Rage3D Exclusive - New AMD Catalyst Application Profile!

caveman-jim · Mar 19, 2010, 03:36 PM

Download now available!

We are happy to let Rage3D exclusively host the first Catalyst external profile update. This is fresh off the press and below is a list of what will improve when a user installs the profile.
Heaven – Crossfire profile
Dark Void – Crossfire profile
Singularity – Crossfire profile
Unigine Heaven Demo – Crossfire profile
Just Cause 2 -> Single GPU and Crossfire profile
Battlefield Bad Company 2 -> Crossfire profile
AvP -> Single GPU and Crossfire profile
Thanks,

Terry Makedon

Thanks to AMD!

Danny Nissan · Mar 19, 2010, 03:48 PM

Nice, this profileupdate is good, not only for CF users but also, as seen above, for single gpu!

Will download when its up

narciso · Mar 19, 2010, 03:53 PM

A Metro 2033 profile would be awesome

ECH1 · Mar 19, 2010, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by narciso

A Metro 2033 profile would be awesome

Having and ATI card as part of their recommended spec would also be awesome

.

In any case this is pretty interesting. I wonder if they decreased load times in BC2 or if they are still looking into it?

Rifle_shot · Mar 19, 2010, 05:26 PM

load times are not fixed, i think that was more of a driver issue than a crossfire one IIRC

Can anyone w/ bad company 2 confirm/deny if they are seeing performance increases. In the official forums somebody with a 5850 said he saw performance increases, looks like these might only boost performance on 5xxx series ATi cards and not the 4-series

ECH1 · Mar 19, 2010, 05:59 PM

Wait? Is it out yet? I only see the 1st profile

. Oh yeah the big red text now works...
BTW: The last time I tried their profile driver it slowed down performance for me with a single video card. Are they sure this profile is for both single and dual gpu users???????

caveman-jim · Mar 19, 2010, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ECH1

I wonder if they decreased load times in BC2 or if they are still looking into it?

Still looking into it, that would not be something a profile release could fix.

tofrost · Mar 19, 2010, 06:14 PM

thank you for posting! Tried the profiles (using the Catalyst 10.3a preview drivers). Anti-Aliasing now seems to work better in BC2, but there is no signifikant performance gain. The other problem is, with this new profiles, i get strange flickering and horizontal lines crossing the screen sometimes.

I am using two Powecolor HD5770.

Danny Nissan · Mar 20, 2010, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Still looking into it, that would not be something a profile release could fix.

Thank you so much for this info!

Rifle_shot · Mar 19, 2010, 03:53 PM

downloading now, will report back if bad company 2 shows improvements, they said 75%.

caveman-jim · Mar 19, 2010, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rifle_shot

downloading now, will report back if bad company 2 shows improvements, they said 75%.

The download isn't available yet... it will be shortly.

Rifle_shot · Mar 19, 2010, 04:00 PM

then wait, what did i download, it even said 10.3 profiles????

wait, now i see, i downloaded and installed the 10.2, and I must have the 10.3 profiles from the earlier release (which probably dont have the updated profiles)

my fault :P

ExoTic · Mar 19, 2010, 04:25 PM

lol just making sure is the new version 10.2 dated 2/17? or the download link is not up yet? thanks

ShaidarHaran · Mar 19, 2010, 03:54 PM

Nice to see ATi come through on their promise of independent profiles. Hopefully this fixes some issues/gives nice perfomance boosts to those playing these games!

tastyweat · Mar 20, 2010, 09:46 PM

very nice boost to my minimum fps with crossfired 5770s in BC2

although, like others, I also get horizontal lines over the screen every now and again

It's maybe 5% of the time... so annoying, but not the end of the world & they're not particularly intrusive... I'll take the lines over the performance dip of uninstalling... no flickering though

my average and max are still cpu limited though down to my 3.6GHz Q6600

Need i7 to get the most out of this...

