Ati catalyst 7.8 beta released [Archive]

mascaras

07-28-2007, 06:41 AM

Ati Catalyst 7.8 Beta (8.40) Windows 2000/Xp/Vista

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/ati%20catalyst.htm

also posted in SOftware section

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kingcarlos

07-28-2007, 07:38 AM

thats fast. 7.7 juz came out

OzJustin

07-28-2007, 07:47 AM

Indeed, was a little surprising seeing this in the news so quick. The question is are they any good?

madcho

07-28-2007, 07:53 AM

Any release notes ?

NightCrawler™

07-28-2007, 09:26 AM

Tried these yesterday but ditched them pretty fast... the OpenGL bug is still present and in FEAR the FPS flew all over the place... :(

ColonelCain

07-28-2007, 12:01 PM

I really want to see some release notes on this...

Seriously, why so quick? ATi would be so much better off taking 2 months for one driver release, to get a major bug fixed.

Bigchrome

07-28-2007, 12:06 PM

I think releasing often is better to keep owners marginally happy. I would hate If I had to wait a month for the scheduled driver releases.

BrowncoatGR

07-28-2007, 12:33 PM

I wasnt aware AMD/ATi released beta version of Catalyst to the public. Maybe they added the new OpenGL driver on XP?

KoHaN69

07-28-2007, 12:37 PM

shouldnt
http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/versions.html
have it up?

and where the hell is the changelog?!

Eastcoasthandle

07-28-2007, 12:51 PM

I remember reading something about these drivers some time ago over on Rage3D but for some reason I cannot pull them up. Anyone else have this problem?

NightCrawler™

07-29-2007, 01:42 AM

Rage3D is having server issues... yesterday I couldn't even connect and now it just sits there waiting....

STaRGaZeR

07-29-2007, 04:13 AM

I wasnt aware AMD/ATi released beta version of Catalyst to the public. Maybe they added the new OpenGL driver on XP?

New OpenGL driver on XP? Man explain this plz :shocked:

saaya

07-29-2007, 05:18 AM

ati prolly pushed them out as 7.7s suck pretty bad, but it looks like the 7.8 betas suck just as bad :lol:

BrowncoatGR

07-29-2007, 05:22 AM

New OpenGL driver on XP? Man explain this plz :shocked:
They wrote a new OpenGL driver for Vista from scratch. It is supposed to be ported to both WinXP and Linux sometime this year. ;)

mascaras

07-29-2007, 06:23 AM

So far, testing under RightMark3D 2.0 reveals significant boost in PS4.0 Mineral shader test - 335 fps, a full 20% over the 8800Ultra score.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1040652&postcount=1

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ColonelCain

07-29-2007, 08:48 AM

That makes me tingly... but I want to see as to what extent the improvements are improving benches (other than this one).