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Anyone else tried the Catalyst 5.8s?
Anyone else tried the Catalyst 5.8s?
Modded them with patje's modder 2.2 i think its currently at, anyhow after its been installed i noticed that everything's slowed down, even bringing up the icons for windows looks slow (as does refreshing the desktop).
HL2 wont even start anymore complaining of a missing something something (yeah i know not helpful) so gave up went back to 5.6's.
HL2 wont even start anymore complaining of a missing something something (yeah i know not helpful) so gave up went back to 5.6's.
Did you mean catalyst 5.7? I just checked the site and there don't seem to be 5.8 drivers yet. Also did you install the CCC (catalyst control center) version? I have had problems with that on my thinkpad so I have switched to using the version with the ATI control center.
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2373M3U - 1.8 Ghz, 1.5GB Ram, 60GB 7200 HD, 14.1" SXGA+, Radeon 9600 64MB, Fingerprint Reader.
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I installed 5.7 and got everything going, no problems like you had with the refresh in windows, however my performance in world of warcraft was quite a bit worse that with the 5.6 drivers so I have gone back to those as well. I can't tell if its a problem with the drivers or a problem with patje's mod.
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I've noticed some of this too.
early versions of the catalyst drivers give me 90-100+ fps in HL2. Recent versions of the drivers give me 55-70 fps. Go figure.
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