ATI Catalyst 7.6 released

[Capt. Shark Bait]

well, i've got pretty much all grafix settings/sliders maxed out and the only slowdowns i get are up close and personal to ships. with my 850XT it would be a literal slideshow. not so anymore. IQ is as good as if not better than the other ppl that starts with nv and ends with idiot . and for what it costs, it's an overall better buy. the kicker is with ASUS you also get STALKER and when they're released the black box: HL2:EP2, Portal and team fortress2. also, the drivers can only get better over time. getting really close to enemy ships you can see more detail in the surfaces and water looks like it has some rippling between waves/swells. leaving port doesn't seem to show any slow down either. the Asus EAH2900XT it's definitely worth getting

[Swat]

Capt. Shark Bait - Thank you very much sir!

[Capt. Shark Bait]

Originally Posted by Swat

Capt. Shark Bait - Thank you very much sir!

not a prob, sailor. if you do get one, make sure your PSU has 2, two, 6 pinPCIe pwr connectors, 1 6pin and 1 8pin to enable overdrive iffn you wanna overclock

[XanderF]

And make sure you have a power supply that can handle it.

The card consumes more than 160w on its own. That's not overclocked or anything! Make sure your power supply can handle that - when ATI says the card needs a 550w PSU, they aren't kidding. As many manufacturers exaggerate their specs, ATI even provides a list of 'certified' PSUs for their parts. For the 2900XT, I'd make sure your power supply is on that list!

[BlackSpot]

Hmmm...I've installed the CAT 7.6 drivers but I'm still not getting any glare from my 1800XT. I have seen it but it fades back to the normal sun disk after a few seconds. Any ideas?

[MONOLITH]

Originally Posted by -Pv-

I'm getting correct sun glare for the 1st time since playing this game on the 1950XT card using 7.6.

Good news.

X1950 Pro here.

Going to get the driver.....

[MONOLITH]

Hhmmm....still don't think I'm getting the same bloom/glare as the Nvidia guys.

Anyone else?

[XanderF]

I can confirm your findings.

Radeon X1950 Pro, 1280x1024.

I still get the green borders with 'adaptive AA' turned on, and I still get the 'sun disk' - no bloom around it.

On the upside, at least I can RUN with adaptive AA at native res, now. For some reason with the Cat 7.5s, running at 1280x1024 with adaptive AA would disable all AA entirely. Running at 1280x960, and all worked fine.

With the 7.6s, I can now run at 1280x1024 with 4xAA and 'adaptive AA' enabled, so...that's something. I suppose. If those green borders would go away...

[AVGWarhawk]

I do not have the green outline. All AA enabled. I have some bloom around the sun and moon but not rendered as well as the Nvidia cards.

[MONOLITH]

Originally Posted by XanderF

If those green borders would go away...

Have you tried at different resolutions? I seem to remember some people only having the green lines at certain resolutions.

[MONOLITH]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have some bloom around the sun and moon but not rendered as well as the Nvidia cards.

I agree about the 'some' part. It looks like I have something more/different than I had before, but nothing real dramatic like on the Nvidia cards.

[BlackSpot]

I was playing around with the different settings in CCC. When I switched back to SH I had full bloom and glare but it faded back to the sun disk after a few seconds. Weird. It is there.

[Misfit138]

Originally Posted by BlackSpot

When I switched back to SH I had full bloom and glare but it faded back to the sun disk after a few seconds. Weird. It is there.

I have the same thing. Actually I had this with previous 7.5 Catalyst drivers also

Running with X1950XT. Has this glare worked properly with any previous drivers? Starts to feel like it was a mistake to buy ATI again...

[Ilpalazzo]

Originally Posted by XanderF

I can confirm your findings.

Radeon X1950 Pro, 1280x1024.

I still get the green borders with 'adaptive AA' turned on, and I still get the 'sun disk' - no bloom around it.

On the upside, at least I can RUN with adaptive AA at native res, now. For some reason with the Cat 7.5s, running at 1280x1024 with adaptive AA would disable all AA entirely. Running at 1280x960, and all worked fine.

With the 7.6s, I can now run at 1280x1024 with 4xAA and 'adaptive AA' enabled, so...that's something. I suppose. If those green borders would go away...

Yea some of you guys got me all excited for nothing. I still have the green boarder with adaptive AA.

Sunglare for me. This isn't normal is it?....




*I'm using an x1900xt

Running with X1950XT. Has this glare worked properly with any previous drivers? Starts to feel like it was a mistake to buy ATI again...

Next time I buy a vid card it is going to be Nvidia. Not for these particular problems though. I will because ATI Catalyst software does not scale small res 4:3 images (800x600, 1027x768, 1280x1024). It simply stretches them to fill my entire 21" widescreen. I cannot play any of my old games because of this as they look horrid.

Sorry to go off topic for a sec, but I am really pissed at ATI. That scaling is a known problem for years and they have done nothing about it. I recently contacted them about it. Had some emails back and forth (problem unresolved) and after a month it seems they don't care anymore.

[Capt. Shark Bait]

those without the sun glare, it seems to me that it's not a driver issue but rather hardware. the 2900 doesn't use shader models as previous card did, but it's an entirely different structure which could be why i have glare and X1k cards don't. also, with 7.6 the green border is gone