ATi Catalyst and other nonsense

[Cow]

Hi guys, I've noticed in few post that there are some new drivers out...I don't know a whole lot about drivers and stuff...To be honest, I don't know anything... I need someone to advise me on what to download for my video card. I tried downloading the ATi Catalyst 4.11 or whatever and it severly messed up my computer (ie everything got slow, and games were unplayable so I uninstalled it)

My specs are:

AMD Athlon 3400+
ATi 9800 pro 128mb
I have no idea how to look up my driver... but here is a screenshot of the dxdiag display screen

[Silent Archer]

To Check your ATI Drivers,


1.Right click on your desktop
2.Go to Properties
3.Go to Settings
4.in the left hand corner of settings should be "Advanced" Click it
5.Then you'll see a teahatload of things to click on, Click on the one called "Options"
6.It should give you your ATI Drivers, (For Ex: 4.9 or 4.10) or which ever ones you have

Oh and i reccomend downloading the 4.12Beta's that NXS posted in the forums a while back they kick ass for CS:S and i know you play it... also helps with Mohaa:SH and many other games... i know it give me like 20FPS more in all my games

How this Helps,

Arch

[Cow]

Thanks a bunch!
Just figured out I had Catalyst version 4.8 lol im so embarrased

One question, before I install 4.12... Can I go straight from 4.8 to 4.12beta without any problems?

[GM™]

yes!

Remember to activate 'advanced' AI in the control centre tho. Works a treat!

[Akherousin]

Originally posted by GamesMaster@Nov 21 2004, 12:48 AM
yes!

Remember to activate 'advanced' AI in the control centre tho. Works a treat!

What is it for? And if I set it on high, will it slow down game-performance?

[Silent Archer]

Your welcome Cow

[Cow]

Originally posted by GamesMaster@Nov 20 2004, 04:48 PM
yes!

Remember to activate 'advanced' AI in the control centre tho. Works a treat!

Here is a picture of my properties...which tab should I clock for that advanced AI thing?

[Akherousin]

3D - then go to own preferences and watch around there. you should be able to find it. I still don't know what it does though.

[Sepht]

AI is only in CCC versions, not the ones without. I just installed the CCC version, enabled it, removed CCC, and double checked my registry to make sure its still enabled.

[Sepht]

Originally posted by Akherousin@Nov 20 2004, 05:57 PM
3D - then go to own preferences and watch around there. you should be able to find it. I still don't know what it does though.

AI is a set of shader swaps and optomizations. Nvidia enables their optomizations on default and have had them for a while.

The difference between ATI AI and nvidia's optomizations?

AI doesn't have any drop whatsoever in image quality, nvidia's do, and sometimes a noticable one.

Nvidia's are also a bit more powerful optomizations.. but ATi is working at it.