ATi 7.5 driver released

Capt. Shark Bait · 05-31-07, 04:49 PM

gonna let yas know how well it is with SH4, tho i doubt ther'll ber much difference

MONOLITH · 05-31-07, 04:56 PM

Thanks for the news.

I'll be refueling my X1950 Pro.

I haven't checked the release notes yet, but I've my fingers crossed that maybe they fixed the "no bloom sunsets on SH4" thing.

Jace11 · 05-31-07, 06:37 PM

Hmm, will give it a miss..

I have an ATI X1900 Crossfire with an ATI X1900XTX, linked together with the dreaded dongle - which caused interference on my old CRT monitor so I switched to a nice 1600 Dell LCD screen.

I currently run SH4 in crossfire, with 14x Antialias, 4X Anisotropic filtering, V sync, higest quality mip map, and all features turned on the game (except damage model graphics - causes flicker) at 1600x1200 res...

It is sweet...

But I can only get this setup to work with ATI Catalyst 7.1. When I tried later versions the Antialiasing with crossfire didn't work. It was fine when using a single card, but not when using two.

So I'm staying with 7.1, just one of those quirky driver things I guess..

MONOLITH · 05-31-07, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace11

with 14x Antialias

Holy crap. I didn't know AA went that high. I've never seen an option higher than 6x.

Steel_Tomb · 05-31-07, 06:47 PM

IIRC if you enable the "temporal AA" thing it doubles the AA value, therefore 4x becomes 8x and 6 becomes 12x, but I still dont know how to get 14x lol. Could you enlighten us on this.

Jace11 · 05-31-07, 07:01 PM

I don't know... isn't it called super-sampling or something...

I can only select up to 6x or maybe 8x when using 1 card, I think the two cards take different samples and composite them together in the higher modes - I read up on it when I was looking at which cards to buy 18 months ago.

but as ever, there is some new AA technique out now isn't there? CAA or something it's called, can't remember. I tried temporal but I prefered the normal method..

Anyway, I don't know how it works, I just press the buttons...

SinisterDexter · 05-31-07, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MONOLITH

Thanks for the news.

I'll be refueling my X1950 Pro.

I haven't checked the release notes yet, but I've my fingers crossed that maybe they fixed the "no bloom sunsets on SH4" thing.

Likewise for the 3d clocks / overdrive.
Will test shortly...

bunkerratt · 05-31-07, 08:12 PM

overdrive is working ....havn't had a go with sh4 yet for bloom but overdrive is running i'm running 2x atix1950's in crossfire on an asus p5wdh deluxe

SinisterDexter · 05-31-07, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bunkerratt

overdrive is working ....havn't had a go with sh4 yet for bloom but overdrive is running i'm running 2x atix1950's in crossfire on an asus p5wdh deluxe

Not here -
Single x1900xtx on A8N32-SLI Deluxe w/ WinXP and Catalyst 7.5
Card does not switch to 3d clocks for SHIV.

Bloom does not seem to be enabled.

Still can force 3d clock speeds with ATITool...

MONOLITH · 05-31-07, 10:34 PM

ATI Tray Tools rocks.

I was skeptical about dumping my pretty and flashy CCC. But I found the ability to set up individual profiles for each game to be much more reliable with the ATT, as well as the overclocking tools.

I doubt I'll be going back to the CCC.

Capt. Shark Bait · 05-31-07, 11:09 PM

seems they've done nothing about the sun

; still a disc but with a "glow" around it

GnarPow · 05-31-07, 11:27 PM

14x seems like an odd #

SteamWake · 06-01-07, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GnarPow

14x seems like an odd #

No thats an even number....

Lets get some progress reports here. I avoided the last update (7.4) as I had heard some people were having some issues.

Now I hear 7.5 is already out... Ill wait till I hear some positive things.

BTW overdrive does not work in 7.3 either.

bunkerratt · 06-01-07, 10:18 AM

so far it looks good ..no bloom bummer........all options are open aa w/temporal =24 af with hg =32 ran 3d mark 06 last night and this morning ...w/stock clocks it had an avarage 4-6 point gain over the 7.4 runs...ok by me ..and overdrive is working ..no more flicker when you try to run overdrive

Marko_Ramius · 06-01-07, 10:33 AM

X14 AA is certainly only available for CrossFire user, i guess.

