Do you like driver 9.7 (ATi)

[newls1]

I seem to be having all sorts of slow downs in games and such, and also noted that my screen savers run slow as crap. This is a brand new build that I did for a friend of mine and the specs are:

Core i7 920 (stock)
Gigabyte EX58 UD3R
6 GB OCZ ram @ 1620MHz 8/8/8/24
Corsair 620watt PSU
ATi 4850 512mb DDR3

Any ones thoughts on these drivers before I go back a set or 2? Thanks

[demowhc]

9.7 is crap.. it breaks AA and crossfire support in a few games for me...

went back to 9.6

[affiliate13]

In contrast you fellas 9.7 has been great for me.
It borked on install but i cleaned it off and when i got it to install properly it fixed the crashes i was having with COD WAW when i got hit with gas or lockups in air raids.
I am running Win7 7100 x64.

[newls1]

Thanks for the replies. I did a re-install of the driver, and all seems great now. Win7 64 build 7100 seems great.

[texasreefer]

Thanks for the replies. I did a re-install of the driver, and all seems great now. Win7 64 build 7100 seems great.

That's good to hear because all has been well for me too. I like the newlayout/architechture, i.e. having everything in a 'tab' style menu. I have been kinda dissappointed with catalyst 9 series, given that they removed the 'Skins' in the preference menu. I liked running the Crimson Skin.

I have seen improvements in GTA IV, which i couldn't run in CrossfireX. I am still not getting full performance, as I have to reduce the texture to Medium for Gameplay at 1080p. Runs kinda laggy at High Texture, which is dissappointing with 4 GpU cores.

[STEvil]

GTA4 needs 2gb of VRAM per GPU to be able to be maxed out.

[PaganII]

Just installed.
HL2 games getting almost immediate lockup.
And I just finished playing all 3 with 9.6 and no problems. gonna try some others.

Update: Bioshock locks up immediately and 1 minute into game.
FC2 locks up during intro movie.
Fallout3 works for a few minutes then I stopped it to test others.

[Rattle]

L4D works nicely with these in v64 and w7 64

[Razrback16]

I just installed it on my PC last night. Haven't played 3D games, but had no trouble with the installation or regular 2D apps. Will post back if I run into any issues.

[PaganII]

Couple of reboots seams to have fixed my lockups. All games running fine. 295fps in HL2'

[TV Addict#2]

HAWX is smooth all maxed and 12x edge detect AA with the 9.7's on my rig

[texasreefer]

GTA4 needs 2gb of VRAM per GPU to be able to be maxed out.

2GB per GPU...wow. So in Quad-Crossfire that means I would need 8GB...Is that even possible.

[Razrback16]

I played DemiGod for a couple hours last night in Crossfire...no issues.

[LiveLongerDays]

9.7 seems to be a little flaky when using Crossfire. The new look is okay but stumped me for awhile on that first screen with the new drop downs. I went back to 9.5.

[SoulsCollective]

Not liking the new interface, 59Hz cap on W7 is irritating, removal of flat panel scaling options is incomprehensible (Why? Just why ATi?), slowdowns in L4D under W7. Otherwise no issues.

[PaganII]

Went back to 9.6
Everything works with 9.6

[GAR]

9.7 is crap.. it breaks AA and crossfire support in a few games for me...

went back to 9.6

ATI always breaks something with newer drivers, its getting pretty normal for them nowadays.

[Razrback16]

Still running 9.7 here. I've played some Crysis and DemiGod in Crossfire, no issues, and I played Halo (non-Crossfire as it is unstable with Crossfire enabled) with no issues. I haven't noticed a new interface though...is that because I'm running XP still?

[texasreefer]

Still running 9.7 here. I've played some Crysis and DemiGod in Crossfire, no issues, and I played Halo (non-Crossfire as it is unstable with Crossfire enabled) with no issues. I haven't noticed a new interface though...is that because I'm running XP still?

Maybe so, it's pretty hard to miss. Sounds like it,
's working out fine for you. How's DemiGod?

[Jamesrt2004]

unless you just installed the driver and NOT ccc aswell

[ELItheICEman]

Working pretty well for me so far. My CF 4870s like it better than 9.4, which was the newest version that would work semi-properly with them.

Still have issues running Crysis @ 1920x1080, but I think that's more related to the crap-tacular monitors I have.

[Levesque]

No problemo here with 9.7... just like 8.7, 8.8, and every other driver iteration up until today...

Tri-Crossfire (4870X2+4870 1GB), working like a champ for me. I don't remember the last time I got a BSOD or freezing in a game since it's been more then 12 months trouble-free for me.

Nvidia drivers were giving me alot more problems when I made the switch to ATI 1 year ago.

[demowhc]

No problemo here with 9.7... just like 8.7, 8.8, and every other driver iteration up until today...

.

I take it you have never played Fallout3, Oblivion (since CAT 8.12), Empire Total War, ArmA2 or any other number of AAA titles..

[M31]

I've never had problems with any version of ATI driver before, but 9.7 was flakier than a flakier flakey thing for me.

Couldn't get them uninstalled fast enough.

Win 7 and XP32.

[WhyTry?]

ive been using 9.7 with win7 rtm x64 and no issues at all..played FO3 all the way through no issues, bioshock,left4dead,day of defeat:source with very little issues(im assuming they were stability issues with overclock vs driver issues)