NEW R8500 DRIVERS in SIGHT !!!

MURCer_BorG · Dec 31, 2001, 07:27 AM

check this out :
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thomas Bruckschlegel, from ToMMTi-Systems who is also a registered ATI developer has received a new XP driver set and ran some quick tests with those. The new version number is 6.13.10. 6011. Improvements:

3DMark 2001 Default:
:: 3286 - 6117 (Game 4 Nature: 27.2)
:: 6011 - 6250 (Game 4 Nature: 40.3)
FS 2002, Comanche 4 & Aquamark (Aquanox) problems fixed
Different issues with DVI/TV/VGA modes fixed
HyperZ II optimizations
---------------------------------------------------------------------

SOURCE : WARP2SEARCH

or DIRECTLY to ToMMi-Systems BENCH

Medic · Dec 31, 2001, 07:29 AM

I think this will be a New Years Present!

MURCer_BorG · Dec 31, 2001, 07:34 AM

that would be SOOOO COOOOL!!!!!

DarkVamp · Dec 31, 2001, 07:41 AM

Hi,

please release them tomorrow !!!

CoolKoolie · Dec 31, 2001, 07:43 AM

It's over, all over for the nVidiots!

Sorry, got caught up in the moment

Galvatron · Dec 31, 2001, 07:50 AM

Sounds good. Looks like he got a nice boost in the Nature Demo with those drivers.

Violator · Dec 31, 2001, 07:51 AM

Hopefully there'll be a Win2000 version this time too

Pressure · Dec 31, 2001, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Medic
I think this will be a New Years Present!

Don't get your hopes to high up! Who works on New Years eve anyway?

UberLord · Dec 31, 2001, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pressure Who works on New Years eve anyway?

Mainly bar staff, security guards, and emergency services.

CWeeD · Dec 31, 2001, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by UberLord

Mainly bar staff, security guards, and emergency services.

If they don't release them this forum may need security gaurds

At least with all the "I need drivers now" posts recently ...

Crake · Dec 31, 2001, 08:13 AM

if these drivers improve the things mentioned in the article they will be perfect! :-) no more: "ATI got dirver issues / NVIDIA got th better drivers" and stuff then. FINALLY! ATI - u mah biatch.
THX - u rule , o, and again i was a bit too hasty to saY: i dont like my card... you just have to know some tricks so that u can get the most out of your hardware! (wow, im on the wisodm trip right now =)

dreamz · Dec 31, 2001, 09:09 AM

Hmmmm.

and where are the new drivers for W.98.....

Hope ati will fix Collin Mc. Rally and Guilty Gear X in the next driver release

c u

dreamz

Gizmo · Dec 31, 2001, 09:14 AM

I dont really give a **** about incressed 3dmark XXXX scores what i want is bug fixes and mainly a bug fix for the multimonitor bug in win98 (yes i know about hommers svideo hack)and yes incressed performance is always nice but let see some incress in GAMES not some crappy pointless benchmark tool.....
well were waitting......

Mize · Dec 31, 2001, 09:17 AM

I went from 26 to 37 in Nature on a [email protected] from 7206 to the 9008 (Win98SE) developer release (12/19). Most everything else was essentially flat (DOT3 was actually reduced slightly). The biggest improvement in 3dmark2001 is in image quality. Fog and smoke are much cleaner with no banding. This is also the case in OpenGL games like RTCW - much better fog. No improved anisotropic or trilinear, however.

Mize

xck3001 · Dec 31, 2001, 09:19 AM

I'd love to see some better compatibility with games, I always wanted to play CS without a single problem

And a TV Out with higher resolution would be great, too

Mize · Dec 31, 2001, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xck3001
I'd love to see some better compatibility with games, I always wanted to play CS without a single problem
And a TV Out with higher resolution would be great, too

What problems are you having in CS? What OS?

Skinner · Dec 31, 2001, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mize
I went from 26 to 37 in Nature on a [email protected] from 7206 to the 9008 (Win98SE) developer release (12/19). Most everything else was essentially flat (DOT3 was actually reduced slightly). The biggest improvement in 3dmark2001 is in image quality. Fog and smoke are much cleaner with no banding. This is also the case in OpenGL games like RTCW - much better fog. No improved anisotropic or trilinear, however.

Mize

Did you do some test in other games? like Max Payne, Redfaction, RTCW ect.?!

Mize · Dec 31, 2001, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skinner

Did you do some test in other games? like Max Payne, Redfaction, RTCW ect.?!

