Problems with ATI Catalyst 4.8-4.9 on 9800pro

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#1

I’m having problems with the 4.8 and 4.9 cats, the 4.7 run no problem (Windows XP Pro). The symptom is that if I run the Car example (from odejava) or my own test then it runs for 1 to 5 seconds normally then pauses for about 6 seconds then runs again and then pauses, over and over again. The pauses are fairly critical, they even bring the windowing system to a halt, ie i can’t alt+tab or even move/minimise windows during each 6 second pause.

I’ve tried 3 different versions of Xith3D including the latest cvs, and 3 different versions of jogl, including the latest nightly build. Nothing helps, except when I go back to the 4.7 drivers. All other OpenGL apps/games work fine on all three drivers.

Has anyone had this problem as well and been able to fix it to run with the newer drivers?

#2

I see no one has replied to this. I would like to bump it and add a question: Is anyone using ati 9800pro with catalyst 4.8 or 4.9 without any issues/problems?

#3

Do you have this problem with all Xith3D examples?

If so then it is probably a JOGL issue and they might be able to help you better in those forums.

Will.

#4

Well, there are many ATI OpenGL problems usually. ATIs OpenGL drivers are well known to be awfully lousy.

Do you have got a current JOGL v1.1_b05 version?
When I updated my Catalyst for a 9600pro some time ago couldn’t run Jogl apps anymore. Hence also all the Xith things (which use JOGL in my case) failed.

The newest JOGL 1.1 b05 did solve all my problems however. It’s been released about 2 monts ago.

You wrote you tested several JOGL versions. So probably that isn’t the problem. :frowning:

#5

Having similar problems here with the new ATI drivers. Our software (which includes a Xith/JOGL canvas embedded in a swing UI) worked fine previously, but now the canvas seems to lock up upon initialization. Moreover, it seems to lock the entire OS UI, making it difficult to even exit the application.

The examples all seem to work fine.

#6

Do we need to update the version of jogl Xith3D uses?

Will.

#7

[quote]… but now the canvas seems to lock up upon initialization. Moreover, it seems to lock the entire OS UI, making it difficult to even exit the application.
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Are you forcing AA and/or AF in the driver settings.? Newer ATI drivers tend to have problems on some machines with Java/Swing in that case.

#8

I’ve tried the JOGL 1.1b05 but it didn’t help. I’ve also tried various configurations with AA and AF including turning them off, aswell as turning vertical sync off. I’ve also tried the Catalyst 4.9.1 drivers, no change. Maybe the 4.10 will fix it or just have to wait till the next version of jogl comes out. Hmm, that gives me an idea, i’ll try the latest Omega drivers (catalyst 4.10beta equivalent) and reply to this thread how they went.

#9

Ok, interesting results with the Omega 2.5.90 (Cat 4.10beta) drivers. Still the same problem with these as with the 4.8 and 4.9 drivers. However, the Omega drivers allow you to use an older OpenGL driver which they call CS opengl (made to work with counter-strike). The Omegas provide a shortcut to swap between the newer opengl driver and the older one. When I swapped to the older driver the problems were fixed. The good thing is that you can quickly swap between the opengl drivers so that you can use jogl and other apps without having to reinstall the whole driver package.