Which drivers f1 2011

rfactorNiCo · 8 October 11, 14:24

which drivers are good for f1 2011.
I have HD5870 "Catalyst 11.4" and q6600 4gb ram winxpsp3 and i have only
40fps with setting high DX9.
has someone 11.9 and can appericate it

Apex1972 · 8 October 11, 19:44

sounds about right man.

DurgeDriven · 8 October 11, 20:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfactorNiCo

which drivers are good for f1 2011.
I have HD5870 "Catalyst 11.4" and q6600 4gb ram winxpsp3 and i have only
40fps with setting high DX9.
has someone 11.9 and can appericate it

yeah sounds about right.

Too many variables.

Install the drivers yourself and run extensive benchmarks to check is the only way you will know for sure.

Apex1972 · 8 October 11, 22:59

Well , I downloaded the dirlink utility. moved the replay file to my external drive. Still on DX9 but I can now run all ultra with an avg 45 fps min 32. pretty smooth now.Quad core coming soon. then maybe a GTX560Ti

gears · 8 October 11, 23:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apex1972

Well , I downloaded the dirlink utility. moved the replay file to my external drive. Still on DX9 but I can now run all ultra with an avg 45 fps min 32. pretty smooth now.Quad core coming soon. then maybe a GTX560Ti

What is the drlink utility? I'd like to try it. Link?

Apex1972 · 9 October 11, 15:00

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...2#post17078702

this applies to both f1 2010 and 2011. One note gears, when I first tried it I got a warning from the dirlink saying invalid location or something. I just had it pointed to my external HD. I then created a folder specifically for it I named it f1 2011 replay pointed it to that and its working.

heres the link

http://dirlinker.codeplex.com/

gears · 9 October 11, 15:17

Nice! Thanks Apex.

gears · 10 October 11, 22:08

That method works great Apex! I only got stuttering and slow down when I entered the pits, but that's gone now. Whole game seems a bit more fluid. Nice find

Apex1972 · 11 October 11, 06:45

yeah I guess the pitcrews are the main reason I need a quad core. i get pretty much 60fps around most tracks now except when I am close to the pits. still on dx9 but all ultra settings . man that singapore track looked so good . cant wait for a quad core.

rfactorNiCo · 18 October 11, 16:31

how does it work with dirlink
i have dvd version
which name has the replay
thx

Apex1972 · 18 October 11, 23:35

did u get it sorted nico?

rfactorNiCo · 19 October 11, 14:15

hi apex

unhappily not,because i didnt have a replay.pbf !?
it is smooth but in the pits and so on its not so smooth
maybe sometimes there is(amd gpu) a f1 2011 driver. THX MAN

Apex1972 · 19 October 11, 18:35

you have one. just go to my computer choose your C drive and then go to the search bar and type in replay.pbf and be patient let it find it for you. thats what i had to do too.

edubz123 · 19 October 11, 19:34

yes Nico, AMD is paying a little attention to F1 2011.

see "7 Oct" post here:

http://twitter.com/#!/CatalystCreator

rfactorNiCo · 31 October 11, 16:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by edubz123

yes Nico, AMD is paying a little attention to F1 2011.

see "7 Oct" post here:

http://twitter.com/#!/CatalystCreator

THX man,but no improvments for F12011 in the Cat 11.10,AMD F*** you!!!

vohdoun · 1 November 11, 13:00

I've sent a few tweets to Catalyst Creator to see. CAP4 is a serious downgrade compared to single card and even when you enable CrossFire the game reverts to DX9. You can see how drab everything looks. Everything seems to look really flat in DX9 that I never noticed before. Glows, sunshine flare pop off the bodywork at Budapest etc

I'm running two 5870's and I have to disable CrossFire for F1 2011.

Quote:

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DurgeDriven · 9 November 11, 05:56

Anyone interested in Nvidia.
I have since had a run on my PC off it ( F1 2010 v1.25 ) lol
Cant remember bench numbers but it was huge and smooth.

