ATI catalyst 7.1 now available from ...

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:31

http://www.ati.com

Post by **Trev Clark** » 13 Jan 2007, 09:02

Thanks for the HU, however on my card (1650 pro PCi), I lost about 5 FPS in FS9, with this version. This was a disaster, so I have reverted back to my old driver.

Quixoticish · Post by **Quixoticish** » 13 Jan 2007, 10:36

I've not had any luck in most games with this version, it doesn't seem to like my 9800XT at all.

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 13 Jan 2007, 10:52

If you've got an older card then don't use newer drivers. They are optimised for later cards whilst still providing support for the old gen.

Quixoticish · Post by **Quixoticish** » 13 Jan 2007, 11:16

Charlie Bravo wrote:If you've go an older card then don't use newer drivers. They are optimised for later cards whilst still providing support for the old gen.

I have to disagree, I always try the latest drivers and quite often they provide rather substantial performance increases on my older hardware. This is the first one that has been really show-stopping. I've no doubt the 7.2's will be better, the first set of the year always seems to be dissapointing.

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 13 Jan 2007, 15:26

I'm totally with you on that Chris..

Post by **TSR2** » 13 Jan 2007, 15:37

There is a break point... new drivers are good to a point, but once your chipset goes end of life, they generally only add additional load and don't deliver any performance benefit.