Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Catalyst 5.7 out now!
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ATi owners, catalyst 5.7 drivers are now available for download. I don't know if it will have as much of a performance boost as 5.6, but just wanted to let you know.

  • 07.14.2005 12:33 PM PDT
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yeah, I just downloaded it. I haven't seen any change yet, but i've only had it for 10 minutes.

  • 07.14.2005 12:37 PM PDT
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according to the release notes, there are performance boosts in other games, for 64 and 128 MB cards, and max resolutions. There isn't a performance boost for halo listed in the release notes.

Performance Improvements
Enhancements to our driver's internal memory management bring significant benefits to 64MB and 128MB framebuffer configurations in Catalystâ„¢ 5.7.

The resulting performance gains are most apparent in high resolution, everything on modes, when running applications that use a significant amount of graphics memory. Examples include:

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



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  • 07.14.2005 12:50 PM PDT
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well I have a 128MB card, so I suppose that should affect me. too bad it doesn't affect halo, that would be cool.

  • 07.14.2005 1:08 PM PDT
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it's possible that it might affect halo. I think the games listed are the most affected (hint: Examples Include). Halo might have a very small increase in performance (< 10%). Try running halo at higher resolutions, because that's where the performace boost occurs in the other games.

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  • 07.14.2005 1:19 PM PDT
Subject: Problem with Halo Chat after upgrade
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OK, this *may* not be an ATI catalyst problem, but here's the story:

Halo was working fine, then upgraded (security/sanitization)
Now problems occur with Halo (not Half-Life2, though)

Problem symptoms:
- Initial startup logo lingers for an extended time (>45 sec)
- Startup videos that follow hang before starting (screen all white)
Running Halo in safe mode and modifying refresh rate to 70Mhz seems to temporarily fix this hang.
- Once I'm in the game, all the features seem available *except* halo chat information. When I type "T" to talk, I see the grey'd chat box, but no text appears. I do *not* see any kill info or other's chat info

OK, this problem occurred after I did the following upgrades (see below for details):
- Windows Update upgraded to the most recent security, etc.
- ATI driver upgrades were listed in the Windows Update...I reluctantly checked them...sigh...they are from February 2005, is all they said
- I upgraded from Norton 2004 to Norton 2005

After the problem occurred, I did the following (none fixed it):

- Opened up Norton to make sure there was no blocking of ports. I had a few instances at first, but now there is no interference from Norton according to its logs (I've turned their logging up high)

- Downgraded ATI drivers to Catalyst 4.2 (what I was running before) using the ATI removal tool first (removes everything ATI from the system)

- Upgraded to the latest ATI drivers (Catalyst 5.7), removing prior one with same tool

- Tried a few in between (Catalyst 5.6, 4.3) all with the same effect (BTW, half-life2 works with all!)

- Upgraded to the latest DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

- reinstalled Halo a few times (always upgrading to 1.07)

- Tweaked the "refresh rate" between 60,70,75,85 (using NEC Accusync 70, can support 1024x768 at 85Hz)

- Tried the lowest quality/highest performance settings on the ATI board

- Ran halo.exe -novideo (same problem)

- Ran halo.exe -safemode (same problem)

Details about system info and upgrade info for initial problem below.
Can anyone help???

=========== System info ==================
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 4
System: Dell Computer Corporation/OptiPlex GX260
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 510MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Card name: RADEON 9600 SERIES (9600XT)
Chip type: ATI RADEON 9600 Series AGP (0x4152)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
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- The following windows updates:
======= Windows 2000 update ====================
. 814078: Security Update (Microsoft Jscript version 5.6, Windows 2000, Windows XP)
. Q329115: Security Update (Windows 2000)
. Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB891861)
. Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB833989)
. Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB883939)
. Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1 (KB897715)
. ATI Technologies Inc. display software update released on February 22 2005.
. Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB891861)
. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB901214)
. Security Update for JView Profiler (KB903235)

  • 07.16.2005 2:19 PM PDT