NEW ATI Catalyst 5.7 Released

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2005 in Science & Tech
ATI has released a new set of Catalyst drivers for its Radeon line of graphics cards. Go grab 'em while they're hot! It also looks like there's a new Catalyst Uninstaller file available as well.

Download: [link=http://www2.ati.com/drivers/5-7_xp-2k_dd_24085.exe]ATI Catalyst 5.7 (2000/XP)[/link] (10.6MB) - ATI Catalyst 5.7 + CP (2000/XP) (25.1MB) - ATI Catalyst 5.7 + CC (2000/XP) (33.6MB)
Download: ATI Catalyst 5.7 + CP (XP64) (25.3MB) - ATI Catalyst 5.7 + CC (XP64) (42.5MB)
View: [link=http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_57_release_notes.html]Release notes (2000/XP)[/link] - Release notes (XP64) - [link=http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=33630746]Cataylst removal guide[/link] - [link=http://www.short-media.com/download.php?d=178]ATI Catalyst Uninstaller[/link]

Source: ATI

Comments

  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Release notes claim large performance gains for 64/128MB video cards.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2005
    Oh wow yeah!

    5-15% gains in 3DMark05 on some products
    20-60% gain in Far Cry Regulator across multiple settings
    25-60% gains in Half-Life 2 at 1600x1200 4xAA 8xAF
    40-60% gains in UT2004 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
    50-100% improvement in Comanche4 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
    50-200% gains in certain ShaderMark tests at high resolution

    I think I will test the 3dmark one later tonight. I have a X700 Pro 128MB card.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    I will give 3d mark a go tonight when I get home on my x800xl. I know I am at 4847 on the 5.6's.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2005
    3dmark01
    5.6 17470
    5.7 17817
    1.9% increase

    3dmark03
    5.6 6754
    5.7 6751

    0% increase

    3dmark05
    5.6 2859
    5.7 2941

    2% increase.

    Neglible increase on all benchmarks.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    5.6 3dmark 05 4847
    5.7 3dmark 05 4836

    Decrease in my situation... :scratch:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2005
    Not really, just about anything could cause that decrease.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    True decreases are calculated over an average of 20-30 runs. I suspect you only ran one.. And really, moving the mouse to the right could make you lose nine points.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    I am about to run some tests myself, but I'll have to reinstall the 5.6's since I have them tweaked and with the CC which I ambeginning to hate becuase of the HUGE memory it needs to run and test both under default conditions with just the CP.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2005
    I installed the CC with 5.7 and it said I need to be an administrator to modify the settings so it wont open. And there are no extra tabs under the video options either.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    OK well only 3D Mark 05 yeilded any real results in pointage, but due to not being able to change the resolutions or anything, I got only a 200 point increase, whereas 3D Mark 03 yeilded only a few points.

    But Half Life 2 Stress Test(in CounterStrike) showed the real gains...

    Half Life Stress Test 110.21FPS Default Settings 5.6
    Half Life Stress Test 110.81FPS Default Settings 5.7

    Half Life Stress Test 15.53FPS Max. Res. and Settings 5.6
    Half Life Stress Test 28.13FPS Max. Res. and Settings 5.7

    I have yet to try BF2, but have a party to attend so later tonight I'll test it out. But I am excited to find out what gain I'll get.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    BF2 showed noticable differences as well with High Detail settings, 2x AA, and 1600x1200 Resolution.

    All this being on my Radeon 9800XT(not at XT speeds, the OC is 402/361). Athlon 3000+ @ 2100MHz(410MHZ Memory), 1GB PC3200 CAS 2.

    General stuff, yet I am very happy to say I can play with these detail settings now, though I might take off AA so it's a bit smoother. All driver settings are default.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Wow, another step in the right direction for ATI - putting out a new driver revision that increases real-world performance instead of just benchmark performance. :thumbsup:
  • jediwillow
    edited July 2005
    I have the same problem as mmonnin in when I installed the new catalyst control center it said that I need to be an administator. So it does not load up. I have used all previous versions of the control center since its inception and never had any problems previously...so I installed the control panel version of the driver instead...
    Any ideas as to why this happened on this version (5.7)..??
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2005
    No idea, uninstalled and reinstalled CP.
  • jediwillowjediwillow
    edited July 2005
    yeah I uninstalled, rebooted & reinstalled the 5.7 drivers a couple of times...with no luck. I think it might have something to do with ATI Tool, I uninstalled this program a couple of weeks ago & have been checking various blog sites & a few mentioned that ATI Tool has an administrator check when installing ATI drivers etc.
    So maybe when I uninstalled ATI Tool it left that admin check thing in the registry. Maybe its time for a fresh instal of WinXP...
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2005
    Hmmm I have ATI Tool Installed now. I am not sure if I installed it before or after 5.7.
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