New Catalyst drivers

Started by 1984, Nov 04 2006 06:16 PM

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#1 OFFLINE 1984

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 06:16 PM

So catalyst has come out with the new drivers. I have a allinwonder 9800 pro. do i need to bother upgrading? everything is working fine, so im wondering if i should just leave well enough alone.

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#2 OFFLINE Andavari

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Posted 12 November 2006 - 02:23 PM

I haven't bothered updating since version 5.11 simply because I don't want the super bloated and ultra slow loading .NET version of the configuration GUI.

Complexity of incoherent design.

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#3 OFFLINE zaphirer

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Posted 12 November 2006 - 06:04 PM

It's bloated all right. I just got a 'new' (used from a friend) 9600XT, transferred from nVIDIA to ATi... I thought nVIDIA had messed things up with their 'improved' control center... but Catalyst is pretty bad. .NET, so it uses lots of resources, takes a minute to load in my computer, etc. etc.

You might want to try ATi Tray Tools, it offers pretty much the same capability. Or the Omega drivers, if you know what you're doing.

Unless you're a gamer, I don't think there's a real motive to upgrade.

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Posted 12 November 2006 - 07:13 PM

zaphirer, on Nov 12 2006, 12:04 PM, said:

Unless you're a gamer, I don't thing there's a real motive to upgrade.

Most of the fixes I've noticed when I used to upgrade the drivers all the time pertained to compatibility fixes for games.

Complexity of incoherent design.

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