AMD Catalyst 12.x (8.97 April 18) Unofficial BETA - Page 11

Xzibit · 04-28-2012, 19:49 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

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Originally Posted by masterchan777

Well, I don't think you have the right to decide where people can or can't post. Although my main rig has nVidia cards now since I had and am still having loads of fatal problems with AMD drivers, I still have an AMD card in one of my old rigs, not saying this to get your approval of posting here, or anywhere else, I can, and will, post anywhere I like, and if you don't like my posts, then simply skip them, I have never been a fanboy and will never be, I have never said anywhere in these forums that nVidia cards are perfect, but they have much much better drivers, and give more features with much fewer problems, at least in my opinion, one more thing, a GF 8500GT in 2012 are you serious? ...

Ofcourse you can, but your posts are useless, so don't reply.

8500GT is for 2-3 days. I ordered 7970.

masterchan777 · 04-28-2012, 19:53 | posts: 209 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by Xzibit

Ofcourse you can, but your posts are useless, so don't reply.

8500GT is for 2-3 days. I ordered 7970.

Again, you don't tell me what to do, moreover, I don't care how you evaluate my posts and if you don't like my replies, then don't read them, not rocket science is it ?...

defcoms · 04-28-2012, 19:58 | posts: 94 | Location: Florida

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Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle

Are you sure that's not z-fighting?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2penuHSGk

That is exactly what I see. Guess it is a game issue.

The Mac · *Last edited by The Mac; 04-28-2012 at 20:36.*

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Originally Posted by moheban79

Its either the latest logitech setpoint software or latest Game Panel software out that has this problem. Not making this one up!

i have both (a revo bt mouse with setpoint, and a g19 with gaming panel)

No problems on my machine..

what keyboard are you using?

try disabling all the applets in the gaming panel and if the issue clears up

BugMeister · 04-28-2012, 23:02 | posts: 48 | Location: UK

this BETA runs super-smooth on my rig..
I installed it straight over the March 15th BETA

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=360362

Not kidding,
I'm running with a Logitech Webcam, Logitech 6-Channel Surround Sound,
Logitech G9 Laser Mouse and Logitech G19 keyboard..
.
.seriously I'm thrilled to bits at how well everything runs - nice one, Logitech

- it must be something else

Progeny · 04-28-2012, 23:27 | posts: 41

I take it this is the same thing?

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-C...d-266756.shtml

http://www.*****.com/home.php?page=F...me&dwn_id=1624

rflair · 04-28-2012, 23:38 | posts: 2,212 | Location: Canada

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Originally Posted by Progeny

I take it this is the same thing?

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-C...d-266756.shtml

http://www.*****.com/home.php?page=F...me&dwn_id=1624

Yes.

moheban79 · **Memory**: 6gb DDR3 7-7-7-20

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Originally Posted by The Mac

i have both (a revo bt mouse with setpoint, and a g19 with gaming panel)

No problems on my machine..

what keyboard are you using?

try disabling all the applets in the gaming panel and if the issue clears up

I have the G510 keyboard and it happened again this time uninstaling 12.4. I took a screen shot i will if i have to post tomorrow. I'm sure its the keyboard software.

slickric21 · 04-29-2012, 13:32 | posts: 1,687 | Location: U.K

I 'think' that IQ in BF3 is way down in these drivers in comparison to the 18th March betas i was using.
Seems brighter and less detail on textures.

Gonna try the 12.4 WHQL's and see what they are like

pekka · 04-29-2012, 13:42 | posts: 283 | Location: Sweden

well i van´t install the driver it says it can´t find the INF.file so how do i get about this i mean everything else works fine but the driver fails install

moheban79 · **Memory**: 6gb DDR3 7-7-7-20

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Originally Posted by pekka

well i van´t install the driver it says it can´t find the INF.file so how do i get about this i mean everything else works fine but the driver fails install

I just posted a solution to that on the 12.4 thread. Go into device manager and update the gpu drivers manually pointing it towards the temporary 'Amd' folder..

GhostXL · 04-29-2012, 16:00 | posts: 4,916 | Location: PA, USA

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Originally Posted by slickric21

I 'think' that IQ in BF3 is way down in these drivers in comparison to the 18th March betas i was using.
Seems brighter and less detail on textures.

Gonna try the 12.4 WHQL's and see what they are like

Honestly if your driver installed correctly, BF3 got a HUGE IQ increase. I got MORE textures from this set. Everything that looked "flat" before now have a sense of dimension.

Maybe give driver sweeper a shot.

moheban79 · **Memory**: 6gb DDR3 7-7-7-20

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Originally Posted by GhostXL

Honestly if your driver installed correctly, BF3 got a HUGE IQ increase. I got MORE textures from this set. Everything that looked "flat" before now have a sense of dimension.

Maybe give driver sweeper a shot.

I think for some people installing the driver correctly is not enough. I know Ati can't account for every config but I think the Ati driver team took a vacation this month!

GhostXL · 04-30-2012, 04:22 | posts: 4,916 | Location: PA, USA

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Originally Posted by moheban79

I think for some people installing the driver correctly is not enough. I know Ati can't account for every config but I think the Ati driver team took a vacation this month!

Point being everywhere else on the net people report better textures in BF3. IQ went up.

So something is up if he is experiencing worse IQ. I'm sure it isn't the drivers.

