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AMD 8.41.7 Display Driver Released -- The Holy Crap Edition!
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Michael Larabel
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Originally posted by jackkerouac View PostI think next time, I am going to go somewhere else for my reviews on ATI releases, as this site obviously has some "fan-boy" issues. And instead of just saying "Okay, maybe we hyped this up a little too much," we get a lot of excuses and complaints about people complaining.
Originally posted by jackkerouacThis driver doesn't work for the majority of people, it seems.
Originally posted by jackkerouacThe impression most people seemed to have gotten from this site's hype is that it would. There is no way to sugar coat that.
Perhaps next time, less hype and more facts.
The driver does show performance improvement, even though at the moment is not spectacular (NOTE: again, my benchmarks were done on Maximum Visual Quality at 1280x1024, it's only normal the improvement is not titanic).
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Originally posted by adamk View PostExcept that, unless you've polled everyone who's installed 8.41, you can't honestly say that it doesn't work for the majority of people. Based on the complaints here, you may get that impression, but most people don't pop on-line to say something works... They pop on-line to bitch and moan when something doesn't work.
And instead of just saying "Okay, maybe we hyped this up a little too much," we get a lot of excuses and complaints about people complaining.Our tests are all facts. I used all of the hardware that was accessible to run these benchmarks and as the graphs show, there are clear performance improvements. I never told you that this would be a bug-free release or anything to that extent. I was reporting on the performance and everything I and others had reported. This remains truly a phenomenal release when it comes to the performance improvements. It's now possible to play Quake 4 or Quake Wars with hardware on previous drivers that would previously choke.
Reply With QuoteLast edited by jackkerouac; 12 September 2007, 03:01 PM.
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Originally posted by adamk View PostA quick doom3 comparison with my X850XT...
8.40.4, demo1, 45.7
8.41.7, demo1, 55.6
I'll try with my X1300 next.
The driver does seem to install and run fine here.
Adam
8.40.4, demo1, 35.7
8.41.7, demo1, 50.4
These are all on medium settings, at 1024x768. No AA or AF.
Adam
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Originally posted by Michael View PostIt's now possible to play Quake 4 or Quake Wars with hardware on previous drivers that would previously choke.
* = almost as good as MDK's
EDIT: am I the only one playing quake4?Last edited by Xipeos; 12 September 2007, 03:20 PM.
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Download the correct driver !!!
All you whiners, please download the correct driver @ http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html.
and choose youre correct graphics card.
You will see that if you don't own an ATI HD 2x00 series that you wont get 8.41 but 8.40 that works fine for the most of us. When, and only when we see 8.41 for the other cards can can start to complain.
It is completely normal that when using an incorrect driver you get unpredictable results.
I'm using a Mobility X700 with the AMD 8.37 (on kUbuntu), and everything that should work, works fine.
Nonetheless i'm looking out for the new driver esp. 8.42 for Compiz.
'BE the difference that makes a difference' - JEWEL
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