The bloom of the sun is still not fixed ? --->

Grrrr... When they will do it ?

I have 7.3 and 3d clock works with SH4 ( with overdrive and Ati Tray Tool), really don't understand why some have problem with this :hmm:

Still waiting good news about this 7.5 for using it.

05-31-07, 04:49 PM	#1
Capt. Shark Bait Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in a convergance zone Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	ATi 7.5 driver released gonna let yas know how well it is with SH4, tho i doubt ther'll ber much difference __________________ 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

05-31-07, 04:56 PM	#2
MONOLITH Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 997 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the news. I'll be refueling my X1950 Pro. I haven't checked the release notes yet, but I've my fingers crossed that maybe they fixed the "no bloom sunsets on SH4" thing. __________________

05-31-07, 08:12 PM	#8
bunkerratt Chief Join Date: May 2006 Location: madison wisconsin Posts: 310 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	overdrive is working ....havn't had a go with sh4 yet for bloom but overdrive is running i'm running 2x atix1950's in crossfire on an asus p5wdh deluxe __________________

05-31-07, 10:34 PM	#10
MONOLITH Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 997 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ATI Tray Tools rocks. I was skeptical about dumping my pretty and flashy CCC. But I found the ability to set up individual profiles for each game to be much more reliable with the ATT, as well as the overclocking tools. I doubt I'll be going back to the CCC. __________________

05-31-07, 11:09 PM	#11
Capt. Shark Bait Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in a convergance zone Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	seems they've done nothing about the sun ; still a disc but with a "glow" around it __________________ 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

05-31-07, 06:37 PM	#3
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	Hmm, will give it a miss.. I have an ATI X1900 Crossfire with an ATI X1900XTX, linked together with the dreaded dongle - which caused interference on my old CRT monitor so I switched to a nice 1600 Dell LCD screen. I currently run SH4 in crossfire, with 14x Antialias, 4X Anisotropic filtering, V sync, higest quality mip map, and all features turned on the game (except damage model graphics - causes flicker) at 1600x1200 res... It is sweet... But I can only get this setup to work with ATI Catalyst 7.1. When I tried later versions the Antialiasing with crossfire didn't work. It was fine when using a single card, but not when using two. So I'm staying with 7.1, just one of those quirky driver things I guess..

05-31-07, 06:47 PM	#5
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	IIRC if you enable the "temporal AA" thing it doubles the AA value, therefore 4x becomes 8x and 6 becomes 12x, but I still dont know how to get 14x lol. Could you enlighten us on this.

05-31-07, 07:01 PM	#6
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	I don't know... isn't it called super-sampling or something... I can only select up to 6x or maybe 8x when using 1 card, I think the two cards take different samples and composite them together in the higher modes - I read up on it when I was looking at which cards to buy 18 months ago. but as ever, there is some new AA technique out now isn't there? CAA or something it's called, can't remember. I tried temporal but I prefered the normal method.. Anyway, I don't know how it works, I just press the buttons...

05-31-07, 11:27 PM	#12
GnarPow Gunner Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 96 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	14x seems like an odd #

06-01-07, 10:18 AM	#14
bunkerratt Chief Join Date: May 2006 Location: madison wisconsin Posts: 310 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	so far it looks good ..no bloom bummer........all options are open aa w/temporal =24 af with hg =32 ran 3d mark 06 last night and this morning ...w/stock clocks it had an avarage 4-6 point gain over the 7.4 runs...ok by me ..and overdrive is working ..no more flicker when you try to run overdrive __________________

06-01-07, 10:33 AM	#15
Marko_Ramius Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Near Paris Posts: 303 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	X14 AA is certainly only available for CrossFire user, i guess. The bloom of the sun is still not fixed ? ---> Grrrr... When they will do it ? I have 7.3 and 3d clock works with SH4 ( with overdrive and Ati Tray Tool), really don't understand why some have problem with this :hmm: Still waiting good news about this 7.5 for using it.