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Mar 19, 2010, 03:48 PM	#2
Danny Nissan HD 4890 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,258	Nice, this profileupdate is good, not only for CF users but also, as seen above, for single gpu! Will download when its up __________________ Antec P180 \| Silverstone Strider 600W \| ASUS Crosshair III Formula \| AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz \| 2x2GB OCZ Black Edition DDR3-1600 7-7-7-24-1T \| Sapphire HD 4890 1GB \| SyncMaster 2433BW 1920X1200 \| Razer Lachesis \| Sennheiser HD-555 \| SupremeFX X-Fi \| Samsung Spinpoint F3 \| Windows 7 Professional X64

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Mar 19, 2010, 03:53 PM	#3
narciso Radeon HD 5970 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 813	A Metro 2033 profile would be awesome

Mar 19, 2010, 05:26 PM	#5
Rifle_shot Alienware M17 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 549	load times are not fixed, i think that was more of a driver issue than a crossfire one IIRC Can anyone w/ bad company 2 confirm/deny if they are seeing performance increases. In the official forums somebody with a 5850 said he saw performance increases, looks like these might only boost performance on 5xxx series ATi cards and not the 4-series __________________ Last edited by Rifle_shot : Mar 19, 2010 at 07:15 PM.

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Mar 19, 2010, 05:59 PM	#6
ECH1 deal with it Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 803	Wait? Is it out yet? I only see the 1st profile . Oh yeah the big red text now works... BTW: The last time I tried their profile driver it slowed down performance for me with a single video card. Are they sure this profile is for both single and dual gpu users??????? Last edited by ECH1 : Mar 19, 2010 at 06:02 PM.

Mar 19, 2010, 06:14 PM	#8
tofrost Newbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3	thank you for posting! Tried the profiles (using the Catalyst 10.3a preview drivers). Anti-Aliasing now seems to work better in BC2, but there is no signifikant performance gain. The other problem is, with this new profiles, i get strange flickering and horizontal lines crossing the screen sometimes. I am using two Powecolor HD5770.

Mar 19, 2010, 04:00 PM	#12
Rifle_shot Alienware M17 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 549	then wait, what did i download, it even said 10.3 profiles???? wait, now i see, i downloaded and installed the 10.2, and I must have the 10.3 profiles from the earlier release (which probably dont have the updated profiles) my fault :P __________________

Mar 19, 2010, 04:25 PM	#13
ExoTic Radeon HD 5870 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South JerZeeee "JerZe Fresh" Posts: 584	lol just making sure is the new version 10.2 dated 2/17? or the download link is not up yet? thanks __________________

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Mar 19, 2010, 03:54 PM	#14
ShaidarHaran hardware monkey Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: twin cities Posts: 19,056	Nice to see ATi come through on their promise of independent profiles. Hopefully this fixes some issues/gives nice perfomance boosts to those playing these games! __________________ <-primary PC in system specs

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Mar 20, 2010, 09:46 PM	#15
tastyweat Radeon HD 5750 Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 118	very nice boost to my minimum fps with crossfired 5770s in BC2 although, like others, I also get horizontal lines over the screen every now and again It's maybe 5% of the time... so annoying, but not the end of the world & they're not particularly intrusive... I'll take the lines over the performance dip of uninstalling... no flickering though my average and max are still cpu limited though down to my 3.6GHz Q6600 Need i7 to get the most out of this... __________________ Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Northwood, 2GB (4x512MB Cosrsair XL (2-2-2-5), BBATi X800XT PE, Abit IC7-Max3, Thermaltake Tsunami Dream, Audigy 2, Logitech Z2200 2.1, 2xWD Raptor 36GB Raid-0, LG L1710B TFT Custom Watercooling setup (mostly Dangerden), overclocking, benchmark results and pics to come soon! Fujitsu Lifebook S6000, 1.6GHz "Dothan" (2mb cache), DVD+/-RW, 13.3" "crystal" XGA 64mb dedicated intel graphics, 512mb ddr pc2700 (2.5-3-2-7), 60GB 5400rpm

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