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ATI Catalyst™ 10.4a Preview

11 May

They seem to have newer control panel and avivo than the 10.6 betas floating around

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATI-Catalyst-10-4-a-Hotfix.aspx

ATI Catalyst™ 10.4a Preview features:
The ATI Catalyst 10.4a Preview provides resolution for the following issue:

  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Long load times for new maps when using a Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® based system with an:  
    • ATI Radeon™ HD 5xxx series graphics card
    • ATI Radeon HD 4xxx series graphics card
    • ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series graphics card
    • ATI Radeon HD 2xxx series graphics card
  • Splinter Cell Conviction – Resolves stability issues in the game when using a Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP based system with an:  
    • ATI Radeon HD 3xxx Series of products
  • Splinter Cell Conviction – Resolves performance stuttering issues when using a Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP based system with an:  
    • ATI Radeon HD 2xxx Series of products
    • ATI Radeon HD 3xxx Series of products
    • ATI Radeon HD 4xxx Series of products
    • ATI Radeon HD 5xxx Series of products

Download:
In order to download and install the ATI Catalyst 10.4a Preview, click on the following link:

 

For detailed instructions on how to install the driver preview, refer to:

Additional Recommendations:
If the issue continues to occur after installation of the driver preview, the following troubleshooting steps can help resolve the issue:

  1. The problem may be a result of issues within the game application. Install any patches and / or updates available for the game application.
    1. Contact the game developer for instructions on how to obtain / install the latest patches and / or updates for the game application
  2. Conflict between the graphics card and motherboard’s BIOS version can cause performance issues. To reduce any hardware compatibility conflicts, install the latest BIOS version available for the motherboard
    1. Contact the motherboard manufacturer for instructions on how to obtain / install the latest BIOS version for the motherboard
  3. Installation errors that may have occurred during the installation of the game application may cause performance instability. Perform a clean install of the game application
    1. First uninstall the application
    2. Perform a fresh install of the application
    3. Install any available patches / updates for the application
    4. If the problem persists, reinstall the ATI Catalyst 10.4a Driver Preview
  4. Installation errors that may have occurred during the installation of the ATI Catalyst Software may cause performance instability. Perform a clean install of the ATI Catalyst Software 
    1. For detailed instructions on the recommended steps for uninstalling / installing ATI drivers, refer to:
      1. Article GPU-33 for a Windows 7 based system
      2. Article GPU-1 for a Windows Vista based system
      3. Article GPU-2 for a Windows XP / Windows 2000 based system

Applicable Products:
This article applies to the following configuration(s):

  • Hardware
    • ATI Radeon HD 5xxx series of products
    • ATI Radeon HD 4xxx series of products
    • ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series of products
    • ATI Radeon HD 2xxx series of products
  • Software
    • Battlefield: Bad Company 2
    • Splinter Cell Conviction
  • Operating System
    • Windows 7 32bit
    • Windows 7 64bit
    • Windows Vista 32bit
    • Windows Vista 64bit
    • Windows XP Professional and Home
    • Windows XP Professional x64
 
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New AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Quick review

28 Apr

update 3.1

added some povray 3.7 beta results based on the below settings

multi threaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

single threaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok update 3.0

screenshots of my bios settings

intel tweeker settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rasm timings

timings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok got an update on mine
new bios for the 770tud3p F8

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/Support/M…ProductID=3257

thats mine of course.

now the added on/off function i was a bit hmm about what that was (power to charge phone when computer off?) then once i loaded it it seems shizzle has moved.
turbo boost is now in MIT and NOW you can choose the level 12/13/14/16.5 e.g
and NOW turbo boost works when overclocked

mine is now testing at 290/14 with boost set to limit at 15 for 4334

problem is it seems to need a few more volts…well quite afew but again so far hasn’t caused a problem and has given it a nice push especialy in none multi threaded apps like single core cinebench.

i,ll post some screens later when i finished (i,m typing this wjile running prime  )
temsp aren’t foing over 48( more likely 58) but then i only have a dinky ayuwn tower cooler with a pull fan.

so check the gigabyte site for updates peoples..boost whilst overclocked is fun

OK there is a hard temp limit of 62 degrees on these things…too many volts= too much temp, 30 minutes into prime it tipped 52 degrees in AOD and then POP off she went so AOD temps are +10 for future reference.

Started back up fine and now trying with less volts

click to view

f8 bios overclock 1055t

Ok grabbed a new toy to replace the aging Q6600, a nice shiny T1055 phenom 6 core beast.

A cheap gigabyte 770tUD3P  ddr3 motherboard and 8 gig of gskill ripjaws.

