AMD/ATI ClubHouse

[zCexVe]

AMD/ATI ClubHouse
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AMD/ATI FanClub for the Elakiri Community...

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Heya Elakiri guys & gals,
Do U own a GPU/CPU/Motherboard Chipset from AMD/ATI? So here is ur chance to join the AMD/ATI clubhouse.
In this thread u can talk about your CPU/GPU , its driver/cooling/mounting problems and Overclocking issues and clocks and almost anything about it.

No trash is allowed here ,will be subjected to remove via moderators & also remember that AMD/ATI rocks!![Means no nVidia no Intel]

Rules....
#U should have @least 25 posts to join the club,I dont want an inactive club.
#Actually own a product.I'm gonna buy,I'll buy ..etc not allowed.
#AMD/ATI ruleseek:thats a rule)
#To join ask Anusha or me in the thread.Its the only way I can think of so be it.
#All other Elakiri.com rules apply.

Objective is to support the AMD/ATI owners as of in an unofficial support site.

*Any Questions asked will be answered as to the knowledge of members or will be provided with links to other sites which contains details/specs/answers.
*Links from other sites are allowed but not from LK sites.
*Hottest news and latest will be posted here too.

Hope this will continue as long as AMD/ATI rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zCexVe]

For ATI GPU details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_UnitsGo here. Or here. Or here.
For AMD CPU detalis Go here. Or here.
Visit www.amd.com for official details on both.

 

[zCexVe]

Catalyst Control Center

New ATI drivers for vista , April 18 2007.

This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver (version 8.36), and the Catalyst™ Control Center (version 7.4). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

Catalyst 7.4 does not support X1600 Pro with HDMI, please continue to use Catalyst 7.3.
Download: ATI Catalyst XP Drivers 7.4
Download: ATI Catalyst Vista (32-Bit) Drivers | 64-Bit

 

[zCexVe]

ATITool


ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards.
Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks. Sorry.
Main Features

• No limits overclocking.
• Support for overclocking for NVIDIA cards.
• Finding maximum core and memory overclock by rendering into a Direct3D window and scanning the output for visual artifacts.
• Temperature monitoring and fan speed control (on supported cards)
• Removal of Catalyst overclocking lock for 9000/9200/9550/9600 series.
• Artifact scanning mode to test for stability.
• Loading a predefined clock profile on Application/Windows startup.
• Hotkeys that can be used any time to load clocks from a profile.
• 3D application detection (Direct3D 8, Direct3D 9, OpenGL) to overclock your video card only when required.
• Gamma control

ATITool will only work on Windows 2000/XP/2003 (64 bit versions are supported).
Changes in this version:

• Full support for all ATI and NVIDIA cards. Only X1950 Pro overclocking is not supported.
• To overclock ATI X1k cards, you do not need to disable the services in Windows
• Fan settings can be saved to a profile
• New logo added
• Memory timings can be saved to a profile
• Number of active vertex shaders/stream processors on NVIDIA added
• Log file default maximum size is 2.5 MB
• BIOS dump works on X1000 Series
• Thermal monitoring defaults to on
• Voltage control for several X1800 and X1900 cards
• Control over Adaptive Anti-Aliasing
• New settings tab "Driver Tweaks"
• Current Draw monitoring for several ATI cards

Download

 

[zCexVe]

Radeon Omega drivers

These are modified old catalyst drivers.Use at ur own risk.Usually these yields much more better performance for old AGPs as well as new ones like X1950XT.But use only a stable and a bit old release.Here is the January(latest) release.No probs now.

The purpose of the Omega Drivers is to provide gamers with an alternate set of drivers, ones that have more options and features than the original sets. The drivers contain optimizations, extra features (like OC capabilities), more resolutions and internal tweaks that can give users the edge in a gaming environment over the normal drivers, which are often tailored for synthetic benchmarks.
What's New in Omega Drivers v3.8.330
- Based on the Catalyst 7.1 Official drivers.
- Added support for some new chipsets.
- Clarified some options in the installer.


