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, it's only been from 5.7 on that uses .net extension. Cripes, maybe we are both wrong!
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You still don't need .NOT (did that on purpose!) to run ATI's drivers. Just don't download from the front page, but go via the "Drivers and Software" tab. That will give you the possibility to download the Control PANEL version. Sooner or later, though, ATI will cut support for that.
I took the plunge with CAT 5.8. I had stayed away from the CCC because of .NOT, which I think is a big, bloated mistake! But more and more software uses it, including something I wanted to try out, and so I 'infected' my Game PC with it
Result: Well, just try to run CCC while watching Task Manager - it does use quite a bit of memory - but if it all gets released, it shouldn't be a problem. However, I do believe that once .NOT framework is loaded, at least part of of it stays loaded, and maybe even a few threads continue to run. How do I know? In thruth, I don't! But it makes sense from MS's point of view, since the next program you want to run of course also is written for .NOT....
I have experienced some instability with CAT 5.8 in Half-Life 2, probably caused by the drivers themselves. I D/L CAT 5.9 yesterday (yes, the CCC version), and stability HAS improved for HL2. I haven't tried SH3 yet, but hopefully the evening...
BRGDS
Sven