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Working great so far, BC2 load times much improved. Combined with start round start timer i'm ready before the round starts now.
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10.4a Preview cats (21/04/2010)
- Thread starter James J
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Exactly,
If I use DX9 then maps load in 16s.
Same map on the hotfix drivers still takes 53s.
I think i was on the 10.3b drivers.
I did notice that the driver in the hotfix was older than the 10.3b drivers.
Last night I noticed the difference between dx9 and dx10 and i'm gonna have to suffer the load times cos dx10 is so much better.
No but I installed over the top of 10.3's and didn't uninstall.
I followed the instructions on the page where the hotfix is....
Ok, so have the original 10.4's - http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATI-Catalyst-10-4-Hotfix.aspx
Is it worth installing these for my 5870, the 10.4's are fine.
Is there any other fixes?
Is it worth installing these for my 5870, the 10.4's are fine.
Is there any other fixes?
10.x - newer than 10.5 beta's and I made a thread with them in about a week ago (maybe 2). The build version on the files is vastly higher than anything else out at the moment but they aren't performance drivers, more IQ instead (probably a firegl beta)
Ah thanks for that. I missed those being posted. It was the 10.x bit which confused me. I thought you had put that as you couldn't remember the exact number
Ah thanks for that. I missed those being posted. It was the 10.x bit which confused me. I thought you had put that as you couldn't remember the exact number
Hehe well I could guess but it would be pretty pointless to do so. Supposedly they are a 10.6 alpha but who knows. The build version on them is 8.74 which is vastly newer compared to any of the current offerings. The latest official driver (these 10.4a) are 8.723 so its hard to say really lol.
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Load times are much better, but it seems to be abit laggy.
The 10.3's are much better performance wise. so back to them.
just have to put up with the longer ish load times
The 10.3's are much better performance wise. so back to them.
just have to put up with the longer ish load times
Instructions? Bah, never read them
LOL,
anyway, just spent the last 30mins sorting this mess out.
I used the ATI uninstall manager to remove existing 10.4 hotfix.
Rebooted
ran driver sweeper and rebooted.
after reboot windows decided to install some drivers, so I ran driver sweeper again and rebooted.
This time windows did not install any drivers so I ran the install for the 10.4 hotfix.
Rebooted.
The driver version is now showing 8.723.5.0 dated 19/04/10 which gave me confidence and the CCC is installed this time.
used BC2 launcher set everything on high and DX10.
loaded up BFBC2 and went onto an empty server..............
16 seconds to get onto the map from clicking on the server...
Happy days.
came out and tried a busy server and went on in 14 seconds.
all good in the end.
So, don't read the instructions, uninstall through control panel, use driver sweeper untill it reports no ati stuff and whack on the 10.4 hotfix.
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LOL,
anyway, just spent the last 30mins sorting this mess out.
I used the ATI uninstall manager to remove existing 10.4 hotfix.
Rebooted
ran driver sweeper and rebooted.
after reboot windows decided to install some drivers, so I ran driver sweeper again and rebooted.
This time windows did not install any drivers so I ran the install for the 10.4 hotfix.
Rebooted.
The driver version is now showing 8.723.5.0 dated 19/04/10 which gave me confidence and the CCC is installed this time.
used BC2 launcher set everything on high and DX10.
loaded up BFBC2 and went onto an empty server..............
16 seconds to get onto the map from clicking on the server...
Happy days.
came out and tried a busy server and went on in 14 seconds.
all good in the end.
So, don't read the instructions, uninstall through control panel, use driver sweeper untill it reports no ati stuff and whack on the 10.4 hotfix.
In bold is where you went wrong
You never use driverclean to get rid of ATI files as you end up deleting system32 w7 files with it which then cause your system to have a hissy fit. Also you should have installed the new set of drivers BEFORE restarting the first time and you wouldn't have had any of those problems
Soldato
made a massive difference on my 4870X2, cheers 
Commissario
Nope as W7 would use a different driver, not the one your installing
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Just got my 5870 today; Installed it and used these 10.4a drivers, Bad company in DX11/10 mode maps are loading in between 7 and 13 seconds.
Performance in game seems very good also; Was using a 8800 GTS to play previously but I've maxed all settings out with the new card and I don't see any slow down at all atm.
Performance in game seems very good also; Was using a 8800 GTS to play previously but I've maxed all settings out with the new card and I don't see any slow down at all atm.
In bold is where you went wrong
You never use driverclean to get rid of ATI files as you end up deleting system32 w7 files with it which then cause your system to have a hissy fit. Also you should have installed the new set of drivers BEFORE restarting the first time and you wouldn't have had any of those problems
No, you are wrong....
Read the thread, I followed the correct instructions and the driver upgrade failed.
By using driver sweeper I have sorted out what should have been a correct install but didn't work.
Again, driver sweeper fixed it for me, it's not where i went wrong.
