Catalyst 5.11 Drivers - finally a nice looking sun :)

panthercules · 11-15-05, 10:36 PM

Just D/L'ed and tried out the new Cat 5.11 drivers for my X800XL last night.

I had an initial problem with a CTD leaving base for my new patrol, which I believe was caused by my leaving the ATI control panel system tray application running. When I turned that off before loading up the game again, I got to play for a pretty long time (until I got to my patrol zone and had to quit for some sleep) without having any more CTDs.

Best of all though, the sun now looks REALLY GOOD for the first time ever. When I first got the game last March, I had a 6800GT and what with all the nVidia graphics bugs/glitches and stuff I never really got a sun glare look I liked. Then a while back I had to build another machine and this time tried an ATI X800XL - I got sun glare, but it was really a bit much - most of the time the sun was freaking HUGE and looked kinda silly. Last night though, it looked perfect - just enough glare effect to be sensible without going overboard, so to speak.

I haven't ever really tracked FPS or anything on SH3, so I don't know if this driver makes any difference there, and I haven't seen or sunk anything on this patrol with the new drivers yet, so I can't speak for any other changes these drivers might have made from that perspective, but everything I have seen so far looks really good and the new sun alone is well worth the update

11-15-05, 10:36 PM	#1
panthercules The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,336 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Catalyst 5.11 Drivers - finally a nice looking sun :) Just D/L'ed and tried out the new Cat 5.11 drivers for my X800XL last night. I had an initial problem with a CTD leaving base for my new patrol, which I believe was caused by my leaving the ATI control panel system tray application running. When I turned that off before loading up the game again, I got to play for a pretty long time (until I got to my patrol zone and had to quit for some sleep) without having any more CTDs. Best of all though, the sun now looks REALLY GOOD for the first time ever. When I first got the game last March, I had a 6800GT and what with all the nVidia graphics bugs/glitches and stuff I never really got a sun glare look I liked. Then a while back I had to build another machine and this time tried an ATI X800XL - I got sun glare, but it was really a bit much - most of the time the sun was freaking HUGE and looked kinda silly. Last night though, it looked perfect - just enough glare effect to be sensible without going overboard, so to speak. I haven't ever really tracked FPS or anything on SH3, so I don't know if this driver makes any difference there, and I haven't seen or sunk anything on this patrol with the new drivers yet, so I can't speak for any other changes these drivers might have made from that perspective, but everything I have seen so far looks really good and the new sun alone is well worth the update __________________