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[sygnus21]

Anyone else notice the WEI score drop with 10.1 drivers?

i uninstalled all ATI software, ran driver sweeper, re-installed 10.1 and same thing. 6.0 in WEI although game perf. didnt seem to really change.

Hey Wishmaster,

I didn't notice a WEI score drop when I did my update, but did notice that Windows needed to refresh the sytem. I did that and my scores were the same (7.6) as they were the last few updates.

I would echo what swarfega said....

Also note that when you update graphics drivers you will need to refresh your WEI score.

I'm pretty sure this will solve your problem.

As for uninstalling the old drivers, I always do the uninstall through the ATI's Catalyst Install Manager under Programs and Features in the Control Panel, then install the new drivers. I've never had a problem doing it this way and it works perfectly everytime.

@ Skunksmash, Yeah, my info in CCC shows 9.12 as well, dispite the fact that I'm using the 10.1 Mass Effect 2 Hotfix drivers (8.690.3.0)

And it's been reported here that the Catalyst 10.1 drivers (8.690.0.0) are WHQL certified... Rage3D Discussion Area - View Single Post - Catalyst 10.1 (ATI).

Entire thread... Catalyst 10.1 (ATI) - Rage3D Discussion Area

 

[Wishmaster]

Yes, I did the refresh each time and it still showed this way for some reason. not sure what was going on.
Or do you mean refresh twice? I mean it greys out and says it needs updated everytime you update drivers. When I updated it is when it dropped.
Do you guys mean run it again, after the initial refresh?

However, other than that it didnt seem to actually hurt performance any at all, nor did help. Basically the same. So I feel certain its nothing more than a buggy WEI scoring.

 

[sygnus21]

Once you change drivers just do the refresh once. Windows will let you know it it was successful.

 

[Airbot]

2/5/2010

CATALYST 10.1 hotfix: Alleviates intermittent grey screen and vertical line corruptions

Alleviates some of the intermittent grey screen and vertical line corruptions that may randomly appear during normal usage when using an ATI™ Radeon HD 5800 series graphics card

GPU54ATICatalyst101



Download link should be live shortly.

Fix for other series should be coming soon.

 

[sygnus21]

Hmmm...first they had these... 10.1 Mass Effect 2 Hotfix drivers.

How many "Hotfix" drivers is ATI going to release?

 

[Brink]

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[smarteyeball]

Hmmm...first they had these... 10.1 Mass Effect 2 Hotfix drivers.

How many "Hotfix" drivers is ATI going to release?

As many as it takes... They're taking a leaf out of nvidia's book...

Touch wood the ME2 drivers are working fine here, although forcing x2AA really smacks the smoothness out of it for little IQ gain.

 

[Airbot]

Hotfix is available now.

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-...atalyst-driver-windows-7-a-69.html#post551254

 

[sygnus21]

Hmmm...first they had these... 10.1 Mass Effect 2 Hotfix drivers.

How many "Hotfix" drivers is ATI going to release?

As many as it takes... They're taking a leaf out of nvidia's book...

Touch wood the ME2 drivers are working fine here, although forcing x2AA really smacks the smoothness out of it for little IQ gain.

Glad those drivers are working for you.

Sohow are you enjoying ME2 thus far? I just finished it. I have a post here... http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/58774-so-i-bought-mass-effect-2-a.html

 

[sygnus21]

2/5/2010

CATALYST 10.1 hotfix: Alleviates intermittent grey screen and vertical line corruptions

Alleviates some of the intermittent grey screen and vertical line corruptions that may randomly appear during normal usage when using an ATI™ Radeon HD 5800 series graphics card

GPU54ATICatalyst101

Hmmm...first they had these... 10.1 Mass Effect 2 Hotfix drivers.

OK, for those wondering, these drivers GPU54ATICatalyst101 do include the Mass Effect2 hotfix drivers as well according to Spyre over at Rage3D - Catalyst 10.1 Hotfix - Resolves Grey Screen Crash Issues - Rage3D Discussion Area. Spyre is a beta tester for ATI's Catalyst Driver program.

 

[skunksmash]

what a mess ATI....honestly

 

[sygnus21]

How's you card working with these drivers?

 

[lordvader]

what a mess ati....honestly

yes big mess

 

[hostelo]

will that hotfix work for the 5770 ??

 

[Airbot]

will that hotfix work for the 5770 ??

No, it's not supposed to. Only for 5870/5850. They say they will release one for other series (5700's) soon. Who knows when though.

 

[smarteyeball]

lol, I installed a fresh copy of Professional x64 and went back to 9.12 with that install. I can't bloody keep up with all these hotfixes/betas/so called development branches

 

[Airbot]

Yeah, I'm using those 10.2 (beta/dev build I guess) (8.70) ones Mitch posted.

 

[smarteyeball]

yeah, I gave up on the betas - I had zero issues withe ME2 hotfix while playing ME2, but BSOD with others

 

[sygnus21]

yeah, I gave up on the betas - I had zero issues withe ME2 hotfix while playing ME2, but BSOD with others

I guess you're so distracted by the drivers that you couldn't answer my question

So how are you enjoying ME2 thus far? I just finished it. I have a post here... http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/58774-so-i-bought-mass-effect-2-a.html

 

[smarteyeball]

I guess you're so distracted by the drivers that you couldn't answer my question

So how are you enjoying ME2 thus far? I just finished it. I have a post here... http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/58774-so-i-bought-mass-effect-2-a.html

Sorry mate, I was

I haven't gotten that far into it, but so far I'm liking it.

Although does it feel a little more linear compared to the original.