Catalyst 3.10

[StinkyMojo]

New ATi Catalyst 3.10 drivers are now posted at ATi's download site:

Multimedia Center to version 8.8 with the following amazing new features

EAZYSHARE(tm)
Capturing to MPEG4 Format
Auto Scan for FM Radio
Support for the ATI TV Wonder
Performance Improvements

Performance in various 2D applications has improved by as much as 3-6% across the entire RADEON product line.
Comanche 4 framerates have also improved by approximately 5-7%.
Resolved Game Issues
Some of the fixes included are:

Texture corruption is no longer seen when playing EA Sports' Madden 2004
Setting the display resolution to 1024x768 32bpp followed by playing Blade of Darkness with the game set to 1027x768 16bpp, and texture resolution set to max, no longer results in a flickering horizontal line of display corruption
Playing the game Battle Field 1942 under Windows XP results in the Haze effect appearing incorrectly
Playing the game Call of Duty no longer results in the operating system failing to respond
Setting the game Flight Simulator 2004 to display at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 followed by starting a new flight no longer results in the menu being flipped just before the new flight is about to begin
Choppy gameplay is no longer noticed with attempting to play the game Homeworld 2
The game Jedi Knight-Jedi Academy no longer fails to respond when enabling Anti-Aliasing to 4x or 6x
Setting the texture preference bar to any setting lower than High Quality in the game Formula 1 2002 no longer results in the 2D game menu being displayed when maximizing the replay screen
Poor game performance is no longer noticed when playing the game Lord of the Realms 3 under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON(tm) 9200 series installed
Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the demo game 4x4 Evolution under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON(tm) 9600 series installed
Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game Indiana Jones at its default mode of 640x480 32bpp
Playing the game Morrowind with Truform enabled no longer results in the game failing to respond
Configuring the game Halo Combat Evolved (demo) to 1024x768 followed by selecting a normal campaign no longer results in the operating system failing to respond
EAZYSHARE(TM) software from ATI Technologies Inc. is also now available for download from ATI.com.

Download Link:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

EAZYSHARE enables users to share TV - live or recorded - from a PC equipped with ATI's ALL-IN-WONDER card with any other PC on their home network, as long as it has a "Built By ATI" RADEON(TM) graphics card. The ALL-IN-WONDER card turns a PC into a fully-functional personal video recorder and EAZYSHARE extends those benefits to other PCs in the home. The launch of EAZYSHARE is the latest step in the transition of the PC from workhorse to the multimedia center of a wired home.

[Jason425]

old news buddy.. the bot posted it days ago.. i'd delete this thread but someone would get mad :/

[StinkyMojo]

Well ati never had it at their site until yesterday evening...buddy

yeah this is new

has anyone have any problems with 3.10?

[Jason425]

Hmm.. it was in the bots section.. not anymore oddly - I don't use 3.10, I use the omegas.. Might try 3.10 if I hear good things

[StinkyMojo]

Well my friends claim it fixes major bugs in games but thats all they said... so you should probably check it out yourself

ATI said that it is faster in 2D games
and ive heard that it slows down in 2D games until you restart after install

duh

anyways
so far no one has complained about it from what ive heard

it should be safe enough to try

[Jason425]

It does fix bugs, and could be faster - but i doubt faster than omega

why not try both and benchmark instead of speculating?

im using geforce4 Ti4200 and im waiting for a new forceware drive

[Jason425]

because i'm lazy! oh - and the ti4200 is my fav nvidia card (last one I owned in fact, but that's another story)