Not exactly. Q3A gained a few fps (59-63 with 2X QSV at 10x7x32), UT was flat. RTCW seemed much smoother, but I added a ini change (192 memory) at the same time. Giants seems a bit slower. CS seems about the same, but the SV anomaly (diagonal line) is gone (has been since the 12/10 build).

These drivers are looking very good. In some respects 12/10 was better so hopefully they'll fuse the two.

Mize

Skinner · Dec 31, 2001, 09:33 AM

Well I'm looking forward to them, I still believe there is room for improvement on the performance side.

piper · Dec 31, 2001, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mize
... No improved anisotropic or trilinear, however.

Mize

Saw this at the conclusion of the article posted on the front page (good read btw). Might explain your finding:

"The anisotropic filter employed by R200, in terms of texture clarity of distant objects, is conclusively superior to GeForce3 (Figure 14). A slight disadvantage of R200 is that it does not filter between mipmap levels (i.e. trilinear filter), though this is not noticeable with a high level of detail."

ss1 · Dec 31, 2001, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Violator
Hopefully there'll be a Win2000 version this time too

Not necessary since XP and 2K are both backwards compatible.

ss1.

jackzod · Dec 31, 2001, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xck3001
I'd love to see some better compatibility with games, I always wanted to play CS without a single problem
And a TV Out with higher resolution would be great, too

Counterstrike problem ??? I've been playing that game a lot and i mean a lot, without problem...

xck3001 · Dec 31, 2001, 12:12 PM

With official drivers my CS hang up after the second start. 1280x960 is not supported, trueform does not work 100% correctly
Enough?

WindWarrior · Dec 31, 2001, 12:12 PM

NEW DRIVER"S NEW DRIVER'S NEW DRIVER"S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oop'ssssssssss Hope those new driver's are for the 8500/XP.
I'm not getting my hope's up yet.When they post and I see them
on ATI's web/driver/8500/XP page then I'll scream for joy!!!!
But not untill then,........

XDC-VENDETTA · Dec 31, 2001, 12:56 PM

Yeah I have been on the leaked/beta 9005's for about a week now, my nature FPS default bench is around 42fps....But the games tests all run a fraction slower, with improved visuals.

XDC-VENDETTA · Dec 31, 2001, 01:01 PM

Ohhh and these were the WinME Drivers.

XSwiftX · Dec 31, 2001, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ss1

Not necessary since XP and 2K are both backwards compatible.

ss1.

If that was true then why do they go to all the trouble to make seperate drivers for Win 2k and XP?

Murcer, where are all the Guru3d peeps hanging at now?

Medic · Dec 31, 2001, 02:07 PM

yeah where the hell have guru3d gone??

Zarich · Dec 31, 2001, 02:08 PM

I heard the lens glare on the nature demo was gone? is that true?

Dimension · Dec 31, 2001, 02:08 PM

wow....thats a pretty big jump in 3dmark2k1 game 4 performance. If they can translate that into better and more consistant game performance, I will be a happy man this new years.

Dec 31, 2001, 07:27 AM	#1	Advertisement (Guests Only) Login or Register to remove this ad
MURCer_BorG Do you see an Alien ? Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Croatia Posts: 482	NEW R8500 DRIVERS in SIGHT !!! check this out : --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Bruckschlegel, from ToMMTi-Systems who is also a registered ATI developer has received a new XP driver set and ran some quick tests with those. The new version number is 6.13.10. 6011. Improvements: 3DMark 2001 Default: :: 3286 - 6117 (Game 4 Nature: 27.2) :: 6011 - 6250 (Game 4 Nature: 40.3) FS 2002, Comanche 4 & Aquamark (Aquanox) problems fixed Different issues with DVI/TV/VGA modes fixed HyperZ II optimizations --------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE : WARP2SEARCH or DIRECTLY to ToMMi-Systems BENCH

Dec 31, 2001, 07:29 AM	#2
Medic Radeon R420 Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 257	I think this will be a New Years Present! __________________ Wise men talk as they have something to say, fools talk as they have to say something. (Plato 429 - 347 BC)

Dec 31, 2001, 07:41 AM	#4
DarkVamp Radeon R700 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 721	Hi, please release them tomorrow !!! __________________ -DarkVamp- My PC: http://www.sysprofile.de/id143122

