6.1 Catalysts Released

[perkam]

yuppy...hopefully some 3dmark06 tweakage ?

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=293

Above link for Windows XP...

Perkam

[Pinnacle]

There should be a section for new driver releases in the DRIVERS Thread.

[perkam]

Finished dloading this..

Dloading 3d06 at 345kbps

Perkam

[Pinnacle]

Ok still

[eknny]

Anyone know results of the performance gain/loss from these drivers?

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

No gain for 3d 06 with Cat 6.1s on my X1800XT

[Cooper]

No FM approvment yet

[cantankerous]

I just had very weird graphics problems on my X1800XT running 3DMark06 with these drivers under the canyon test. Nothing but rainbow colours all over the screen. All other tests are just fine.

[chew*]

does the same on 5.13 try not running mitmap at lowest........

[5-Clicks]

Are these supposed to be X1900 supporting/releasing drivers?

[trakslacker]

I don't believe so. Last I had heard, the 6.2s will support the 1900s, but that could have changed.

[cantankerous]

does the same on 5.13 try not running mitmap at lowest........

Ah good! So I am not the only one to see this. My mipmap level was at lowest. Seeing those rainbow colours really led me to believe something was wrong with my card. I am glad there isn't. Thanks for the confirmation bud.

[FlyBoyGeo]

I lost 300+ points in 3DMark05 and 15-20fps in BF2 with the 6.1s. I'm back to the 5.13s. :(

[perkam]

Sorry guys. Looks like 6.2 will the real release here.

Or it may not....ATI may reduce performance until G71 comes out with 6.xx drivers...while 5.xx drivers are already matured.

Perkam

[Cooper]

Performance comparison - 5.13 Vs 6.1
- all X1K range /Dual-core CPU and more tests
[url=http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reports/catalyst_61update/]NeoSeeker.com (]TweakTown.com[/url) - X1800 XFire/ Single-core CPU testbed