mudi on 5/9/2009 at 22:42
I always just don't bother with CCC, get the driver-only ATI package and the beta version of ATI Tray Tools. Has game profiles and good fine-tuning, much much better on resource-usage than CCC too. Pretty much perfect solution for me.
jstnomega on 6/9/2009 at 01:20
Quote Posted by dethtoll
They're huge, red, and have bad drivers.
something about Lucas electrics & warm beer...
gunsmoke on 6/9/2009 at 14:00
Quote Posted by mudi
I always just don't bother with CCC, get the driver-only ATI package and the beta version of ATI Tray Tools. Has game profiles and good fine-tuning, much much better on resource-usage than CCC too. Pretty much perfect solution for me.
same here.
EvaUnit02 on 6/9/2009 at 14:29
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
My question: does it have issues with older games?
In 90% of cases you will have little to zero problems. I've been running x64 Windows consistently since the beginning of 2007.
The only problems I recall were with my old vanilla discs of Red Alert 1 and C&C1, I couldn't install the W95 versions of either one because they used 16-bit installers, so I did manual installations ("The First Decade" compilation should be completely unaffected).
(Alternatively I could've used the DOS versions + DOSbox).
Aerothorn on 6/9/2009 at 16:45
Sounds good - I have an XP laptop that, while pretty crappy, can easilly run 2D-era games, so I can always play those on that.
Keeper_Andrus on 7/9/2009 at 17:00
Quote Posted by denisv
I like it how Crysis gets 30fps on all systems, but the W7 bar is a pixel or two longer to make it look like it's better.
I noticed that too. It's true in the Far Cry 2 section also. But in L4D both XP and 7 have the same number, and XP looks longer. In the second plot, the L4D bars have the same thing going, but this time it's Vista looking a little longer than 7. It's probably just accidental, but sloppy.
Also, as someone else said, pretty much all the systems seem to have performed the same.
Koki on 7/9/2009 at 19:11
Quote Posted by swaaye
RAM is so cheap...........
Bad RAM is cheap, yes.
I'll take 2GB of FSB-speed Corsairs over 6GB of Wal-Mart any day.
Renzatic on 7/9/2009 at 19:47
Bad ram, good ram. Whatever. It's all cheap nowadays. 4 gig of nice, speedy Corsair XMS 1066 will run you about $95. That's it.
Koki on 7/9/2009 at 19:59
If I had $95, I wouldn't be here!
Kaleid on 7/9/2009 at 20:00
Very little difference with different RAM-modules... and almost no performance increases to speak of when using faster more expensive RAM. As a gamer its far better to put more money on a better GPU.
Ati user here btw, have really had no trouble except for two Powercolor 4830 cards. With Nvidia I have however had voice coil squealing problems and as a silent PC-nutter I simply can't buy them.
Running 4770 o/c from 750/800 to 900/1200. CCC works just fine.
