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**zulu-man** · Feb 19, 2010, 08:22 AM

Black levels are back.

C'mon, how is this possible?

**OneCoolAMD** · Feb 19, 2010, 08:42 AM

Sweet I wonder if there mobile yet.Will try

**Ulysses 31** · Feb 19, 2010, 08:55 AM

oooo time to see if anything's been done about 5970 CrossFire + Eyefinity

And test out Bezzle Management

**lee63** · Feb 19, 2010, 08:56 AM

Do I need to uninstall the 102 profiles or just installing the 10.3 profiles ?

Is there a AvP profile with these ? that game is friggin mess

**ECH1** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:01 AM

So do we have FTW?

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:05 AM

Since these drivers have leaked I will let you know that the Overdrive tab mostly works with Eyefinity / 120Hz monitors now (as long as you don't hit the defaults button) the desktop clocks will stay at 400Mhz otherwise.

**OneCoolAMD** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:08 AM

Sweet.They installed just fine on my Dell Studio 1557 laptop with no modding

**karlotta** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:09 AM

Originally posted by lee63 View Post

Do I need to uninstall the 102 profiles or just installing the 10.3 profiles ?

Is there a AvP profile with these ? that game is friggin mess

its a leak... its not a mess... its not a ATI issues if you cant figure it out...But on to your question; why would you uninstall the profiles? If you have a particular game/benchmark test it.

**Broken Hope** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:15 AM

Originally posted by spyre View Post

Since these drivers have leaked I will let you know that the Overdrive tab mostly works with Eyefinity / 120Hz monitors now (as long as you don't hit the defaults button) the desktop clocks will stay at 400Mhz otherwise.

I'm guessing the profile install app has newer profiles than the current profiles we can download?

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:26 AM

No, the driver has more profiles in it, some of which are in the profiles file but overall the profile file has more still as it is newer than these drivers. This drivers profile file and the one on AMD's website are the same.

**lee63** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:31 AM

Originally posted by karlotta View Post

its a leak... its not a mess... its not a ATI issues if you cant figure it out...But on to your question; why would you uninstall the profiles? If you have a particular game/benchmark test it.

I said the game Aliens vs Predator is a mess not anything that ATi has released....also I asked how the profiles work, do you need to uninstall old and then install new or install new on top of old ?

Then I asked if there is an Aliens vs Predator profile in this set...as ATi keeps them hidden and we have no clue what game profiles are included.

Simple as that...learn how to read before commenting please.

**Broken Hope** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:34 AM

Originally posted by spyre View Post

No, the driver has more profiles in it, some of which are in the profiles file but overall the profile file has more still as it is newer than these drivers. This drivers profile file and the one on AMD's website are the same.

You probably can't say but do these have the 2D performance fixes that the hotfix driver on Tomshardware had?

**Hippo** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:48 AM

My life would be boring without you rflair....MARRY ME!?!?!?!

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 09:52 AM

@ Broken Hope

Dunno I haven't tested that recently, I know I reported the pants nature of the 2D acceleration way before Tom's hardware did though (5 months earlier)

*update* nope, still bad performance in 2D, although its a little bit better from when i last tested it 5 months ago.

**Broken Hope** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by spyre View Post

@ Broken Hope

Dunno I haven't tested that recently, I know I reported the pants nature of the 2D acceleration way before Tom's hardware did though (5 months earlier)

*update* nope, still bad performance in 2D, although its a little bit better from when i last tested it 5 months ago.

Hmm someone over at Beyond3D got a decent increase in the benchmark app that toms provided at least.

10.2

8.71.3

**ECH1** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:23 AM

Ok, I will admit that these drivers are awesome so far! I have seen improvements in a few games already.

**jam2k** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:25 AM

The previous betas worked flawlessly for me. I'm gonna try the new ones tonight.

**Ulysses 31** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:26 AM

Bezzle compensation works great.

Though I have to disable Catalyst A.I. in World of Warcraft fullscreen mode if I don't want garbled screen with higher than single monitor resolution.

And 5970 CrossFire + Eyefinity still broke.

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:27 AM

@ Broken Hope

I tested the passmark 7.0 util rather than the toms thing. On the Passmark my 5970 card is still getting beaten by more wimpy things in 2D (obviously it doesn't use Crossfire but still it shouldn't be being beaten by a 8800GT)

**Dwarden** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:30 AM

nice, hopefully ATI can brings such fixes and improvements monthly

**xxJACKxx** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:32 AM

I am at least happy I can install these on my laptop. First driver this year I can say that about.

**Hapatingjaky** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:39 AM

Originally posted by Ulysses 31 View Post

Bezzle compensation works great.

