feed back for Catalyst 8.5

[chechnyan]

Catalyst 8.5 is out and it seems it is a very great update
does any one notice any improvements

 

[50bmg]

Unless they added fan controls, i will be disapointed. LOL. Like they ever will.

 

[dallasjoh]

No fan controls. I have not had a chance to check it out yet. Fan controls would be nice.

 

[50bmg]

I have an awesome visiontek 3870 OC. But the fans suck. I had a 3870 last fall. I was hoping they had fixed the fans.

 

[spuddyt]

just get atitool....

 

[San Pedro]

I just downloaded them for Vista. I'll let you guys know how they work once I take them for a test drive. I guess I updated to 8.4 the other day for no reason . Stalker is going to go back on the hard drive too for testing as per the 30% performance increase claimed by ATI.

 

[50bmg]

@ San Pedro - 30% seriously? Let us know.

@spuddyt - you talkin to me? Will Atitool control the fans? Where do i get atitool? googe it? I thought atitool wasn't compatible with 38xx cards.

 

[a 6pack in]

good to hear, as im going the 3870x2 route in crossfire x

 

[cappster]

I had to use rivatuner to manually set my fan speed. It idles around 37 degrees C @ 50 or 60 % fan speed and I have it oc'ed to 860 on core

 

[Onus]

I think I'll just see if a Zalman VF-700ALCu will work on my 3870 and be done worrying about the fan.

 

[San Pedro]

8.5 seem to be pretty good drivers. I loaded STALKER and it was smooth with everything maxed. I forgot how bad the player models were, but the HDR lighting is pretty good. I also remembered why I wasn't so hot on that game (can't pause the game to use a different weapon).

Also, rivatuner will let you control fan settings. I use it in XP, but not Vista.

 

[Crazy-PC]

I installed the updated driver the day after AMD-ATI released, I really can't see any actual improvement since Catalyst 8.2, from Catalyst 8.2 to Catalyst 8.3 to 8.4 (except the Cross Fire X was added on 8.4) and to 8.5 just likely monthly routine. Maybe I would see the difference on different Catalyst versions when RV7700XT is available.

 

[50bmg]

I installed it last night. I didn't notice any real difference.

 

[cappster]

I went from 8.3 to 8.5 and my performance increased slightly and it seemed to add stability (I played Madden 07 and BF 2142).

 

[Nicocat]

I'm cautious about drivers since the 8.3s murdered 3870x2 performance... anyone got an X2 and the 8.5s?

 

[topper743]

I gave my girlfriend my hd3850. I installed it with the cat 8.5 driver. Online playing UT2K4 it ran like poo. When I say poo I mean 2 - 3 fps. So I installed 8.3 and the system now gets 85 fps which is the max that the gaming server allows to public players. I have an hd3870 and have 8.2 installed. I have tried 7.11 to 8.4 and have found that I get the best 3dmark06 score with 8.2. I have not tried 8.5 yet with the my hd3870 card. After seeing what it did with the 3850 I think I'll wait to see what the next version will do.

 

[smyffalis]

just tried it in my new tv, wouldnt let me use 1080p but it was 1650x1050. my monitor is 1440x900 and i swear to god these have to be the best drivers. i used to lag when i looked places, when it would load the textures, but now its all sweet.

n higher res gaming works fine for me on my hd 3870.

great driver release tbh. best that ive had since the 8.2s

 

[spoonboy]

guys the 8.5s look pretty good for 3870 and 3650 owners. The 3870x2 might have some issues with this driver though. Its all here on tweaktown's monthly catalyst review/analysis (which seem to be getting worse over the course of time, high quality aa & af test is 3dmark06? wtf?):

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1437/1/page_1_introduction/index.html

If you have a 3850/3870 then i'd definetly give it a go.