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Nvidia Geforce 182.06 + ATI Catalyst 9.2 New Driver Update
AmazingAvery
Age of Conan AdvocateMember UncommonPosts: 7,188
Just a friendly heads up as I have noticed a slight increase in performance, especially over the past few months everytime have installed new drivers.
NVIDIA
New Geforce 182.06 WHQL drivers released for those with Nvidia cards playing AoC. (as well as other games)
Geforce 182.06 WHQL (Vista 64-bit)
GeForce 182.06 WHQL (Vista 32-bit)
GeForce 182.06 WHQL (XP 64-bit)
GeForce 182.06 WHQL (XP 32-bit)
Supported Cards:
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GS
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9500 GS
GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 9400
GeForce 9300 GS
GeForce 9300 GE
GeForce 9300
GeForce 9200
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8600 GS
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 SE
GeForce 8400 GS
GeForce 8400
GeForce 8300 GS
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a
GeForce 7950 GX2
GeForce 7950 GT
GeForce 7900 GTX
GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 7800 SLI
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 7800 GS
GeForce 7650 GS
GeForce 7600 GT
GeForce 7600 GS
GeForce 7600 LE
GeForce 7500 LE
GeForce 7350 LE
GeForce 7300 SE
GeForce 7300 LE
GeForce 7300 GT
GeForce 7300 GS
GeForce 7200 GS
GeForce 7100 GS
GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i
GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a
GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 Series GPU
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 GS/XT
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6700 XL
GeForce 6610 XL
GeForce 6600 VE
GeForce 6600 LE
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6500
GeForce 6250
GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 LE
GeForce 6200 A-LE
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
GeForce 6150 LE
GeForce 6150
GeForce 6100 nForce 420
GeForce 6100 nForce 405
GeForce 6100 nForce 400
GeForce 6100
Remember if your running SLi to re-enable it after installation via the Nvidia control panel.
The release notes do state there is limited support with SLi and Antialiasing
Have been seeing a slight increase with the live deployment of patch 1.04. Whether this is due to better optimization in this patch or due to the drivers I am not sure, might roll back later and compare more. However, when testing the patch on the test server under the previous drivers compared to now things are slighty better in more crowded area's. By slighty I mean by a couple of FPS.
This update for those with Nvida cards would be a good update anyway in relation to the forthcoming DX10 update too.
So far the driver is not giving me any grief. Running Vista 64- bit.
ATI
Newest version of Catalyst driversare out now, Catalyst 9.2. The new version of Catalyst brings some performance improvements for DirectX 10 games, bunch of resolved issues as well as the new multi-GPU support for Folding@Home.
Noted performance improvements include gains of up to 20 percent in both Crysis and Crysis Warhead in DirectX 10 mode, up to five percent in World in Conflict DirectX 10 as well as some performance enhancements when running Fear 2 in CrossFireX mode.
Beside these performance improvements and a new feature, the new version of ATI Catalyst brings bunch of resolved issues for both Windows and Linux platforms.
The last ATI Catalyst update included a fix to get better performance with AoC DX10 (which was on the test server) If you missed that then this is a good update for you in preperation of the forthcoming inclusion in that area.
You can download the latest driver here: game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
If you have an 4870X2, have notice that only 1 person so far to my knowledge has had a small issue in game with "artifacts" in Age of Conan. I have this card and will be testing it out myself over the next few hours for issues or repetition of error.
ATI cards supported:
ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 X2 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD4600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1300 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1050 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series
ATI Radeon™ X850 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series
ATI Radeon™ X800 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 Series
ATI Radeon™ X700 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series
ATI Radeon™ X600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series
ATI Radeon™ X550 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1950 Series
ATI Radeon™ X300 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1900 Series
ATI Radeon™ 9800 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1800 Series
ATI Radeon™ 9700 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1650 Series
ATI Radeon™ 9600 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1600 Series
ATI Radeon™ 9550 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1550 Series
ATI Radeon™ 9500 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder™
ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1900 Series ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9800 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1800 Series ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9600 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder™ X800 Series ATI Theater™ 550 PRO
ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600 Series ATI Theater 600™
ATI Theater 650™
Release Notes: a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/Catalyst_92_release_notes.pdf
Comments
Good to know.
Updated with the new ATI catalyst driver release info!
Great news!..I have the artifact issues for DDO and LotRO...had to download old 178 drivers at the cost, from what I notice, of some frame rate/performance. Now ...not only do i hear these are fixed with the new drivers...but I will be ready when my copy of AoC arrives next week. yay.
Thanks for the FYI
Thanks for the thread man
The thing is since the last patch AoC has become a bug fest again:(
Not happy, Constant DCing, although iv'e lowered my settings in Video options, hasn't made any diffrence in the look of the game but has stopped me from freezing up alot, but this is ust one of a few major concerns.
Hey Jimmy, from my hometown I see
I was getting DC too quite a bit but the hotpatch after fixed it up ok for me personally. I know there will be another maintainance / fix patch this week which should help out. Only a few more days.