Dec 31, 2001, 07:43 AM	#5
CoolKoolie Radeon R300 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 107	It's over, all over for the nVidiots! Sorry, got caught up in the moment __________________ EPoX 8K3A (8x175) T-bird AXIA 1.0 @ 1.4 ATi Radeon 8500 SB Audigy Gamer Antec SX1040

Dec 31, 2001, 07:50 AM	#6
Galvatron Old School Decepticon Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,580	Sounds good. Looks like he got a nice boost in the Nature Demo with those drivers. __________________ Rig 1 Athlon 64 3200+ /1024MbPC3200/BFG 6800GT/WinXP Home Rig 2 Athlon XP 2500+ /768MBPC2100/Radeon9700Pro/WinXP Home WorkRig P4 3.06/1024Mb/FX5700/Win XP Pro

Dec 31, 2001, 07:34 AM	#3
MURCer_BorG Do you see an Alien ? Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Croatia Posts: 482	that would be SOOOO COOOOL!!!!!

Dec 31, 2001, 07:51 AM	#7
Violator Radeon R520 Join Date: May 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 388	Hopefully there'll be a Win2000 version this time too

CWeeD's System Specs
CPU	AMD 9950 x4
Graphics	HD 4850
Memory	4 GB
Operating System	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Dec 31, 2001, 08:13 AM	#11
Crake Radeon R300 Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 188	wow nice one ATI if these drivers improve the things mentioned in the article they will be perfect! :-) no more: "ATI got dirver issues / NVIDIA got th better drivers" and stuff then. FINALLY! ATI - u mah biatch. THX - u rule , o, and again i was a bit too hasty to saY: i dont like my card... you just have to know some tricks so that u can get the most out of your hardware! (wow, im on the wisodm trip right now =) __________________ My System: 486 66 Mhz Oc @ 133 Mhz Aqua Cooler 6897 rotations/hour Sys.-Temp: 19 °C - 21 °C Leadtek Geforce 4 Ti4400 Oc: 302 / 652 Soundblaster AWE 32 Audigy 195 RAM On4th Cruxial Floppy 5,25'' OS: Windows 1.0 , damn it: ATI when will u release some drivers for this OS

Dec 31, 2001, 09:09 AM	#12
dreamz Radeon R300 Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 158	Hi.. Hmmmm. and where are the new drivers for W.98..... Hope ati will fix Collin Mc. Rally and Guilty Gear X in the next driver release c u dreamz __________________ [color=Black][size=1][email protected] GA-EP45-UD3LR/XP.Pro.SP2/190.38/Cooler.Master.RealPower.M.620W GAINWARD.GTX.470.GOOD.EDITION Kingston HyperX DIMM 4 GB DDR2-800 Kit CL4 CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY SE 2x WD10EADS 1G+Samsung HD321KJ+Seagate ST3500320AS DVD LG GSA H58N

dreamz's System Specs
Motherboard	GA-EP45-UD3LR
CPU	Q9950
Graphics	GAINWARD.GTX.470.GOOD.EDITION
Memory	Kingston.HyperX.Dimm.4.GB.DDR2-800.Kit.CL4
Display	Samsung.SyncMaster.T200
Soundcard & Speakers	ONBOARD
Power Supply	Cooler.Master.RealPower.M.620W
Operating System	W7.64.BIT+WXP.PRO.SP2

Dec 31, 2001, 09:14 AM	#13
Gizmo Radeon R600 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: U.K. Posts: 605	I dont really give a **** about incressed 3dmark XXXX scores what i want is bug fixes and mainly a bug fix for the multimonitor bug in win98 (yes i know about hommers svideo hack)and yes incressed performance is always nice but let see some incress in GAMES not some crappy pointless benchmark tool..... well were waitting......

Dec 31, 2001, 09:17 AM	#14
Mize That's my stapler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Hell - aka Midwest USA Posts: 763	I went from 26 to 37 in Nature on a [email protected] from 7206 to the 9008 (Win98SE) developer release (12/19). Most everything else was essentially flat (DOT3 was actually reduced slightly). The biggest improvement in 3dmark2001 is in image quality. Fog and smoke are much cleaner with no banding. This is also the case in OpenGL games like RTCW - much better fog. No improved anisotropic or trilinear, however. Mize __________________ Rage3D > Voodoo 2 / TNT > Voodoo 3 3000 > Voodoo 5 5500 > GeForce 3 Ti200 > Radeon 8500 > Radeon 9700 Pro > Radeon X1800 XT > GeForce 8800 GTS > Radeon HD 5870 > Geforce GTX 580 > 6970 CFX > 3GB GTX 580 SLI Last edited by Mize : Dec 31, 2001 at 09:19 AM.

