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Thread : Best Radeon HD 3850 drivers?
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Profile: enthusiast
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Hey guys. Anyways, as most of you know, Nvidia's classic control panel is perfect and given to man from God. However, Nvidia is trying to get rid of it because they are a bunch of witches or something. SO, I've bought a 3850 out of spite.
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Profile: enthusiast
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The newest one's?? --------------- MSI P6N SLI Platinum || Q6600 B3 @ 3.0Ghz || EVGA 8800 GTX (625/1550/2020) || 4 gigs Mushkin Enhanced DDR2 800 (5-5-5-18) || 2xWD Raptors (200 gigs) 1x Seagate Barracuda (300 gigs) || HT Omega Striker Sound Card || Coolmax 700W Modular Power Supply |
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Laphroaig.. now that is a taste to remember
Profile: addict
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Performance wise i'd say go back to CCC 7.10, but 7.11 and the hotfix sort out the trouble with odd textures in Crysis. Also for benchmarking the 7.11 drivers drop your overall 3DMark06 score down about 150 points i found. --------------- E8400 @ 4.2ghz stable | 2x 2 GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 5-4-4-12 @ 933 | X2 74GB Raptor X RAID 0 | X-Fi Music | X2 3870's in Crossfire 850/2502 | P5E X38 | Hiper 880W | Lian Li A70B Modded | 3DMark06 @ 4.45Ghz 19698 | Vista 64bit | 24" Sam'y 245B | Watercooled |
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Profile: Forum Gigolo
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If you don't want to mess with control panels, you can access all of the controls by right-clicking the icon in your system tray, in both Ati and Nvidia drivers.
--------------- Core2 E6750 @3.68 Ghz (on Asus P5K) Wintec DDR2-800 2 GB Geforce 8800 GTX and Radeon 2900 XT Samsung 245BW 24" LCD |
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Profile: old hand
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Yes, I hate 7.11 too for the 3870. I am waiting for 7.12! --------------- Q9400 @3.2Ghz-HD4870 512MB GDDR5-2GB DDR2-1066 "You figured it out. All new CPU's are nothing but overclocked Pentium 1's with a few bells and whistles added, ask any ol timer whose been around." |
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Profile: addict
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I downloaded 7.11 and lost 15-20 FPS. My 3870 was playing BF2142 between 20-30FPS and COD4 was 30-50. They were 50-70 with 7.10. I thought it was my imagination until i read this thread. I had already uninstalled 7.11 and reinstalled 7.10.
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Profile: journeyman
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Profile: Forum Gigolo
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--------------- Core2 E6750 @3.68 Ghz (on Asus P5K) Wintec DDR2-800 2 GB Geforce 8800 GTX and Radeon 2900 XT Samsung 245BW 24" LCD |
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Profile: nimble knuckle
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What does ccc stand for? --------------- E7200 @ 2.53Ghz, 2 gigs Mushkin ddr2 800, Gigabyte EP45-UD3R, Western Digital 640 gig, Gigabyte HD 4850 512MB, Asus DVD burner, HP w2007 monitor...
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Profile: addict
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CCC = Catalyst Control Center. It is the control panel for ATI settings.
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There is ALWAYS a drone.
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ccc = Catalyst Control Center. --------------- There is ALWAYS a drone. Exactly where, or how many drones you will encounter may vary, but that there will be at least one will not. |
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Laphroaig.. now that is a taste to remember
Profile: addict
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Tried a couple of games just to double check Crysis and BF2. Image wise if you change setting from 'Application Setting' it seems to get worse jaggies/ blurred textures. Only thing that makes a massive difference is 'Mipmap detail' set to 'Quality'. Makes medium Crysis look like High x2 AA. As for BF2 Mipmap has to be on 'quality'. The image AA actually decreases with AA or AF on in CCC. Maybe it's just my comp but this is just what i've found out with trail and error. |
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Profile: addict
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I noticed CCC and game settings differ between Call of Duty 4 and BF2142. I paly COD4 much more so it rules for now. I leave CCC set for COD4 and tweaked BF2142 in game. I have BF2, TeamFortress2 and Quake4 maxed out all the way and they look great. |
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Laphroaig.. now that is a taste to remember
Profile: addict
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Keep playing COD 4 through on Arcade mode atm competing with mates to get higher scores. Must admit it's not that gfx demanding. My secondary comp with the AGP 512mb X1950 pro eats that game aswell as any PSU under 600W (maxed 25 min- 70max fps. I took a while to realize the mipmap had to be on quality before it looked great i.e seeing the weave of the SAS jumpers etc... My main game is BF2 and must admit my rig is way overpowered to play it, but hey --------------- E8400 @ 4.2ghz stable | 2x 2 GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 5-4-4-12 @ 933 | X2 74GB Raptor X RAID 0 | X-Fi Music | X2 3870's in Crossfire 850/2502 | P5E X38 | Hiper 880W | Lian Li A70B Modded | 3DMark06 @ 4.45Ghz 19698 | Vista 64bit | 24" Sam'y 245B | Watercooled |
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Profile: addict
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yep. COD4 is put together well. It looks very good, but it doesnt eat up hardware. cough, cough, crysis. Other than my 3870 my machine is old. A pentium 4, but COD4 looks awesome.
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