Cave Waverider · *Last edited by Cave Waverider; 05-01-2012 at 08:13.*

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Originally Posted by rob77

First time poster and long time lurker too here.

I had the delayed Catalyst Control Center at boot and what I did was install full install of these new beta drivers and then did a custom install of the 12.3 ones only installing the catalyst control center.

This isn't needed. Just use the CCC that comes with the driver. There is a registry value that controls CCC's startup delay (it isn't set by default in the latest versions of CCC, but it still works).

Create a .reg file with the following code (for Windows 7/Vista 64 bit):

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ATI\ACE\Settings\CLI]
"Delay"="0"

This is likely how the .reg file should look for the 32 bit version of Windows (untested):

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ATI\ACE\Settings\CLI]
"Delay"="0"

The value of Delay is in seconds. CCC will start right at system startup with the delay set to 0. If you're heaving problems with a computer that has slow startup speeds, other startup programs interfering or you simply like a delayed start, try setting it a little higher or to how many seconds you want the CCC startup delay to be.
Of course, instead of using a .reg file you can just manually edit/add the String value Delay with the value 0 in the appropriate registry key.

peppercute · 04-30-2012, 13:17 | posts: 66 | Location: Russia

Does this driver support Windows 8 Cp ?? wddm 1.1 or 1.2 ?
thanks!

kn00tcn · **Memory**: OCZ 2x2gb 5-4-4-15 840mhz

i thought this beta IS a win8 driver

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cave Waverider

This isn't needed. Just use the CCC that comes with the driver. There is a registry value that controls CCC's startup delay (it isn't set by default in the latest versions of CCC, but it still works).

Create a .reg file with the following code (for Windows 7/Vista 64 bit):

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ATI\ACE\Settings\CLI]
"Delay"="0"

This is likely how the .reg file should look for the 32 bit version of Windows (untested):

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ATI\ACE\Settings\CLI]
"Delay"="0"

The value of Delay is in seconds. CCC will start right at system startup with the delay set to 0. If you're heaving problems with a computer that has slow startup speeds, try setting it a little higher.
Of course, instead of using a .reg file you can just manually edit/add the String value Delay with the value 0 in the appropriate registry key.

ooh, gonna put this to 60 secs as i liked the feature

METAVISOR · 05-01-2012, 14:48 | posts: 19 | Location: Colombia

Hi@ll,
this is my first set of Ati driver for my new 7850(coming from gtx460!),
having problems with ARMA2 game looks great, but bushes trees,looks like dissapearing or with no textures at all,any other ARMA2 fan with this issue?

The Mac · 05-01-2012, 16:42 | posts: 1,390 | Location: USA

set AA to override, adaptive or SuperSample in CCC and see if that helps

Trees are ususally Transparent textures, and require SSAA for proper antialiasing.

Rolly · 05-01-2012, 16:49 | posts: 8

I am having my system not responding after a long idle.
Sometimes when my monitor has gone to sleep, the system hangs and a reset is needed.
I believe it is related to the PowerPlay function of the drivers....
Anybody knows a fix?

The Mac · 05-01-2012, 17:29 | posts: 1,390 | Location: USA

Could also be your motherboard

If there is an option in your bios to "WAKE BY PCI/PCIe" enable it.

kn00tcn · **Memory**: OCZ 2x2gb 5-4-4-15 840mhz

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Originally Posted by The Mac

set AA to override, adaptive or SuperSample in CCC and see if that helps

Trees are ususally Transparent textures, and require SSAA for proper antialiasing.

dont you mean DONT override anything? that almost always causes artifacts like this

there was some f2p game mentioned a year ago on rage3d forums, forcing MSAA or AAA caused fences to just disappear

Thalyn · 05-02-2012, 04:30 | posts: 72

The Settlers VII is one of those. If you force any level of pipeline FSAA, you'll wind up basically only seeing the terrain. Your choices for it are to use its internal FSAA routines, MLAA or some other post-render FSAA technique.

bioCor3 · 05-02-2012, 09:47 | posts: 72

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Originally Posted by masterchan777

Again, you don't tell me what to do, moreover, I don't care how you evaluate my posts and if you don't like my replies, then don't read them, not rocket science is it ?...

I used to take kids like you out into the forest, pummel them a bit, then make them sit on an ant's nest for a while. They learned respect for their fellow humans real quick and stopped beating and picking on kids younger than them or giving cheek to their elders. - actually that was Lord of the Flies, but don't let lies get in the way of a totally rubbish story.

Brats got no respect these days. You just complain about everything. If you just stuck with a working set of drivers on your card it would work, but you think if you install every new set of drivers your frames per second will go up by X amount every time. Driver updates are to try and fix problems that charlie tio has with X brand TV not working with TV OUT because of wrong cable or some random game problem that happens because fred bong has because his CPU GPU RAM are sitting 1MHz from catching on fire or he has so much crud installed it's a miracle his PC even boots. I quit developing drivers long ago because it is a thankless task and someone always blamed some user problem on a totally solid set of drivers.

BenchAndGames · 05-02-2012, 11:41 | posts: 149 | Location: Madrid

You do not need 12.3 CAP1 Profile, having these drivers ? " 12.x (8.97 April 18) "
I've done tests with the CAP Profile, and is the same performance and FPS's, that without these CAP installed. Only drivers 8.97

And a very curious thing is that the CAP installed, Battlefield 3 has much stuttering, but if I uninstall the CAP, it seems that the stuttering disappears.