ATI releases 6.1 Catalyst Drivers

[patbattlefield]

For those of you with ATI cards:

Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.1

The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst. These include:

* BattleField 2 Special Forces: A blooming or ghosting effect is no longer noticed when playing the game in night vision mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21263
* Beyond Good and Evil: Flickering artifacts are no longer noticed on the game characters after approximately 15 minutes of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20795
* Dark Age of Camelot: The game no longer exits to the desktop immediately after launching, or after playing for up to 15 minutes. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20794
* Everquest II, The Fall, and World of Warcraft: A VPU Recover event or the operating system failing to respond no longer occur when playing the game. Further details on these resolved issues can be found in topic number 737-21437
* Half-Life2: Enabling Catalyst AI no longer results in the outer edges of the water appear dark or black in color. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21448
* World of Warcraft: Rotating or zooming within the Blackwing Lair or Seering George level of the game no longer results in a VPR Recover occurring after approximately a few minutes of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21265
* Catalyst Control Center: The Display Properties aspect is now translated correctly for Traditional Chinese. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21440
* Attempting to hot-plug a DFP display device using the HDMI-DVI connector no longer results in the DFP display device failing to display an image. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21442
* Viewing TV for several hours under Windows XP Media Center Edition on a system containing either an ATI Radeon® X1300 or an ATI Radeon® X1800 no longer results in an extraordinary long delay in the shut down and no longer results in Windows XP MCE TV failing to restart. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number
* The radio seek function found in the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system is now functioning properly when using an ATI Radeon® X800. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21449

[HockeyHelmet]

Thank you sir

[TreeFortRichard]

Let's get our 3dmark05 benchmark comparisons going...Is is better....

[Screwtape]

im an omega drivers fan and they have their 6.1s out now as well

www.omegadrivers.net

[HockeyHelmet]

do i need to download the 6.1 if i got ati?

[TreeFortRichard]

do i need to download the 6.1 if i got ati?

well...no...but they usually improve performance...generally the newer the card the better it will improve w, new drivers....Older cards don't get much of an improvement. What kind of card do you have?

[HockeyHelmet]

Radeon x800 series

[TreeFortRichard]

I have the aiw x800xt, i have the next newest right now, and will be upgrading shortly. Usually the newest drivers provide the bets performance for the newest games. If you game I would reccomend it.if you dont it might not be necessary

[frogger]

oh man, x800 is now old??? i just got an aiw like 6 months ago...


sigh.. i need a new mobo before i can upgrade again.. stupid pci-e.

[FreeTheCricket]

stupid pci-e.

Amen to that. :icon_evil

[Chlorofirm]

Hell yeah, F PCI-E. I bought a new motherboard last march so I could run an AMD 64 chip. Now I'd like to replace my radeon 9700xt, but everythings PCI-E. Everytime I want to upgrade something on my computer lately, I gotta buy a new damn motherboard.

Instead, I'm going to put the money towards either a PS3 or Xbox 360. Screw computer gaming altogether for awhile. After buying a new recliner, hdtv, dolby surround set up, I hate sitting in front of the computer to play games now.

[frogger]

So I'm approx 2.5 hours into the upgrade. fucking AWFUL ati.

why havent we gotten to the point where its all in one file. i dont see how the fuck 5 different files are required to upgrade the mulitmedia center.

jesus fucking christ.

now, finally, i can upgrade the cockfucking display driver.

[patbattlefield]

6.2 is out... lets see what they did...

[Screwtape]

So I'm approx 2.5 hours into the upgrade. fucking AWFUL ati.

why havent we gotten to the point where its all in one file. i dont see how the fuck 5 different files are required to upgrade the mulitmedia center.

jesus fucking christ.

now, finally, i can upgrade the cockfucking display driver.

you should try omegadrivers.net, or some other optimized drivers. They remove all that catalyst control center horseshit and even have around 5-10% better performance depending on system to system.

[patbattlefield]

oof DO NOT download these...horrible. HL2 crashed every time i tried to load it. might just be a crossifre issue but i dont reccomend these drivers stick with 6.1 for now.

[NORTONnFRIENDS]

Hey anyone know if the ATI x1300 256mb agp card is any good?