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    Ati Catalyst 6.9

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by samuderaindia, Sep 22, 2006.

  1. samuderaindia

    samuderaindia Notebook Consultant

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    samuderaindia, Sep 22, 2006
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  2. Chechen

    Chechen Newbie

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    I totally tried it. The new catalyst only gives marginal performance improvements (20 more points in 3dmark05) and for some reason more stable overclocks when I really push my card.

    I am having one problem with it though: if not plugged in, my laptop keeps restarting just before getting to the welcome screen in Windows. I'm not OCing and have not installed anything but the new catalyst drivers. Is anyone else having this problem?
     
    Chechen, Sep 22, 2006
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    installed them and have no probs.
    didnt have the time for benchmarks yet
     
    asenna, Sep 22, 2006
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    my 3dMark05 score improved 3 points!!! Wow!!!

    anyway, my gaming experience is a little smoother on Oblivion now.
     
    Greg, Sep 23, 2006
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  5. samuderaindia

    samuderaindia Notebook Consultant

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    I didnt get any improvement and also I had problem with powerplay, when ran on battery, it just went blank.
    Go back to catalyst 6.8 now
     
    samuderaindia, Sep 23, 2006
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    MC. Notebook Enthusiast

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    downloading here...
    not sure about the increased performance, looks that it's all about this CrossFire thingy:


    New Features

    This release of Catalyst® introduces CrossFire™ support for the Intel 965 Chipset. This feature is available for D3D applications, and is supported on ATI Radeon® X1900 CrossFire™ edition products. This feature is supported under the Windows XP operating system.

    Performance Improvement

    As with most Catalyst® releases, performance has increased in various situations.

    * 3DMark2006 overall performance improves 6.7-23.7% with anti-aliasing enabled due to improvements in HyperZ efficiency on the Radeon® X1300, X1600 and X1800 series of products. The largest gains can be seen on Crossfire™ configurations and/or 256MB card configurations at resolutions of 1280x1024 or greater
    * Doom3 performances improves up to 9.3% due to further OpenGL shader complier and transform engine optimizations on the entire Radeon® X1000 Series of products. The largest gains can be seen on Radeon® X1900 configurations at resolutions of 1600x1200 or higher

    read more here
     
    MC., Sep 27, 2006
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  8. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

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    While the increase isn't great, I can see a difference in Oblivion.

    I can push the game to "very high" settings W/ HDR and still run smooth,
    With 6.8 I ran about 20 FPS in very open areas, now I run over 30 FPS everywhere.
     
    unknown555525, Sep 27, 2006
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    Catalyst 6.9 fixed my crashing issues in Oblivion! Finally! :) I could play Oblivion with Catalyst 6.7 or 6.8 only for few minutes before it crashed to desktop.
     
    ronkotus, Sep 28, 2006
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    What's the difference between the mobile version and the full regular version, and which one should a be using for my laptop?
     
    yan, Sep 28, 2006
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    Not sure about the desktop one, but the mobile version's control center lets you manage PowerPlay, which lowers performance while running on battery power.
     
    MC., Sep 29, 2006
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    hi guys, i installed ati mobility catalyst 6.9 at my laptop. It has ati radeon 9700 and the problem is that i tried to play fifa 2007 and the game was moving very fast that i couldnt play. With the older drivers i had this wasnt hapened.. Please help me!
     
    lotusgr, Oct 1, 2006
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  13. Reezin14

    Reezin14 Crimson Mantle Commander

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    yan the one that says 6-9-mobile_xp_dd_ccc_enu_3...
     
    Reezin14, Oct 1, 2006
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