ATI 5.10A drivers... ATI takes crown over nVidia in D3/Q4

Post by **RedAlley** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:10 am

Heres a link: http://firingsquad.com/hardware/quake_4 ... efault.asp

I know its hard to take nVidia fanboys... but its true.

Post by **duffman91** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:19 am

Awesome!

Post by **shiznit** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:22 am

5.10a gave me a 10-15 fps boost on a 9800 Pro.

Post by **RedAlley** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:24 am

7 FPS increase on a timedemo with an x850 pro 256mb on the 5.10a's. Looks like ATI is onto something.

Post by **Bdw3** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:40 am

Good for ATI getting something right.

Also, I'm glad your fps are satisfactory RedAlley

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Post by **RedAlley** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:50 am

BDW...Thanks for all your help, it was a frustrating time lol. I went from 37fps on that timedemo to 47 fps on high at 1024x768 with everything turned on but aa and decals. Not bad... I'm gonna keep on trying different configurations untill I get 50 fps.

BTW... the timedemo is here: http://media.ggl.com/files/ggl-timedemo.zip

Post by **Psyche911** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:55 am

I too got a huge boost on these drivers on my 9800 Pro. Made multiplayer run good enough to keep playing, unlike before.

Post by **SplEEb** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:06 am

I installed the hotfix drivers, is this something different?? version 8.183.0.0

Post by **RedAlley** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:09 am

"On Friday we contacted ATI and were able to determine that the file originally uploaded to the site, hotfix_xp-2k_dd_ccc_027483.exe, wasn’t the driver with the OpenGL performance enhancements. Fortunately ATI was able to quickly correct the problem, the file that you want is hotfix_xp-2k_dd_ccc_027483a.exe."

Download it again.

Post by **SplEEb** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:12 am

No need, I got the right version. Thanks

Post by **alright** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:45 am

http://firingsquad.com/hardware/quake_4 ... ch1024.gif

Performance is actually reduced when using an X800 XL.

Post by **MidnightQ4** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:46 am

From the looks of it you have to have one of the very newest cards to take advantage of the new prediction algorithms in the driver, as noted the x800 doesn't benefit from the driver and it is only logical that a 9800 pro would see no benefit as well. Sux cause I have a 9800pro.

Also, when I run that ggl timedemo it says invalid token or something. I can only timedemo regular demos, not netdemos. How are you guys doing the timedemo with that demo file?

Post by **alright** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:49 am

MidnightQ4 wrote:Also, when I run that ggl timedemo it says invalid token or something. I can only timedemo regular demos, not netdemos. How are you guys doing the timedemo with that demo file?

I dont recall the exact error I was getting, but it wouldn't allow me to play that demo until I renamed it, removing the hyphen. Mine is currently just timedemo.netdemo. playNetTimeDemo timedemo works for me

Post by **Bdw3** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:49 am

playnettimedemo demoname

Post by **SplEEb** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:50 am

I had to rename that ggl demo, just took the ggl off it and it worked.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:50 am

anyone have a link for that file?

Post by **SplEEb** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:55 am

I cant find the link but I could upload it. Its not an official demo. its just a cheesy demo some dude recorded. nothing special.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:57 am

Ohh, shit, sorry dude, i skimmed over this topic.. i ment the Hot fix

edit: google is teh win, i got it.

Post by **RedAlley** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:00 am

The hotfix works great on my x850 pro... you will see improvement ranging from 9800 pro series all the wayto the x800/x850 series.

Try it out on your x800... you will see improvement.

Post by **SplEEb** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:03 am

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/DLRe ... deptID=894

Post by **Psyche911** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:54 am

MidnightQ4 wrote:From the looks of it you have to have one of the very newest cards to take advantage of the new prediction algorithms in the driver, as noted the x800 doesn't benefit from the driver and it is only logical that a 9800 pro would see no benefit as well. Sux cause I have a 9800pro.

Wrong.
Two of us so far have had very nice performance improvements with 9800 Pros. I honestly think I get about 10+ FPS higher.

Post by **shadd_** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:08 am

hmm, downloaded the hotfix drivers, took out the ccc, added 5.10 cp and wdm drivers to the package.

i went from 53fps@1280x1024 2xAA high quality. AA+AF set to app pref. in cp, high quality. to 60fps in the ggl timedemo.

thats at first glance who knows if everything is working right. i'll take a deeper look later.

x800xt pe, a64@2.4, 1.5gigs.

edit: it's kind of funny the two places i get slowdowns in the timedemo. nothing is happening actionwise and no other models are in view at the time. wierd.

Post by **RedAlley** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:10 am

Sounds like you got a boost. Your CPU really helps you out... my 2.8ghz p4 is really holding my x850 Pro back.

But after this hotfix I get decent FPS.

Post by **Bacon** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:23 am

Yay 45-60 FPS @ 1024x768 High Quality for my laptop... nice drivers!

Had to play @ 640x480 before lol

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:24 am

what kind of laptop are you running?!?!

i get 57fps at 1024 on a desktop