ATI Releases Catalyst 3.0

by Maarten Goldstein, Dec 20, 2002 9:54am PST

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Would it be worth buying an ATI 9700 Pro right now? My AGP only supports 4X and the GFFX is just around the corner.

Dec 20, 2002 12:23pm PST

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Would it be worth buying an ATI 9700 Pro right now? My AGP only supports 4X and the GFFX is just around ... : wykd
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- Yes it is worth it. : 5150 Joker
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  The new drivers ROCK I no longer any stutters in any game, and I run my games 1600x1200 with 4x AA and... : visine
  - yeah, 9500 pro seems the way to go for me : diehlr
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  If you can wait, then wait for the FX. If you can't then get it the ATI card. Patience always wins at th... : MarksmanX
  - Really no such thing in the video card world, as soon as you wait for something, something else will be r... : Speedy8
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  Uh, the Geforce FX isn't exactly "right around the corner". : Colin Higgins
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    its only about 4-6 weeks away. : johnny rotten
    - April 2003 : samhain78

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Looks like ATI finally got it right with the drivers?

nvidia fanboys start flaming!

Dec 20, 2002 7:55pm PST

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Looks like ATI finally got it right with the drivers? nvidia fanboys start flaming! : samhain78
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- http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=d0fd0c074d1f94f17af4976633126c17&threadid=33654516&perpage=2 : MarksmanX

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anyone know of a mirror of for these drivers? I'm getting them at only 30k/sec. :(

Dec 20, 2002 5:29pm PST

anyone know of a mirror of for these drivers? I'm getting them at only 30k/sec. :( : Former_HPB

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the 9500 only costs 170 and it seems pretty good.. better than my gf2

Dec 20, 2002 1:49pm PST

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the 9500 only costs 170 and it seems pretty good.. better than my gf2 : diehlr
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- well.. isn't that special. :\ : diehlr
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  its a fine deal. Ti4600 or greater performance (with antialiasing + anisotropic filtering turned on mind... : johnny rotten
  - Yeah, it's probably my next buy after I get a new CPU HSF. Probably a Zalman. : diehlr

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These drivers are great, and so is DX9. Today is a good day for my 9700. I can hear it giggling inside my case.

Dec 20, 2002 4:16pm PST

These drivers are great, and so is DX9. Today is a good day for my 9700. I can hear it giggling inside my... : Syixxs

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I forgot to mention that I already have a 4600.

Dec 20, 2002 1:01pm PST

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I forgot to mention that I already have a 4600. : wykd
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  I also have a Ti 4600 and I got the ATI 9700 pro. Not a HUUUUGE difference compaired to the two. Just a ... : MarksmanX
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    umm quake 3 is cpu limited though... that's why turn on AA and AF and that's where the difference is at : -=kodiak=-
    - Ok then I didn't notice any difference at 1280 x 1024 compaired to Ti 4600 other than a 5 FPS increase :) : MarksmanX

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So now WHQL's can have known bugs? sweet!
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest display driver:
Ã¢Â€Â¢ Setting Full Screen Anti-Aliasing to 2x and running the game Unreal Tournament 2003 may result in possible but infrequent system reboots. This issue is occurs with the RADEONÃ¢Â„Â¢ 9000 Pro under the Windows XP operating system
Ã¢Â€Â¢ Playing a DVD with the Windows Media Player and dragging the Player window to the left until the Player is partially outside of the screen results in the wrong positioning of the overlay window. This issue occurs with the RADEONÃ¢Â„Â¢ 9700 under Windows XP
Ã¢Â€Â¢ Display corruption is seen at boot time and when resuming from standby mode. This issue occurs with the RADEONÃ¢Â„Â¢ 9700 under the Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems
Ã¢Â€Â¢ Running the game Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 with all options set to maximum and the display set to 1024x768 32bpp results in a system hang. This issue occurs with the RADEONÃ¢Â„Â¢ 8500 under the Windows 98/98SE and Millennium edition operating systems
Ã¢Â€Â¢ Setting the desktop to 32bpp results in the game Starfleet Command exiting back to the desktop. This issue is noticed under Windows XP with the RADEONÃ¢Â„Â¢ 9700 card installed
Ã¢Â€Â¢ Flashing and missing textures are noticed when running the benchmark for the game Unreal 2003. This issue is noticed under Windows XP with the RADEONÃ¢Â„Â¢ 7000 card installed

Dec 20, 2002 11:04am PST

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So now WHQL's can have known bugs? sweet! The following section provides a brief description of known i : indeego
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  duh, they said only the 9500/9700 was whql, and they don't have the reboot bugs. : tigeN
  - They still have known bugs. : rubicant

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I wish i didnt have to buy a car. I would get a 9500 and a good p4, these cards keep getting better and better with each driver release

Dec 20, 2002 10:31am PST

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I wish i didnt have to buy a car. I would get a 9500 and a good p4, these cards keep getting better and b... : samhain78
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  You don't. Ride a bike, take a bus, or walk. I find it's well worth the extra 40 fps you get on your ma : indeego
  - LOL, yeah and the cold wet weather is good for u tOO! : brutal

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Just installed DX9 and the latest Catalyst 3.0 on my system for my 9700 PRO! Awesome! Everything runs great and smoother. I didn't take any benchmarks though, but I can feel it everything being a bit faster. I must say I am in love with ATI. They make solid drivers and just great hardware. Thank you ATI!

Dec 20, 2002 10:47am PST

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Just installed DX9 and the latest Catalyst 3.0 on my system for my 9700 PRO! Awesome! Everything runs gre... : mofo
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Ok, when I ran 3dmark2001:SE I got 6111!! WTF? Last night without the 3.0 CAts and DX9, I got 11317. What's wrong? None of the benchmarks went above 60. They just sat at 60FPs the whole time, never changing. Do I have to change something with the new cats or what?

Dec 20, 2002 11:38am PST

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Ok, when I ran 3dmark2001:SE I got 6111!! WTF? Last night without the 3.0 CAts and DX9, I got 11317. W... : pun][sher
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  seems like a VSYNC thing.. : AndrewM
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    I turned it off....on both tests. : pun][sher
    - Could still be forced on.. : AndrewM

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Hot damn those directx9 videos fuckin rock! This is my first ATI card and I'm loving it!

Dec 20, 2002 11:48am PST

Hot damn those directx9 videos fuckin rock! This is my first ATI card and I'm loving it! : slaptits

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I will post my benchmarks here, when done downloading!

Dec 20, 2002 11:11am PST

I will post my benchmarks here, when done downloading! : pun][sher

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DX9 redistributable - no web download:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8510F9C3-1679-482B-B903-2352B58AF584&displaylang=en

Dec 20, 2002 10:54am PST

DX9 redistributable - no web download: http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8510F9C3-167... : hal9000

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sweet lord, i want a radeon 9500 :(

Dec 20, 2002 10:18am PST

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sweet lord, i want a radeon 9500 :( : diehlr
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- aim high, go for the 9700 : hal9000

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