Windows 7 pro X64 (old installation, didn’t even format, really liking windows 7)

HD4870 1 gig HIS @790/925

Memory is running at 1600 9 9 9 24 (bit loose but early days)

Stock heatsink and fan   Now using a Awyun V8 tower cooler on the cpu and video card is stock cooling.

Well worth the money.

Big improvement over the q6600 even with 8 Gig of ram(which i have again), and it was no slouch even by todays standards.

These $250 dollar 6 core chips though are brilliant.

a few screenshots of a couple of benches i did at 3360(turbo takes the cores to around 4 ghz when needed unless under full load then they lock to 3360)

Other things to note was testing farcry2 i noticed a very nice boost in performance, not so much huge FPS jumps BUT very very much smoother throughout.

Also UT3 had a large improvement overall jumping a good 10fps in my torture test and spiking a good 20 plus fps maximum.

Now this is with an overclocked chip BUIT stock cooler, stock volts, basically just throwing the bus speed up and the memory down a touch to level it out.

Prime and amd overdrive and gaming stable.

Thats it for now i,ll throw some more details later

*UPDATE*

Overclocked to 3500mhz and 4000mhz now turbo still on

still stock volts

ram now running at 1666 9 9 9 24

Quite a boost

UPDATE

 

Fixed issues with having no temp sensors working, seems ACC (Advanced Clock Calibration ) screws around when turned on with a Phenom II or these X6 chips.

Turned it of and viola

 

 

 

 

and updated cinebench 11.5 results including single core which really shows the turbo boost kicking in, especially whilst doing other tasks.

 

 

 

 

 

A few more shots under load and cinebench

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats all for now :)

 

another update

Hit 4 Ghz with this chip now with a new bios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bios settings

cpu multi set to :14

ht link to 1.4

nb set to 7x

1.53 cpu voltage

1.64 ram voltage

ram settings are

5.33 divider

running at 768 9 9 9 27

core enhance on

c&q off

ACCC set to normal and auto

 
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Catalyst 10.4 preview part 3.5 (the hotfix) april 12th

17 Apr

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATI-Catalyst-10-4-Hotfix.aspx

Seems to update from the 10.4B drivers i got from megaupload so they are newer.

Have fun

quick side note:

they installed fine on my 4870 1GB and have added the video converter to the main advanced screen, as well as drag and drop encoding (looks shmick still haven’t got it to work well though :) )

gameswise i,ll throw a few tests but not expecting much.

the 300 odd meg 10.5 beta 8.74 ones are good.
also includes all drivers for everything including the profiles and ide/north southbridge usb audio blah blah.

one issue i still have is with a hdmi cable the 4870 looses scaling on occassion and you ahve to drop back out to fix it …no such issue with dvi though , that is only on the 4870a nd dell not the 54580 and bigass LG tv…that works just fine

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=319691

now IF you install the ones i linked from amd you will have a newer version of the CCC

one other thing i noticed is two extras in the avivo panel with the 5450, didn’t show up in the 4870 though
deblock and mosquito noise (greyed out but still sitting there)

one last thing they perform the same as the ones i listed in the earlier post in farcry2 BUT DX10 ultra performs alot better than DX9 ultra…and looks better

 
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newer 10.3B preview driver with eyefinity 6 support and now 10.4B drivers leaked

02 Apr

http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/tips/Pages/catalyst-10-3-preview.aspx

These drivers when put over the top of the 10.3a drivers update avivo and the catalyst control center.

the driver revision is the same though.

i,m testing ona 4870 1 gig so we,ll see how we go

they work fine BUT

Stumbled over these drivers

10.4B

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IV35HNQJ

thye install fine on my 4870 and seem to run well, haven’t tested on a 5xxx series card yet though

 
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ITSNOTCHEATING australia windows 7 price hike

01 Apr

If you go look at the page now you will notice the price has hiked to $119 a copy for windows7 pro upgrade .

What the hell….

May be an April fools prank …lets see.

Nope guess not, they must be funding their xmas party…ridiculous

 
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NVIDIA Fermi GTX 470 GTX480 NDA off and reviews flood in

27 Mar

Too bad the flood can’t put out the heat thse produce :)

List of reviews stolen from Overclockers.com.au aka digital monkey.