Latest Nvidia drivers are very good to me, best for about 3/4 versions ( was still using 270.61 )

Still it is no different to ATi, both have equal bugbears with compatibility issues.

Must confess though lately my GTX460's are chewing most everything with a
overclocked 2500K. Having only single 24" 1920 a upgrade is out of the question for me, virtually pointless.

These will last me at least another year.

rfactorNiCo · 9 November 11, 15:23

Has someone checked the new catalyst maybe there is a little boost,
i have now 11.9??

vohdoun · 10 November 11, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apex1972

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...2#post17078702

this applies to both f1 2010 and 2011. One note gears, when I first tried it I got a warning from the dirlink saying invalid location or something. I just had it pointed to my external HD. I then created a folder specifically for it I named it f1 2011 replay pointed it to that and its working.

heres the link

http://dirlinker.codeplex.com/

This doesn't work for me. Doesn't matter what I do I can't get it to link the file to the other hard drive.

rfactorNiCo · 15 November 11, 20:07

Sorry,but f--- you AMD no improvments!

edubz123 · 15 November 11, 21:13

Looks like AMD is still busy fixing Batman, RAGE, Skyrim and BF3:

http://twitter.com/#!/CatalystCreator

sorry guys.

rfactorNiCo · 15 November 11, 21:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by edubz123

Looks like AMD is still busy fixing Batman, RAGE, Skyrim and BF3:

http://twitter.com/#!/CatalystCreator

sorry guys.

maybe the performance driver,but F1 2011 is so long released
shame on you AMD......

DurgeDriven · 15 November 11, 23:45

Got a chance to run it again on weekend , my mate has disowned it.

1920x1080 DX11 8xQ CSAA Ultra
Minimum 80fps Average 100fps .....saw 130's in fraps

Wierd we tried DX9, rebooted it and was slower same settings

Minimum 72fps Average 61fps ....max. 110+ in fraps

Swapped back to DX11...rebooted 80fps/100fps again ?

Or was I suppossed to turn all ultra off.

rfactorNiCo · 16 November 11, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by DurgeDriven

Got a chance to run it again on weekend , my mate has disowned it.

1920x1080 DX11 8xQ CSAA Ultra
Minimum 80fps Average 100fps .....saw 130's in fraps

Wierd we tried DX9, rebooted it and was slower same settings

Minimum 72fps Average 61fps ....max. 110+ in fraps

Swapped back to DX11...rebooted 80fps/100fps again ?

Or was I suppossed to turn all ultra off.

not bad which system which drivers?

DurgeDriven · 16 November 11, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfactorNiCo

not bad which system which drivers?

2500K @4.5GHz
2 x GTX460 1GB @815/4000
Nvidia 285.62
Windows7 HP 64Bit

Quote:

Must confess though lately my GTX460's are chewing most everything with a overclocked 2500K.

rfactorNiCo · 21 November 11, 23:01

Catalyst 11.11a Performance driver!again no improvments for F1 2011!
And the Patch 1.02 for me no improvment! + min 2 bugs!
WTF lower performance! but good fixes!
AMD f*** you so much! And CM need to work!

DurgeDriven · 22 November 11, 00:16

Bummer man

I don't know these developers spend enough on different hardware configs.

vohdoun · 22 November 11, 02:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfactorNiCo

Catalyst 11.11a Performance driver!again no improvments for F1 2011!
And the Patch 1.02 for me no improvment! + min 2 bugs!
WTF lower performance! but good fixes!
AMD f*** you so much! And CM need to work!

CrossFire still reverts back to DX9. Catalyst Creator never acknowledged my tweets but did for others for other games.