Mize's System Specs
Motherboard	Asus Sabertooth P67
CPU	Intel i7-2600k
Graphics	ATI 6970 CrossfireX
Memory	16 GB Gskill DDR3

Dec 31, 2001, 09:19 AM	#15
xck3001 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 22	I'd love to see some better compatibility with games, I always wanted to play CS without a single problem And a TV Out with higher resolution would be great, too

Skinner's System Specs
Motherboard	EVGA Dark X299
CPU	Intel i7 [email protected],7 gHz
Graphics	2x 2080Ti Sli
Memory	32GBDDR4-3200 C14
Cooling Solution	Corsair Hydro Series H115
Display	Philips Brilliance 27"5K
Soundcard & Speakers	Recon3di/Logitech 5.1
Hard-Drives	Samsung SM 961 SSD
Optical Drives	LiteOn ..
Power Supply	Enermax 1500
Case	Corsair Carbide Air 540
Input Devices	Razer Taipan
Operating System	Win 10 64 bit

Dec 31, 2001, 09:33 AM	#19
Skinner tweaking for life. Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,837	Well I'm looking forward to them, I still believe there is room for improvement on the performance side. __________________ Schieten op de beesten.

Dec 31, 2001, 12:12 PM	#23
xck3001 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 22	With official drivers my CS hang up after the second start. 1280x960 is not supported, trueform does not work 100% correctly Enough?

Dec 31, 2001, 12:12 PM	#24
WindWarrior Radeon R420 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: VA Posts: 308	NEW DRIVER"S NEW DRIVER'S NEW DRIVER"S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oop'ssssssssss Hope those new driver's are for the 8500/XP. I'm not getting my hope's up yet.When they post and I see them on ATI's web/driver/8500/XP page then I'll scream for joy!!!! But not untill then,........ __________________ HARLEY DAVIDSON: IF I HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT YOU JUST WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND !!! WARRIOR BLACK WIDOW Inc. SYS:Lian-Li PC 7T w/lexan window w/costom graphics/neon lighting Startech 450 watt pws AMD 1800+Tt Volcano 7+ Soyo Dragon + 768mb PC2100 Samsung DDR 2xWD30 gig HDs R8500 retail 275/275 Dig.Research 52x cdrom TDK 32x10x40 CD-R/RW Creative 12x dvd Audigy MP3+ Cambridge SW 5.1s

Dec 31, 2001, 12:56 PM	#25
XDC-VENDETTA Newbie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 12	Yeah I have been on the leaked/beta 9005's for about a week now, my nature FPS default bench is around 42fps....But the games tests all run a fraction slower, with improved visuals.

Dec 31, 2001, 01:01 PM	#26
XDC-VENDETTA Newbie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 12	Ohhh and these were the WinME Drivers.

Dec 31, 2001, 02:07 PM	#28
Medic Radeon R420 Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 257	yeah where the hell have guru3d gone?? __________________ Wise men talk as they have something to say, fools talk as they have to say something. (Plato 429 - 347 BC)

Dec 31, 2001, 02:08 PM	#29
Zarich Radeon R600 Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 643	I heard the lens glare on the nature demo was gone? is that true?

Dec 31, 2001, 02:08 PM	#30
Dimension Radeon R200 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 76	wow....thats a pretty big jump in 3dmark2k1 game 4 performance. If they can translate that into better and more consistant game performance, I will be a happy man this new years. __________________ Abit TH7II Intel Pentium4 [email protected] 256mb PC800 RDRAM ATI Radeon 8500 Retail Viewsonic PerfectFlat 17" 12x Hitachi DVD-ROM Creative Labs Audigy Gamer Logitech Z-560 THX Certified 4.1

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Need CAD freindly R8500 drivers or something	CFW	AMD Radeon Discussion and Support	16	Mar 27, 2002 02:46 PM
Any leaked drivers in sight?	iCON	AMD Radeon Discussion and Support	2	Feb 13, 2002 01:53 PM
New R8500 drivers for 98/ME here, my mix.	dropkikmurphy82	AMD Radeon Discussion and Support	13	Jan 20, 2002 01:37 AM
Best R8500 drivers for XP ...	icetrey47	AMD Radeon Discussion and Support	3	Oct 30, 2001 07:21 PM
R8500 Drivers	MSU_DUDE	AMD Radeon Discussion and Support	9	Oct 5, 2001 02:39 AM