Sorry couldn’t be bothered trolling for another list.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=11625440&postcount=2174

Reviews:

AnandTech: http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3783
Benchmark Reviews: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph…=480&Itemid=72
Bjorn3D: http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1831
Bit-tech: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/201…1-5gb-review/1
Elite Bastards: http://www.elitebastards.com/index.p…iews&Itemid=31
ExtremeTech: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/…2361767,00.asp
FiringSquad: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/…0_performance/
Guru3d: http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc…470-480-review
HardOCP: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/…480_sli_review
Hardware Canucks: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum…80-review.html
Hardware Heaven: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews.php?reviewid=950
Hexus: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=24000
HotHardware: http://hothardware.com/Articles/NVID…Landed/?page=1
Legion Hardware: http://www.legionhardware.com/articl…arrives,1.html
Legit Reviews: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1258/1/
NeoSeeker: http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha…/gtx480launch/
PC Perspective: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=888
PCGamesHardware: http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,7…marks/Reviews/
TechPowerUp: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/N…GTX_480_Fermi/
TechSpot: http://www.techspot.com/review/263-n…force-gtx-480/
Tom’s Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/…-480,2585.html
TweakTown: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/32…ted/index.html

Now a brief summary from what i have read so far.

  • Runs hot (ave from reviews is 95/97 degrees celcius but Nvidia claim it is safe to 105c …whoopdeedoo)
  • Runs loud (average at 87/100% fan is 65 decibles upwards…anyone have a harley with a straight through pipe taped tto their ear?)
  • IS faster than the competition (all reviews show at least 15/20% boost over a 5870 and in some cases faster than a 5970…but only rarely)
  • IS NOT as fast as hoped as it seemed to be a tad hobbled from what was the rumoured release so some are a bit miffed.
  • Seems to be a bit of a paper launch as retail chains aren’t letting on for the most part about when where and how we the consumer can get one.

So after …what…6 months or so since the 5xxx is released this is waht we get? hmmmm seems a tad off to me.

BUT

It shoudl lead to price drops from both sides which will help cushion the blow and maybe even allow you a LN2 setup to cool the card :)

 
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itsnotcheating office 2007 to 2010 deal

24 Mar

http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/itsnotcheating/default.aspx

Purchase office 2007 from itsnotcheating.com and when office 2010 comes out in October you will get a free upgrade.

Bargain.

alos seems to work when purchased in other ways.

http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-au/tech-guarantee/microsoft-office-2010-technology-guaranteeaustralia-FX101829354.aspx

Havr at it

 
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Catalyst 10.3a preview update to release tommorrow

17 Mar
Found on various sites like.
and
will be released at
keep an eye out on the 17th US time for it looks the goods especially for the 5xxx crowd
for the 4xxx and other crowd we will have to see.
This ATI Catalyst™ driver update will unlock new performance improvements on top of the already previewed features in the initial Catalyst™ 10.3 Preview driver we sampled you in February. This driver will be available to download on March 17th from undgerground.amd.com and it will be called “Catalyst 10.3a Preview”. On March 24th we will post the official Catalyst™ 10.3 WHQL certified on amd.com. The difference between the two is that Catalyst™ 10.3a Preview will contain future Eyefinty 6 updates and an Alien vs. Predator optimization which the Catalyst™ 10.3 WHQL posting does not have.

In addition to the key new features in ATI Catalyst™ 10.3 listed below the ATI Catalyst™ 10.3 Preview Update can provide the following performance improvements.

3DMark Vantage
* Overall scores increase by up to 8% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
* Overall scores increase by up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products

Aliens vs. Predator
* Overall performance increases 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products

Battleforge
* Improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Call of Duty: World at War
* Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Company of Heroes
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Crysis and Crysis Warhead
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Devil May Cry 4
* Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

DiRT 2
* Improves up to 30% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
* Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Far Cry 2
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Call of Pripyat Benchmark
* Improves up to 10% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky
* Improves up to 2% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
* Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products

Resident Evil 5
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.
* Improves up to 15% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
* Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Unigine Tropics
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products

World in Conflict
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Wolfenstein

* Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Note: This list is not exhaustive and more improvements are possible

 
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Catalyst 10.3 preview

21 Feb

http://www.multiupload.com/4G8Y9OQ78P

from

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=315901

large download vista and windows 7 only from what i can see.

also suggested to REMOVE old drivers and CCC before installing.

 
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MY Sims 3 keeps crashing.. help?

21 Feb

I bought Sims 3 and the xpac Sims 3 High-End Loft for my GF. I installed it on my comp and it keeps crashing to desk top. Its extremely annoying considering I cant locate the problem and fix it. I am runnig Crossfire X Radeon HD 4830′s … 80 gig hard drive … p5k motherboard … Intel Core 2, 6600 @ 2.40ghz … 2.41 GHz, 3.00 GB of RAM .. running Windows XP professional Serv Pack 2

WTF could the problem be ? Im about to get windows 7 from my friend … any suggestions ??

 
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