8 October 11, 14:24	#1
rfactorNiCo Join Date: Nov 2007	Which drivers f1 2011 which drivers are good for f1 2011. I have HD5870 "Catalyst 11.4" and q6600 4gb ram winxpsp3 and i have only 40fps with setting high DX9. has someone 11.9 and can appericate it

15 November 11, 20:07	#20
rfactorNiCo Join Date: Nov 2007	Catalyst 11.11 Sorry,but f--- you AMD no improvments!

21 November 11, 23:01	#26
rfactorNiCo Join Date: Nov 2007	Catalyst 11.11a Performance driver Catalyst 11.11a Performance driver!again no improvments for F1 2011! And the Patch 1.02 for me no improvment! + min 2 bugs! WTF lower performance! but good fixes! AMD f*** you so much! And CM need to work!

8 October 11, 19:44	#2
Apex1972 Join Date: Apr 2007	sounds about right man.

8 October 11, 22:59	#4
Apex1972 Join Date: Apr 2007	Well , I downloaded the dirlink utility. moved the replay file to my external drive. Still on DX9 but I can now run all ultra with an avg 45 fps min 32. pretty smooth now.Quad core coming soon. then maybe a GTX560Ti

9 October 11, 15:00	#6
Apex1972 Join Date: Apr 2007	http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...2#post17078702 this applies to both f1 2010 and 2011. One note gears, when I first tried it I got a warning from the dirlink saying invalid location or something. I just had it pointed to my external HD. I then created a folder specifically for it I named it f1 2011 replay pointed it to that and its working. heres the link http://dirlinker.codeplex.com/

9 October 11, 15:17	#7
gears Donated Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Higgs Boson Age: 45	Nice! Thanks Apex.

10 October 11, 22:08	#8
gears Donated Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Higgs Boson Age: 45	That method works great Apex! I only got stuttering and slow down when I entered the pits, but that's gone now. Whole game seems a bit more fluid. Nice find

11 October 11, 06:45	#9
Apex1972 Join Date: Apr 2007	yeah I guess the pitcrews are the main reason I need a quad core. i get pretty much 60fps around most tracks now except when I am close to the pits. still on dx9 but all ultra settings . man that singapore track looked so good . cant wait for a quad core.

18 October 11, 16:31	#10
rfactorNiCo Join Date: Nov 2007	how does it work with dirlink i have dvd version which name has the replay thx

18 October 11, 23:35	#11
Apex1972 Join Date: Apr 2007	did u get it sorted nico?

19 October 11, 14:15	#12
rfactorNiCo Join Date: Nov 2007	hi apex unhappily not,because i didnt have a replay.pbf !? it is smooth but in the pits and so on its not so smooth maybe sometimes there is(amd gpu) a f1 2011 driver. THX MAN

19 October 11, 18:35	#13
Apex1972 Join Date: Apr 2007	you have one. just go to my computer choose your C drive and then go to the search bar and type in replay.pbf and be patient let it find it for you. thats what i had to do too.

19 October 11, 19:34	#14
edubz123 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago USA	yes Nico, AMD is paying a little attention to F1 2011. see "7 Oct" post here: http://twitter.com/#!/CatalystCreator

9 November 11, 05:56	#17
DurgeDriven Join Date: Jan 2011	Anyone interested in Nvidia. I have since had a run on my PC off it ( F1 2010 v1.25 ) lol Cant remember bench numbers but it was huge and smooth. Latest Nvidia drivers are very good to me, best for about 3/4 versions ( was still using 270.61 ) Still it is no different to ATi, both have equal bugbears with compatibility issues. Must confess though lately my GTX460's are chewing most everything with a overclocked 2500K. Having only single 24" 1920 a upgrade is out of the question for me, virtually pointless. These will last me at least another year.

9 November 11, 15:23	#18
rfactorNiCo Join Date: Nov 2007	Has someone checked the new catalyst maybe there is a little boost, i have now 11.9??

15 November 11, 21:13	#21
edubz123 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago USA	Looks like AMD is still busy fixing Batman, RAGE, Skyrim and BF3: http://twitter.com/#!/CatalystCreator sorry guys.

22 November 11, 00:16	#27
DurgeDriven Join Date: Jan 2011	Bummer man I don't know these developers spend enough on different hardware configs.