Nvidia/Ati Tweaked Drivers for Q4

Post by **nail** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:53 pm

Anyone have suggestions of which Nvidia and ATI tweaked drivers are good for Quake 4 please let all of us know.

I run a 3000+ 5600fx ultra but the framerates being quite low (even after tweaking config a bit) and am looking for better drivers than just stock.

Would probably help many others here to have some nice tweaked out drivers

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:59 pm

ATI just released their hotfix: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/AT ... 58330408/1

It says it supports Q4, but it dosen't say what exactly. Although I have a hinkering its the 35% performance improvement they found for Doom 3 engine-games when running 1024x768+ and Anti-Aliasing.

Post by **eviscuno** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:59 pm

yes please

Post by **Rogue** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:02 pm

thnx again dzjepp :P

Post by **eviscuno** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:03 pm

dzjepp wrote:ATI just released their hotfix: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/AT ... 58330408/1

It says it supports Q4, but it dosen't say what exactly. Although I have a hinkering its the 35% performance improvement they found for Doom 3 engine-games when running 1024x768+ and Anti-Aliasing.

its not letting me download, can i get a direct link?

Post by **eviscuno** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:13 pm

cmon guys i have been all over ATI's site and i cant find them

Post by **R00k** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:16 pm

The file name is supposed to be "hotfix_xp-2k_dd_ccc_027483.exe," but Google doesn't get any hits.

The link sends you to ATI's anti-leeching page, so I'm guessing it isn't up for download yet.

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:16 pm

Yeah hold on, ATI blocks direct-file links now.

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:18 pm

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/defa ... onID=20856

Meh, the fix is aimed at the 1K family of cards.

Post by **eviscuno** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:20 pm

so i shouldnt even install it if im running a x700?

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:21 pm

Well Catalyst drivers are unified (ie, they work on every radeon card). But the problem only occurs on 1K, so you don't really need it. Catalyst 5.11 when it officially launches next month might have some FEAR/Q4/SS2/COD improvements.

Post by **eviscuno** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:22 pm

bleh, ive noticed that with all my cfg tweaks, it only has gained me 6ish FPS on avg

so thats a big SIGH

Post by **Oeloe** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:22 pm

dzjepp wrote:http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=20856

Meh, the fix is aimed at the 1K family of cards.

For the X1K series, and it's a hotfix for image quality problems with those cards. No free performance gain for my 9800 pro, alas.

Post by **nail** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:22 pm

I actually wanted to download omega drivers, or extreme G but not sure.. if anyone with nvidia card knows enlighten us

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:23 pm

The omegas are great, one of the best modded drivers you can use.

Post by **Oeloe** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:24 pm

I think Omega is better for ATi than for nVidia currently. Isn't he behind with the nV drivers?

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:25 pm

Oeloe wrote:
dzjepp wrote:http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=20856

Meh, the fix is aimed at the 1K family of cards.
For the X1K series, and it's a hotfix for image quality problems with those cards. No free performance gain for my 9800 pro, alas.

Yeah I doubt the developers even keep the older cards around in their dev. boxes anymore, performance on those is pretty much as good as it gets, unless a driver readme explicitly mentions an improvement across the board for all radeons.

Post by **reefsurfer** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:30 pm

Hope nvidia releases sume soon..

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:33 pm

Beta driver from yesterday: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downl ... river.html

=p

Post by **axbaby** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:15 am

eviscuno wrote:bleh, ive noticed that with all my cfg tweaks, it only has gained me 6ish FPS on avg

so thats a big SIGH

i'll be lucky to get 6fps

Post by **nail** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:38 pm

bump

Post by **d3fin3d** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:11 pm

dzjepp wrote:Beta driver from yesterday: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downl ... river.html

=p

Yep, these are good drivers for 6800'ers.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:30 pm

Do they work well for 7800's?

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:51 pm

I'm running Omega drivers on my 9800 pro, I don't know if they are better than the ATI drivers but you could give them a try. Google it.

Post by **Oeloe** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:25 pm

MidnightQ4 wrote:I'm running Omega drivers on my 9800 pro, I don't know if they are better than the ATI drivers but you could give them a try. Google it.

They are better (for most ppl), meaning that they are well tweaked ATi drivers, nothing is re-written or anything. I've used them since i got an GF4 and for my Radeon 9800 after that. Great drivers.