Cat 6.6 official is out!

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06-26-2006, 04:04 PM
ahmad

I'll do full comparisons tonight or tomorrow. Got 6.5, 6.6beta and 6.6 official..
06-26-2006, 04:37 PM
cantankerous

sweet. thanks for the work, looking forward to your results.
06-26-2006, 04:55 PM
Repoman

Yup, just did a fresh reinstall because I screwed it up somehow, doing comparisons between 6.3 official,6.6 official,6.6 beta .. (6.3 is always better than 6.5 for me)
06-26-2006, 05:54 PM
ScottFern

I hope this release is better for you guys than the latest ForceWare release we have had to suffer through. I am skipping this release for sure!
06-26-2006, 06:03 PM
ugp

I want confirmation on 2 x1900XTXs on CFX3200! I may just find myself into more debt if it works....

Please someone confirm this.
06-26-2006, 07:07 PM
Frackal

Quote:

Originally Posted by IvanAndreevich

No mention of improvements people were getting with the Betas. Someone needs to bench these against the Betas, they might be slower.

Download for the lazy - https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...questionID=640

I was worried about that too but I'm still getting the same 92fps (from 82!! in 6.5s) in DOD-S
06-26-2006, 07:24 PM
odb

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony

I just spoke with David, main man at hexus and he confirmed 6.6 is "supposed to be" the one that unlocks dongle less Xfire but with an extra twist...RD580 is the chipset it works on.

So manta, cfx3200 etc users report in and give us the lowdown on if it works or not ;)

I will try and have a play tomorrow if i can with my 1800XT's ;)

it will be sweet if it works, ill be picking up another 1800xt
06-26-2006, 08:21 PM
wickedld9

Cat 6.6 is bugged for me. No 3ddisplay in anything. All 3D marks score fine but displays nothing.

E6600 Conroe
Intel Bad Axe 5/26 BIOS

6.5's work perfect. Conroe/Bad Axe users report in! ;)
06-26-2006, 11:20 PM
Capt_Caveman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Repoman

Installing, we'll see if BF2 works (didn't with 6.5, fine with 6.3)

edit: bf2 still won't work, any suggestions? just closes on startup. The last ones that worked with bf2 are 6.3 :mad: I hate ATI!! should have stayed with nvidia..

BF2 worked for me w/ 6.5 and now 6.6
06-27-2006, 12:04 AM
eva2000

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony

I just spoke with David, main man at hexus and he confirmed 6.6 is "supposed to be" the one that unlocks dongle less Xfire but with an extra twist...RD580 is the chipset it works on.

So manta, cfx3200 etc users report in and give us the lowdown on if it works or not ;)

I will try and have a play tomorrow if i can with my 1800XT's ;)

haha i just picked up a HIS X1900XT Mastercard for my CFX3200-DR LOL
06-27-2006, 12:06 AM
NightCrawler™

This could get very interesting... :D
06-27-2006, 12:10 AM
[XC]Atomicpineapple

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony

I just spoke with David, main man at hexus and he confirmed 6.6 is "supposed to be" the one that unlocks dongle less Xfire but with an extra twist...RD580 is the chipset it works on.

So manta, cfx3200 etc users report in and give us the lowdown on if it works or not ;)

I will try and have a play tomorrow if i can with my 1800XT's ;)

Oh great. I assume the same will apply to RD600 chipset boards due this summer. If it doesnt, or I dont find out soon, these GT's will be going back cos 1 isnt fast enough!
06-27-2006, 12:20 AM
matt89

so are they worth upgrading to from 6.5
06-27-2006, 12:30 AM
jrw

Subscribed.
06-27-2006, 12:33 AM
Blacklash

I'll try it. Reporting back in a while.

EDIT: For sh@t and giggles I tried connecting my monitor to the regular DVI output on my master and

disconnecting the slave. That didn't work. I then tried using the composite port on the master yet not connecting the

slave. Both attempts got me this:

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9997/warn8fv.jpg

So if you have a X1900 master card you are going to be using the dongle. If some wants to loan me a regular XTX I'll be happy to try it in place of the master. :P This time for the heck of it I am trying the first dvi port on my slave instead of the second, which I have been using with Crossfire in the past.
06-27-2006, 02:26 AM
ugp

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frackal

I was worried about that too but I'm still getting the same 92fps (from 82!! in 6.5s) in DOD-S

I get over 130 most of the time...

Day of Defeat Source is all I play man. I have been a DoD Player for years and years.

Come check out my clans server sometime. I use the same name there

72.232.43.34:27016
06-27-2006, 03:15 AM
sora3

Well, I'll try out the dongleless X1900GT and will get back. Got two that are returned from customers that changed their minds.
06-27-2006, 02:03 PM
ahmad

Driver Bench

Here you go :)

Test setup:

x1900XT (w/ x1900XT BIOS) - Benchmarks @ 681MHz/801MHz, games @ 625MHz/750MHz
Opteron 170 @ 2.65GHz
OCZ PC4000 EB @ 2.5-3-2 (221MHz) @ 2.5v
OCZ PowerStream 520W
Windows XP Pro SP2
ATI Catalyst 6.5 (Official), 6.6 (Official), 6.6 (Beta)

http://www.ahmadh.net/images/driverb...001SE-noai.gif
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Now for the good stuff:

http://www.ahmadh.net/images/driverb...k2001SE-ai.gif
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http://www.ahmadh.net/images/driverb...dmark05-ai.gif
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http://www.ahmadh.net/images/driverb...dmark06-ai.gif
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http://www.ahmadh.net/images/driverbench/fear-ai.gif
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http://www.ahmadh.net/images/driverbench/nfsmw-ai.gif
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So you can see, huge difference with AI. Also, it seems like 6.6 Beta is only good for 06 benching. 01 and 05 go to 6.6 official (NFSMW worked with 6.6 Beta AI and no AI, I just didnt run it with AI).
06-27-2006, 11:36 PM
NightCrawler™

Those Cats 6.6 are the devil.... proof below....

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/364...evil3rc.th.jpg

:D
06-28-2006, 11:51 AM
Robertus

Hi there,

Has anyone got any information as to whether these drivers allow X1800XTs to be crossfired without a mastercard?
06-28-2006, 12:09 PM
cantankerous

Only on latest ATI Chipsets unfortunately.
06-28-2006, 12:18 PM
Robertus

Yes, aslong as it works on the RD580 then it's cool.
06-28-2006, 11:45 PM
Robertus

Come on. About 3 people said that they would report back with their findings, yet no one has.
06-30-2006, 05:47 PM
rob2687

Probably no has gotten it to work yet.
07-04-2006, 01:44 PM
138inverse

So what is the official solution for overclocking? With anything later than 6.3 ati tool is very flaky, about the only thing you can do is run 3dmark. (wee...:banana: :banana: ) Somebody must have a solution beside use 6.3s. Is it possible to flash new 3d clocks into the card??, to avoid the vclock reset problem when playing video, (in the ati tool beta thread it seems it has been confirmed the driver is doing the clock switching when you playback video).

Overdrive is weak and not an option unless somebody has hacked it to be more featureful.

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