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    Catalyst A.I. Enabled: and than?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by julian-nold, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. julian-nold

    julian-nold DELETED

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    Hi

    I was shoced when realiced that I don't know what Catalyst A.I. is and what happens if I chance the "Mode" ...

    Sry for this noob question ... but I am realy intressted in knowing this! :p

    As far as I know, if I disable it, CrossFireX would stop working, right? :rolleyes:

    Thanks for your help!
    Greetings
    Julian
     
  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    ill be guine pig whoooo
    i unno ether but im trying now
     
  3. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    i think it detect the optimal settings for differnt apps and adjust your settings to it cuz my cross fire didnt go poof
     
  4. julian-nold

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    So you mean it normaly pushes the performance to the "limit" ...
    Do you have pulled the "button" to the left or the right?

    I guess right means "optimised" and left only "enabled"?

    THX
    Greetings
    Julian
     
  5. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    i guess so that when switching apps it switches the optimized settings ...


    "So that brings us to today, we now have a beta build of an upcoming ATI driver which features the Catalyst AI functionality (Catalyst Control Centre only). The basic idea behind Catalyst AI is that it gives the end user the option to completely disable the optimizations in ATI's driver should they feel its necessary"

    http://www.driverheaven.net/articles/atiop/
     
  6. FoxTrot1337

    FoxTrot1337 Notebook Deity

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    If you disable Catalyst A.I., CrossFire will be disabled, however I don't know whether you should set it to Standard or Advanced.
     
  7. Thimk

    Thimk Notebook Consultant

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    I think Cat AI is half-hype; however since CrossFire requires it, I then leave it on.
     
  8. mak5

    mak5 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Julian

    From Catalyst help content:

    ATI Catalyst™ A.I.
    ATI Catalyst A.I. makes use of AMD's texture analyzer technology to optimize performance in 3D applications, while maintaining or even improving image quality. It analyzes individual textures as they are loaded to determine the best and fastest way to display them.

    ATI Catalyst A.I. includes application-specific detection for various games and games engines such as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of Persia, and Crazy Taxi 3

    Cheers

    Luke
     
  9. julian-nold

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    Ok thanks ... I tryed some 3DMark06 but the score jumps to mutch to say wich option performes better^^

    I'll go testing again :D

    THX 4 the INFOs!

    Greetings
    Julian
     
  10. rgauchey

    rgauchey Notebook Geek

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    Just curious........are you a youngster?? Use spell check and everyone will be able to understand what you are asking.
     
  11. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    he's German. just because it's an English-speaking forum doesn't mean everyone has English as their native tongue (myself included).
     
  12. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    bahh americans so ignorent :D i am american and i noticed he was german , i dont mind the bad spelling i have it as my native tounge an still cant spell. any way jullian is cool he helps out plus , can you speak and write 2 languges fluently ???? i cant, he's much smarter then me already
     
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    hehe you just don't try... :D
     
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    rgauchey Notebook Geek

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    No put down intended......I just wasn't smart enough to read his post phonetically. Once I did I understood.
     
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    @ Mr.Moo:

    THX ;) You are great as well :p

    @ rgauchey

    Hm ... if you say what I did wrong ... or write something @ topic ... it would help me ... but ... never mind :eek:

    @ whizzo:

    THX to you, too :p
    You are comming from the snow :cool: ... and I like snow :D (next week holidays will start and I'll jeck out "Gstaaat" (I don't know how to spell it :) it's in switzerland^^) for skiing :rolleyes: ...

    As E-wrecked said ... we are family ... I hope you woun't punish me for each "error" im my writing ...

    Greetings
    Julian
     
  16. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    Gstaad, I presume. shouldn't have any problems with the snow, it's been coming down by the truckload these last few days...