Though I have to disable Catalyst A.I. in World of Warcraft fullscreen mode if I don't want garbled screen with higher than single monitor resolution.

And 5970 CrossFire + Eyefinity still broke.

From what I understand disabling Cat AI disables Crossfire or so I've been told. Also Crossfire dosen't function properly in WoW, I find better performance with a single card.

**Ulysses 31** · Feb 19, 2010, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by Hapatingjaky View Post

From what I understand disabling Cat AI disables Crossfire or so I've been told. Also Crossfire dosen't function properly in WoW, I find better performance with a single card.

I thought that also till Spyre said A.I. off only disables AFR and not CrossFire.

But yeah the whole screen didn't become garbeled with A.I. on in any previous driver release.

**Hippo** · Feb 19, 2010, 11:09 AM

cant seem to get CCC working

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 11:10 AM

@ Ulysses 31
Well is used primarily by Crossfire so you dont gain much by having Crossfire enabled and AFR disabled but obviously as I mentioned CATAI doesn't actually disable Crossfire.

**Rik55** · Feb 19, 2010, 11:36 AM

remember, if you had previously installed 10.2 RC (8.703 10thFeb), you must custom uninstall the Catalyst Control Panel otherwise you will have the new 10.3 (8.71.3 5thFeb) driver and the old 10.2 (8.703 10thFeb) CCC . This is because these (10.3 preview) were packaged 5 days before 10.2 RC. So you want the Driver Packaging to match the CCC version. rflair was so quick off the mark, which is why his CCC version is still from the 10.2 RC (2010-02-10**)

**Hippo** · Feb 19, 2010, 11:45 AM

damn....CCC doesnt want to work anymore, even with official drivers it just doesnt start up, any ideas?

**caveman-jim** · Feb 19, 2010, 12:02 PM

uninstall CCC, reinstall from package.

**karlotta** · Feb 19, 2010, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by Ulysses 31 View Post

I thought that also till Spyre said A.I. off only disables AFR and not CrossFire.

But yeah the whole screen didn't become garbeled with A.I. on in any previous driver release.

AI off is no CF on mutigpu cards.

**karlotta** · Feb 19, 2010, 12:46 PM

Originally posted by spyre View Post

@ Ulysses 31
Well is used primarily by Crossfire so you dont gain much by having Crossfire enabled and AFR disabled but obviously as I mentioned CATAI doesn't actually disable Crossfire.

odd it disables my X2 to being a single gpu...

**C0nditioned** · Feb 19, 2010, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Rik55 View Post

remember, if you had previously installed 10.2 RC (8.703 10thFeb), you must custom uninstall the Catalyst Control Panel otherwise you will have the new 10.3 (8.71.3 5thFeb) driver and the old 10.2 CCC. This is because these (10.3 preview) were packaged 5 days before 10.2 RC. The 10.3 Control Panel has new (under the hood) functions.

*update* Nm I found out >> How you custom uninstall it?

And what Under the Hood functions does it provide?
^^^This im still curious about.

**blurter** · Feb 19, 2010, 01:16 PM

DAMN 5970 + 5870 tri-fi cfx STILL broken with eyefinity ffs!!!!!!

When will this issue be fixed for eyefinity users

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by karlotta View Post

odd it disables my X2 to being a single gpu...

No it doesn't the slave mode is still engaged the 2nd GPU just doesn't have a lot to do without AFR being enabled. It will be the same thing with SFR when that is implemented.

**C0nditioned** · Feb 19, 2010, 01:32 PM

I deinstalled / reinstalled ccc only. Seems rflairs picture shows 2010.0210.1730.31317 of ccc, mine is 2010.0205 1306.23449. How to get this updated as well?

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 01:41 PM

It should be 0205 if you are using the correct one for this leaked driver.

**narciso** · Feb 19, 2010, 01:44 PM

Risen don't have crossfire profile and Red Faction Guerrila is still a mess.
But overall, a great driver set.

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 01:45 PM

Those two issues will be addressed in later drivers.

**Tinashi** · Feb 19, 2010, 03:53 PM

Hi
Ive tried twice using the custom uninstall but each time my catalyst version shows 09.7

Driver Packaging Version 8.71.3-100205a-095620E
Catalyst™ Version 09.7
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1010
2D Driver File Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0000
Direct3D Version 8.14.10.0735
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.9606
Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2010.0205.1306.23449

I assume it should be 10.3, could some pls explain where i have gone wrong?.

Thnks

Tin

**spyre** · Feb 19, 2010, 04:14 PM

You have files left over in the registry, dont worry about it. All the important files are upto date. And no it would say 10.2 if done correctly as these aren't the final 10.3 drivers.

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