Second Life Forums Archive - ATI Driver 8.5 & 1.20.7 & 8=NO GO

Garrett Blitz

Registered User

Join date: 23 May 2008

Posts: 1

05-24-2008 05:45

ATI's new driver 8.5 and RC's 1.20.7 & 8 all crash at start 100% of the time.

ATI 8.4 Catalyst Driver
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1.19.1 (4) OK
1.20.6 Ok
1.20.7 OK
1.20.8 OK

ATI 8.5 Catalyst Driver
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1.19.1 (4) OK
1.20.6 OK
1.20.7 Crashes 100% of the time at logon SL Client
1.20.8 Crashes 100% of the time at logon SL Client

Lucy Zelmanov

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Join date: 19 Feb 2007

Posts: 178

05-24-2008 05:55

So What became of the "Linden Research is working with ATI to correct this problem" ?
I'm lucky if I can get 5FPS on a class 5 server sometimes.

Yrrek Gran

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Join date: 20 Oct 2006

Posts: 209

ATI problems have been resolved?

05-24-2008 07:55

Maybe, I am not sure what is going on with 1.2.xxx clients, but this I have discovered:

Version 1.2.6(87323) (Mono grid viewer) works perfectly with ATI.
And I mean everything!

No Triangles no matter what you try to do- gone! http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3258

FPS increase with shaders and VBO enabled! http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7017

Poor performance relative to release 1.19.(4)
http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7251

ATI driver incompatability
http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7251 ( I am using 7.10)

My system is running better on Mono than it has ever run with old ATI drivers and a PCI video card. This should be released as the standard client.

I hate having this post burried in this forum and it should be also posted in Residents Conversations to get as many people exposed to this as possible.

I want to make a jira report but need outside conformation to this.
PLEASE install the Mono viewer and give it a try.

I would hate to see this version get swept under the rug.
LL is now again raising the system requirements to try to eliminate these problems and it appears that they have already been fixed.

1.2.6(87323) is the best viewer of the series and my system is OLD!

SuezanneC Baskerville

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Posts: 14,229

05-24-2008 10:51

So, how about detailed instructions on how to use the Second Life Mono version on the regular grid?

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Yrrek Gran

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Join date: 20 Oct 2006

Posts: 209

05-24-2008 11:07

Suezanne, I was hoping you would know.

This seems to show that these problems are clientside and can and should be fixed.

Well, there is always Nicholaz.........

ATI Driver 8.5 & 1.20.7 & 8=NO GO
Garrett Blitz Registered User Join date: 23 May 2008 Posts: 1	05-24-2008 05:45 ATI's new driver 8.5 and RC's 1.20.7 & 8 all crash at start 100% of the time. ATI 8.4 Catalyst Driver -------------------------- 1.19.1 (4) OK 1.20.6 Ok 1.20.7 OK 1.20.8 OK ATI 8.5 Catalyst Driver --------------------------- 1.19.1 (4) OK 1.20.6 OK 1.20.7 Crashes 100% of the time at logon SL Client 1.20.8 Crashes 100% of the time at logon SL Client
Lucy Zelmanov Registered User Join date: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 178	05-24-2008 05:55 So What became of the "Linden Research is working with ATI to correct this problem" ? I'm lucky if I can get 5FPS on a class 5 server sometimes.
Yrrek Gran Crackpot Inventor Join date: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 209	ATI problems have been resolved? 05-24-2008 07:55 Maybe, I am not sure what is going on with 1.2.xxx clients, but this I have discovered: Version 1.2.6(87323) (Mono grid viewer) works perfectly with ATI. And I mean everything! No Triangles no matter what you try to do- gone! http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3258 FPS increase with shaders and VBO enabled! http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7017 Poor performance relative to release 1.19.(4) http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7251 ATI driver incompatability http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-7251 ( I am using 7.10) My system is running better on Mono than it has ever run with old ATI drivers and a PCI video card. This should be released as the standard client. I hate having this post burried in this forum and it should be also posted in Residents Conversations to get as many people exposed to this as possible. I want to make a jira report but need outside conformation to this. PLEASE install the Mono viewer and give it a try. I would hate to see this version get swept under the rug. LL is now again raising the system requirements to try to eliminate these problems and it appears that they have already been fixed. 1.2.6(87323) is the best viewer of the series and my system is OLD!
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	05-24-2008 10:51 So, how about detailed instructions on how to use the Second Life Mono version on the regular grid? _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Yrrek Gran Crackpot Inventor Join date: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 209	05-24-2008 11:07 Suezanne, I was hoping you would know. This seems to show that these problems are clientside and can and should be fixed. Well, there is always Nicholaz.........

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