9.3's are up

m.3ck

go get 'em... http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

Download:

ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Windows XP 32-bit

ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Windows XP 64-bit

ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Vista | Windows 7 64-bit

ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Vista | Windows 7 32-bit

G-lad21 · 03-18-2009, 09:35 | posts: 195 | User is Offline

yessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

steve-

Ooh, off to give the Windows 7 ones a try!

HaZe303 · 03-18-2009, 09:36 | posts: 936 | Location: Sweden | User is Offline

Thx, will start testing now.

krayzieNRG · 03-18-2009, 09:39 | posts: 481 | Location: Ask me | User is Offline

sweet.......................

Stop It RAWR · 03-18-2009, 09:42 | posts: 149 | Location: Biggleswade, UK | User is Offline

Woohoo!

I buy a Sapphire HD4870 this week, and not only do I get one with a new non reference cooler, but 1 day later I get the 9.3 drivers for windows 7, nice!

p1rategx · 03-18-2009, 09:43 | posts: 13 | Location: Poland | User is Offline

slow download

and so efficiency will be such alone

Stop It RAWR · 03-18-2009, 09:49 | posts: 149 | Location: Biggleswade, UK | User is Offline

The download was quite speedy (800Kilobyte per second), installing now.

Reviews on the interweb of the 9.3 pre-release drivers were very good (as good as or better than Vista performance), so should be good

Pyr0 · 03-18-2009, 09:51 | posts: 313 | Location: UK | User is Offline

Haven't tried in Vista yet, but the 3d clock bug is still there on the 2nd core of my 4870X2 in Win7

steve-

4870X2 in Windows 7 still has the 2D clock speed issue on the 2nd gpu.

mwpeck · 03-18-2009, 09:53 | posts: 68 | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stop It RAWR

The download was quite speedy (800Kilobyte per second), installing now.

Reviews on the interweb of the 9.3 pre-release drivers were very good (as good as or better than Vista performance), so should be good

Mine stuck around 300kb/s, but even then it only took a few minutes to download....installing as I type this.

Liniuxs · *Last edited by Liniuxs; 03-18-2009 at 10:01.*

Yes, but they do nothing with performance improvements.
Only one Lost Planet: Colonies gains up to 20% on 4800 series products, and up to 50% on 4600, 4500 and 4300 series products

dren72 · **Windows 7 -** 03-18-2009, 10:01 | posts: 44 | User is Offline

Just installed these in Windows 7 (64-bit) and all went fine. No need to reboot either. Now to test some games.

p1rategx · 03-18-2009, 10:02 | posts: 13 | Location: Poland | User is Offline

no optimilize gta 4 !!!

G-lad21 · 03-18-2009, 10:04 | posts: 195 | User is Offline

just tested crysis:warhead and nba2k9 on Win7 7057 X32, 2k9 is working smooth as usual, but crysis runs surprisingly smoother and more stable! much better than vista! the game run really well. tested HF:EP2, smooth as usual, bit more responsive. THX ATI!

m.3ck · 03-18-2009, 10:06 | posts: 22 | Location: USA | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyr0

Haven't tried in Vista yet, but the 3d clock bug is still there on the 2nd core of my 4870X2 in Win7

yep, here in vista 64 too

Rich_Guy · 03-18-2009, 10:06 | posts: 2,305 | Location: UK | User is Offline

No need to update from the 9.2s' according to these, as they are the same.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,6...ewed/Practice/

redrumy3 · 03-18-2009, 10:11 | posts: 265 | Location: New York Woot! | User is Offline

installed on windows 7 will test games later

Scyphe · 03-18-2009, 10:17 | posts: 86 | Location: Sweden | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by p1rategx

no optimilize gta 4 !!!

I'm surprised that people in 2009 STILL expect a simple driver revision to boost 95% of the games by at least 20%. That happened in the 90'ies but those days are over. They can't optimize the hardware with drivers, only make the OS-Hardware connection slightly smoother which most often doesn't affect performance unless there's a particular issue/bug. Setting expectations to suddenly have GTA4 hit 60FPS with a simple driver update is just unrealistic and will disappoint you every single time. Oh well...

masterchan777 · 03-18-2009, 10:18 | posts: 38 | Location: U.K | User is Offline

No AVIVO for X64 , do not expect anything important with this new piece of crappy software guys . I am now even more convinced with going to the n team with my next card ...

Bluedog

Well I can't say for sure in all Call of Duty World at War maps but the few I have tried the water issue of flickering outlined edges seems fixed with these drivers. That alone makes them worth it for me so far.

steve-

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterchan777

No AVIVO for X64 , do not expect anything important with this new piece of crappy software guys . I am now even more convinced with going to the n team with my next card ...

Keep it to yourself, I'm sick of people trying to get attention by making posts or threads about "LAWL GOING TEAM GREEN" or vice versa.

mwpeck · 03-18-2009, 10:21 | posts: 68 | User is Offline

Ok, just got out of a game of TF2......with 9.2 I was playing at mostly maxed settings (4x AA, 4x AF) and what not....I played with VSycn because I had nasty tearing issues....I had almost a constant 60 FPS....even with vSync off I at the most got 80 FPS, with usually 60 or so in battles.

Now on 9.3, VSync OFF, everything maxed with 8xAA and 16xAF, I have an average of maybe 70 FPS, with upper 50's (like 58) being the lowest I have seen in heavy gunfire on a 24-man server. Even better the tearing I had earlier is virtually gone (its still there sometimes, but I barely notice it at all now, vs before I could see it just by turning my mouse).

Maybe I had a bad install of 9.2, but going to 9.3 gave me a pretty substantial performance boost in TF2 (the main game I play currently).

KBDE · 03-18-2009, 10:22 | posts: 87 | User is Offline

This is ****ing ridiculous. The 2d/3d bug is still in there. Actually its even worse then ever. I am not even going into detail anymore.

steve-

Quote:

Originally Posted by KBDE

This is ****ing ridiculous. The 2d/3d bug is still in there. Actually its even worse then ever. I am not even going into detail anymore.

So you launch a game or put up with slightly higher temps, it's not THAT big of a deal.