Do the new Radeon drivers help fps?

japinard · #1 February 1st, 2004, 02:31 AM

I have very high end machine, but am getting low fps with the better graphic settings. I'm using CAT 3.10. Do the CAT 4's help?

* OS: Win XP Home SP1
* Directx 9.0B
* Processor: AMD 64 3200+
* Motherboard: Asus K8V Deluxe
* Bios Rev: Version 1004
* Memory: 1 Gig Kingston KHX 3500 CL2
* Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Cat 3.10
* Sound Card: SB Audigy 2 (latest non-beta drivers)
* Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Surround System
* Sound settings utilizing 5.1 speakers and EAX 3
* Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060u - 22�
* Pioneer DVD Drive

Raz 24 · #2 February 1st, 2004, 06:42 PM

nope the new drivers dosent help.
Ow by the way I have the same problem with the fps. I would be so happy if anyone can find a solution

PDF · #3 February 1st, 2004, 07:00 PM

What fps do you have ?
On my AthlonXP2400 / Radeon 9600 I have some 22 fps at normal details, 12-13 at High details, but I use Omega Drivers. Before that with Cat3 I had half of this.
Funnily on my old Athlon500/GF2MX I managed to have same fps ! ...

olaf73 · #4 February 1st, 2004, 07:01 PM

I have the same issue. Radeon 9800Pro, and horrid fps. My Ti500 gets better frames, running on a significantly less powerful CPU, with half the RAM.

Its not a huge deal I guess, I just crank down the battle detail...but it is bothersome because I should not have to do this.

olaf

Raz 24 · #5 February 1st, 2004, 07:05 PM

On very low battle detail I get 50 fps on low 20 and on normal 16 and I have a :
AmdAthalon xp 2000+
512 mb ram
Radeon 9800 pro atlantis

If this "bug" is fixable it would be the most wonderfull thing to do...

LordArioch · #6 February 1st, 2004, 07:44 PM

It just seems like the Radeons don't do well with DomII, especially the Pro's. I have a 9600 pro and get 8 fps high and 13 fps medium, so I have to play with low for 25 fps. My brother barely did better with his 9800 pro.
I did try the omega drivers, but they caused a small but noticable performance drop on everything I tested, including DomII. Needless to say I was unimpressed and removed them and reinstalled my old drivers.
It would be nice if Illwinter wrote a direct3d Version or optimazations for radeon cards, but although I know nothing about 3d coding I still think it would be too much trouble for them to bother.