ATI Catalyst 7.6 released

SinisterDexter · 06-26-07, 08:11 PM

Get it from the usual sources:

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers

Wonder if it fixes (or breaks) anything in SHIV

-Pv- · 06-26-07, 08:23 PM

It didn't surprise me this comes out so soon on the heals of 7.4 and 7.5 which were no improvement.
-Pv-

flyingdane · 06-26-07, 08:54 PM

Hope they get this one right.

bunkerratt · 06-26-07, 09:57 PM

no sun glare .but overdrive is working...and no green lines with aa engaged ...

Capt. Shark Bait · 06-26-07, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bunkerratt

no sun glare .but overdrive is working...and no green lines with aa engaged ...

i've got sun glare with 7.5. seems to be a shader thing

XanderF · 06-27-07, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by bunkerratt

no sun glare .but overdrive is working...and no green lines with aa engaged ...

No green lines? You mean on the edge of the screen? You SURE? I thought that was a limitation of using the Adaptive AA? It's certainly been in every single game I can remember as far back as the feature has been present...

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Originally Posted by Capt. Shark Bait

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Originally Posted by bunkerratt

no sun glare .but overdrive is working...and no green lines with aa engaged ...

i've got sun glare with 7.5. seems to be a shader thing

Not like you should, no.

Capt. Shark Bait · 06-27-07, 06:03 AM

nope, not like i should know:p. this is with a 2900XT, and not that nvidiot thing

sunset

also, my green border liners are gone as well, unlike the pic here which isn't 7.6

AVGWarhawk · 06-27-07, 09:18 AM

Hmmmmmm:hmm:. I will have to try this one! Right now all I have is a round disc

Jace11 · 06-27-07, 05:25 PM

The 7.6 seems to fix the new antialiasing techniques so that Narrow-tent and Wide-tent give softer effects whereas in 7.5 they gave very nasty white outlines around 3D objects in SH4 so I could only use the Box sampling setting. They introduced a reset after selecting crossfire mode. There is a bug with this - see the release notes - and a hotfix has been released already, but with my cards it seems to give very poor framerates in crossfire eg interior of sub 25fps in CF mode compared to one card running at 60fps (max due to V-synch)??? But as the drivers are slightly improved I will stick with this and use 7.6 and one card till 7.7 I guess.

Capt. Shark Bait · 06-27-07, 05:40 PM

Warhawk, you'll likely have to get a 2900XT, if you don't already have one. on my 850XT with 7.5 i got the sun disc, so i doubt it's a driver thing as the 850 likely couldn't handle more advanced shader models

Raus · 06-27-07, 06:43 PM

Meh, I'll take my 8800.

"nVidiot" seems to get their drivers right.

AVGWarhawk · 06-27-07, 09:08 PM

I loaded it up. Seems stable to me. I was able to turn up some AA and not lose FPS. Looks good to me

-Pv- · 06-27-07, 09:23 PM

I'm getting correct sun glare for the 1st time since playing this game on the 1950XT card using 7.6. I've always used the Temporal AA and never had the green border.
-Pv-

Capt. Shark Bait · 06-27-07, 10:16 PM

:hmm: , maybe there's something in 7.6 that wasn't in .5p

Swat · 06-28-07, 03:57 AM

To Capt. Shark Bait: Can you please describe me performance of your 2900XT in SH4?FPS when leaving/entering the port etc...?I'm considering the purchase.....Thanks a lot!

06-26-07, 08:11 PM	#1
SinisterDexter Seaman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 38 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	ATI Catalyst 7.6 released Get it from the usual sources: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers Wonder if it fixes (or breaks) anything in SHIV __________________ When's the next patch coming out?

06-26-07, 08:54 PM	#3
flyingdane Weps Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 355 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Hope they get this one right. __________________ It denos't mtater waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, it's olny iprmoatnt taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelms.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

06-26-07, 09:57 PM	#4
bunkerratt Chief Join Date: May 2006 Location: madison wisconsin Posts: 310 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	no sun glare .but overdrive is working...and no green lines with aa engaged ... __________________

06-27-07, 06:03 AM	#7
Capt. Shark Bait Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in a convergance zone Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	nope, not like i should know:p. this is with a 2900XT, and not that nvidiot thing sunset also, my green border liners are gone as well, unlike the pic here which isn't 7.6 __________________ Leiser und tödlicher edler Ritter der Tiefe Corsair Vengeance M70; ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z; FX 8350; Asus 7870; Samsung SyncMaster 2243SWX; coolmax CUG950B 950w psu; 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3; Corsair M4 SSD 128GB, WD 1TB; x18 DVR212D; 7SP1

06-27-07, 09:18 AM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Hmmmmmm:hmm:. I will have to try this one! Right now all I have is a round disc __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-26-07, 08:23 PM	#2
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It didn't surprise me this comes out so soon on the heals of 7.4 and 7.5 which were no improvement. -Pv-

06-27-07, 05:25 PM	#9
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	The 7.6 seems to fix the new antialiasing techniques so that Narrow-tent and Wide-tent give softer effects whereas in 7.5 they gave very nasty white outlines around 3D objects in SH4 so I could only use the Box sampling setting. They introduced a reset after selecting crossfire mode. There is a bug with this - see the release notes - and a hotfix has been released already, but with my cards it seems to give very poor framerates in crossfire eg interior of sub 25fps in CF mode compared to one card running at 60fps (max due to V-synch)??? But as the drivers are slightly improved I will stick with this and use 7.6 and one card till 7.7 I guess.

06-27-07, 05:40 PM	#10
Capt. Shark Bait Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in a convergance zone Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Warhawk, you'll likely have to get a 2900XT, if you don't already have one. on my 850XT with 7.5 i got the sun disc, so i doubt it's a driver thing as the 850 likely couldn't handle more advanced shader models __________________ Leiser und tödlicher edler Ritter der Tiefe Corsair Vengeance M70; ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z; FX 8350; Asus 7870; Samsung SyncMaster 2243SWX; coolmax CUG950B 950w psu; 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3; Corsair M4 SSD 128GB, WD 1TB; x18 DVR212D; 7SP1

06-27-07, 06:43 PM	#11
Raus A-ganger Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 79 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Meh, I'll take my 8800. "nVidiot" seems to get their drivers right.

06-27-07, 09:08 PM	#12
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I loaded it up. Seems stable to me. I was able to turn up some AA and not lose FPS. Looks good to me __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-27-07, 09:23 PM	#13
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm getting correct sun glare for the 1st time since playing this game on the 1950XT card using 7.6. I've always used the Temporal AA and never had the green border. -Pv-

06-27-07, 10:16 PM	#14
Capt. Shark Bait Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in a convergance zone Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	:hmm: , maybe there's something in 7.6 that wasn't in .5p __________________ Leiser und tödlicher edler Ritter der Tiefe Corsair Vengeance M70; ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z; FX 8350; Asus 7870; Samsung SyncMaster 2243SWX; coolmax CUG950B 950w psu; 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3; Corsair M4 SSD 128GB, WD 1TB; x18 DVR212D; 7SP1

06-28-07, 03:57 AM	#15
Swat 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Czech Republic Prague Posts: 286 Downloads: 224 Uploads: 0	To Capt. Shark Bait: Can you please describe me performance of your 2900XT in SH4?FPS when leaving/entering the port etc...?I'm considering the purchase.....Thanks a lot! __________________ First Patrol Of U-21 Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqBqInzBaGc First Patrol Of U-21 Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWqyTaomDjM