scene 08 30.914 fps
Scene 09 21.938 fps
Scene 10 22.640 fps
Scene 11 19.650 fps
Scene 12 18.088 fps
Scene 13 17.605 fps
Scene 14 25.963 fps
Scene 15 19.558 fps
Scene 16 16.842 fps
Scene 17 29.800 fps
Scene 18 24.187 fps
Scene 19 6.011 fps
Scene 20 14.915 fps
Scene 21 20.099 fps
Scene 22 15.193 fps
Scene 23 24.603 fps
Scene 24 26.990 fps

Overall average framerate: 24.477 fps

Cat 3.9s

2k1 - 10544

2k3 - 3084

Aquamark - 25,280
GFX Score - 3036
CPU - 7557

X2 - The Threat

Executeable compiled Mon Aug 11 20:53:00 2003

Video Settings during test:
Screen Resolution: 1024*768*32
Bumpmapping: On
Realtime Shadows: On

System specific video settings:
Adapter name: SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 PRO ATLANTIS [SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 PRO ATLANTIS]
Vertex Shader: Hardware, version 1
Hardware T&L: Yes
Fog capabilities: W-fog Z-fog RangeFog Table(Pixel)Fog VertexFog

System specific audio settings:
SecondarySampleRate (Min/Max): 4000/192000
PrimaryBuffers: 1
MaxHwMixingBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 64/64/64
FreeHwMixingBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 0/0/0
MaxHw3DBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 64/64/64
FreeHw3DBuffers (Static/Stream/All): 0/0/0
HwMemBytes (Free/Total/MaxContigFree): 0/0/0
UnlockTransferRateHwBuffers: 0
PlayCpuOverheadSwBuffers: 0
Flags: CERTIFIED CONTINUOUSRATE PRIMARY16BIT PRIMARY8BIT PRIMARYMOMO PRIMARYSTEREO SECONDARY16BIT SECONDARY8BIT SECONDARYMONO SECONDARYSTEREO

Framerates
Scene 00 125.738 fps
Scene 01 53.589 fps
Scene 02 31.885 fps
Scene 03 22.707 fps
Scene 04 19.422 fps
Scene 05 16.918 fps
Scene 06 10.353 fps
Scene 07 19.462 fps
Scene 08 44.572 fps
Scene 09 30.874 fps
Scene 10 38.062 fps
Scene 11 25.166 fps
Scene 12 26.539 fps
Scene 13 27.284 fps
Scene 14 30.590 fps
Scene 15 37.899 fps
Scene 16 19.904 fps
Scene 17 36.768 fps
Scene 18 47.475 fps
Scene 19 13.499 fps
Scene 20 17.477 fps
Scene 21 26.450 fps
Scene 22 21.356 fps
Scene 23 42.534 fps
Scene 24 37.749 fps

Overall average framerate: 32.971 fps

 

[AMDBarton2500]

I uninstalled my currant drivers last night and installed the new 9.8 and......it didn;t even recognize my card as 9600pro...it just said 9600.

So I uninstalled it and reinstalled the CD that came with my card. Its 3.6.

First game I installed was Call of Duty and its ruuning awesome at all full settings and stock CPU settings. I went thru 3 stages with no hick ups or any crashes.

3.6 that is!

The game looks awesome BTW.....big step from PCI GForce 2 MX400

I also got a new 3dmark2001 score of 11550 when OC'ed to 190x11 (reads XP3200 at 2.05mhz).....Im still having issues going to 200FSB....I keep getting blue screens.....

 

[bluemax]

The new drivers now run Hegemonia: Legions of Iron flawlessly!

 

[Bateluer]

Has anyone run Morrowind with the new drivers yet?

 

[Jeff7]

Installed. Results:
Seems to work just as good as the Catalyst 3.8's did. No lockups, graphic problems, etc.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

These drivers did not run Tiger Woods 2004 well back to the 3.7's and smooth as butter.

 

[RollWave]

I didnt have CoD crash but it started flickering and got really dark, so I quit right away before anythign worse could happen.

 

[RollWave]

I didnt have CoD crash but it started flickering and got really dark, so I quit right away before anythign worse could happen.

 

[BFG10K]

These drivers work very well so far. GLQuake has a very large performance boost and both Serious Sams are a bit smoother too.

 

[deathwalker]

I have installed them for my 9700Pro...I am now getting occational graphics corruption and crashes in "COD"...

 

[Evdawg]

imo... 3.7's just work. Looks like everyone hasnt had probs with them, 3.8's 3.9's have some glitches here and there. 3.7's look like they run flawlessly in every aspect, well from what ive used them.

 

[Popfreeze]

I have an AIW 9800Pro, 3.8 cats would crash running COD, so I went back to 3.7. Just tried the 3.9s and COD won't even start (niether would Jedi Knight 2). During startup it locks and I get the Microsoft Send Error box, doesn't even make it into the main menu. Back to the 3.7s

 

[Zepper]

Omega 3.9 is out now too.
.bh.

 

[PaperclipGod]

Whats the difference between the omega and the catalysts?

 

[Zepper]

It is tweaked as far as some registry settings, etc. You can go to the site and find out the details. Just do a search here in the Video section on Omega for a link to the site as I can't remember it.
.bh.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Technonut
Here.... Post results if you upgrade....

my results: everything works, no problems at all, AFAIK so far. Sapphire 9700 pro