From Cat 6.6 and up ATI removed driver-level support for the following series of cards (including Mobility models): 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9250. Since the Omega Drivers use ATI drivers as a base, that means they will also not include support for these chipsets, they may install, but the PC may give you a BSOD or a black screen upon boot. People that need to install Omega Drivers on these cards should use v3.8.252 or older.

Download

 

[zCexVe]

There are some combinations to use and there are some major drawbacks in some software.
For instance ATITool is not good for OC.It sucks in OC.
Use CCC and Rivatuner to adjust fan and monitor 2D/3D clocks.Its a very good one.

 

[Anusha]

Actually ATITool is the best overclocking software for ATI cards!

It comes with the artifact tester, which can find you the highest "safe" overclock of your card. It also allows you to save the VGA BIOS, and this is important when you hack the BIOS to unlock things.

The only drawback is that it doesn't come with a signed driver, so it cannot be installed in 64bit Vista without issues. Disabling signature verification works at times, but not always.

Also, it has issues with UAC in Vista 32bit. We have to run it as Admin otherwise it can't load the necessary driver.

ATI should have an option to do manual overclocking from CCC. It only supports Over Drive, which is automatic overclocking depending on how hot the card is. But CCC is another resource hog. Newer releases have lowered the RAM usage, but it's not as less as adding those options to the advanced section of the display properties. I never install CCC. At least not with this card, which doesn't support overdrive. (only X850XT supported overdrive from X8xx series)

 

[prasadana2]

Ok im there as a AMD Symptron User...

 

[Anusha]

Ok im there as a AMD Symptron User...

Then, talk

 

[dpg]

AMD/ATI rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Anusha]

Exactly the thing that's not happening right now. Should we stop talking about them now?

 

[dpg]

Exactly the thing that's not happening right now.

hehe, Their new monster couldnt even keep up with the gtx.

Should we stop talking about them now?

 

[Anusha]

I don't think those results should be trusted upon. There were some mismatches with the HD 2900XT benchmarks released previously and the ones released with HD 2900XTX.

However, in DX10, R600 should smoke a G80. As I read on some other forum, the R600 is a true DX10 card and G80 is not. So R600 must be lacking DX9 performance. Hope this is true, but this is not what people expect these days, as there are ZERO DX10 games out there.

 

[dpg]

I don't think those results should be trusted upon. There were some mismatches with the HD 2900XT benchmarks released previously and the ones released with HD 2900XTX.

Dailytech cannot be trusted? u sure abt that?

However, in DX10, R600 should smoke a G80. As I read on some other forum, the R600 is a true DX10 card and G80 is not. So R600 must be lacking DX9 performance. Hope this is true, but this is not what people expect these days, as there are ZERO DX10 games out there.

It better perform in dx10... (Paw fanboys la )

 

[dpg]

hehe, this is frm an ATI fan site \/

R600XT to compete 8800 GTS only


ATI officially confirmed


ATI said in front of 150+ journalists that R600XT won't be able to compete with Geforce 8800 GTX. The dream is dead and Radeon HD 2900 XT won't be able to catch up with a six month old Geforce 8800 GTX.

ATI said that R600XT, Radeon HD 2900XT is about the performance of 8800 GTS. Radeon HD 2900 XTX won't be launched at mid may and will be delayed to Q3 2007. We already wrote about this here.

The dream that AMD can do something and return as the high end market leader s gone. R600 rails against G80. Congratulations on Nvidia.

 

[Anusha]

Dailytech cannot be trusted? u sure abt that?

Then why are the first results of HD 2900XT so different from the second? Maybe they had a problem with their setup. Who knows. Also, how can a 8800GTX sometimes be as twice as fast a 8800GTS?

 

[blackroses]

mmmmmmm

 

[prasadana2]

ok so i dont know any thing about my pc
my one is a amd symptron 2600+
asus k8n mb
128mb vga.
512 ram.

 

[Anusha]

ok so i dont know any thing about my pc
my one is a amd symptron 2600+
asus k8n mb
128mb vga.
512 ram.

It's not symptron. It's Sempron.

 

[zCexVe]

Oki do then....Here is our ship which hav sunken our hopes..
But tell u Its a big red monster..enjoy the looks..I really want to knw that it cant beat the 8800GTX ;-(.