ATI Catalyst 10.3a

[Phage]

I have an email from ATi saying that 10.3 should fix the issue. I have an email from XFX telling me to wait for the 10.3 before RMA. So, I'm hanging on till then, and if they don't work I'll RMA.

[watforddude]

Well if it does not fix the issue the card (4850) is from sapphire and I have no receipt, do you think they would just tell me to piss off?

[Phage]

Can you not find any evidence of the purchase ? Otherwise, I believe that you'll have to rely on the manufacturer's warranty. take a note of the serial number and give them a call. Scan service may be able to help you with the process to follow.

[jonathan_phang]

No issues so far on an OCed 5850 on 10.2... may have to install these over the weekend to give them a go. Any improvement in Crysis is welcome!

[Phage]

The non WHQL drivers are here...
http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/...3-preview.aspx
The WHQL set should be out on 24th March.

[watforddude]

Can you not find any evidence of the purchase ? Otherwise, I believe that you'll have to rely on the manufacturer's warranty. take a note of the serial number and give them a call. Scan service may be able to help you with the process to follow.

Any idea how long the manufacturer's warranty lasts? 2 years I would assume.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Sorreh, i just couldn't find the Nvidia thread relating too it

I was only ribbing you! It is good to see that Nvidia also has its peformance driver out!

Apologies if you thought I was being aggressive. I certainly didn't mean it to be !
The 10.3's have had rave reviews all over, and ATi have assured me that they will fix the crashes, but I agree with you. It smells like a hardware issue, specifically something to do with the RAM from the symptoms I'm getting.

I'm just dreading the RMA process...I'll have no PC for however long it takes unless I lay out more cash to buy another card.

Hopefully the 10.3a drivers will help. I can understand your annoyance as I would feel the same if I bought high end hardware and it had issues.

Well I don't know what the GSOD is, but recently since when im playing a game (almost everytime now) the screen will just go black and I will have to hard reboot, Alt Tab don't work, Ctrl Alt Delete don't work so I assume that is what I have?

I would try gaming with the CPU at stock speeds first to see if it crashes are due to the graphics card. Also reinstalling the drivers helps sometimes.

[Phage]

Any idea how long the manufacturer's warranty lasts? 2 years I would assume.

Varies greatly - check out their website, but I would expect 2 years.

[watforddude]

I was only ribbing you! It is good to see that Nvidia also has its peformance driver out!



Hopefully the 10.3a drivers will help. I can understand your annoyance as I would feel the same if I bought high end hardware and it had issues.



I would try gaming with the CPU at stock speeds first to see if it crashes are due to the graphics card. Also reinstalling the drivers helps sometimes.

when you say stock speeds, is that the speeds that are runnign when the card isn't doing anything or when i have overdrive enabled and its at 600-950

[Phage]

I think he means to eliminate the CPU overclock as a possible cause of any crashes.

[sammorris]

From everything I've read, GSODs sound like a hardware problem being masked by supposedly dodgy drivers - software taking the rap for bad hardware, rather than usually the reverse. I know a good few people with HD5000 series cards, and none of them have had any GSODs so far.
I expect to pick up a 5870 of my own in 6 weeks or so, so I'll see if they happen to me or not.
As for the drivers themselves though, I am a little annoyed that ATI dropped the idea of downloadable application profiles. It sounded like a very promising system, but perhaps unsurprisingly, they never implemented it, and no doubt the link to the application will be removed from the site in due course. More annoyingly, when I posted to complain about this on the AMD Game forum, it took mere minutes for the post to be deleted from the forums.

[Phage]

Ok have loaded the 10.3a driver. I won't be able to give it a full workout untilTuesday, but I'm still getting a flicker at logon.

EDIT: Ran the Heaven benchmark at 1920x1080 4xAA all features on high and average 42.8 FPS for a score of 1078. Never looked like crashing. Games on Tuesday !

[GheeTsar]

...but I'm still getting a flicker at logon.

I get a flicker on login too - but (touches wood) I've not had the GSOD (yet?). Not tried these new drivers - I think I will wait until the WHQL ones. Glad to hear it looks like your new card is fixed (or have I spoken too soon!)

[Terbinator]

I get a flicker on login too - but (touches wood) I've not had the GSOD (yet?). Not tried these new drivers - I think I will wait until the WHQL ones. Glad to hear it looks like your new card is fixed (or have I spoken too soon!)

No, but you have jinxed him instead

[Phage]

I get a flicker on login too - but (touches wood) I've not had the GSOD (yet?). Not tried these new drivers - I think I will wait until the WHQL ones. Glad to hear it looks like your new card is fixed (or have I spoken too soon!)

I'll keep you posted. The benchmark ran like silk, but gaming is where time will tell.

[GheeTsar]

No, but you have jinxed him instead