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I agree these are the best drivers to date, but ATI can only do so much, the day the patch is released is the day this game should have launched.....
I have no problem being a beta tester if I don't have to fork over $50 to do it...

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/19/2009 14:32:46

Those beta drivers are actually the 9.12 that will be released soon after the patch in mid-December

Those together Patch+9.12 catalyst will do wonders for the performance

This message was edited 5 times. Last update was at 11/21/2009 13:09:14

Seems to be nothing but good things on the horizon; patch release and expansion content announced for early December.

Over 2 months late but ATI users are finally getting added support. I really hope it's going to be worth the wait... I won't be happy unless we get a major performance increase; at least 2 times the current low FPS. Then again we may have to wait until mid-December for the new drivers to see perfection, if it's possible. Still, it would have been nice to get a hotfix or something rather than having to wait for them to fix everything else. Paying full price for a game and having to wait over 2 months to play it is pretty damn frustrating...

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Incase anyone else missed it, the patch list has just been updated to say the official release date is December the 1st.

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/333357.page

Just 11 weeks late you dirty cheating cnuts!

I bought a 4870 1Gb shortly before I bought Shift. I was experiencing the 'black screen' crashes when starting the test lap, or within 10 minutes max playing the game. (Same issue with COD MW2 also) After playing around with settings I found I could run the game at 1280x800 with high detail ok, but any higher and it crashed. After a lot of troubleshooting and trying workarounds from the forums with no success, I finally upgraded my case (had very cheap atx case) to a cooler master with four 120mm fans in it.

Now the game runs fine (grass in track/black sky/bouncing suspension occasionally) at @1650x1080 full detail with no slowdown, even with 15 cars on the track. I have had the framerate drop considerably once or twice midway through a race but restarting sorted it. I have only patch1 installed, no other workarounds in place, and only Sunmod and NoBling mods installed. I only have an average monitor so 1650 is the highest res I can choose.

I found the solution when I tried a pedestal fan blowing directly into the case with the side panel off and was able to run the game fine for over an hour. Checking in GPU-Z showed my 4870 was shutting down at 90Deg C. Now it runs at 81Deg max under full load o/c to 780/950

Specs:
Logitech Driving Force Pro
C2D E8500 @3.16
4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2 @1033
XFX 4870 1Gb
Asus P5QSE/R
450W p/s (works fine surprisingly)
Win 7 x64

cem_ea_id.Headsoup_Bob wrote:I bought a 4870 1Gb shortly before I bought Shift. I was experiencing the 'black screen' crashes when starting the test lap, or within 10 minutes max playing the game. (Same issue with COD MW2 also) After playing around with settings I found I could run the game at 1280x800 with high detail ok, but any higher and it crashed. After a lot of troubleshooting and trying workarounds from the forums with no success, I finally upgraded my case (had very cheap atx case) to a cooler master with four 120mm fans in it.

Now the game runs fine (grass in track/black sky/bouncing suspension occasionally) at @1650x1080 full detail with no slowdown, even with 15 cars on the track. I have had the framerate drop considerably once or twice midway through a race but restarting sorted it. I have only patch1 installed, no other workarounds in place, and only Sunmod and NoBling mods installed. I only have an average monitor so 1650 is the highest res I can choose.

I found the solution when I tried a pedestal fan blowing directly into the case with the side panel off and was able to run the game fine for over an hour. Checking in GPU-Z showed my 4870 was shutting down at 90Deg C. Now it runs at 81Deg max under full load o/c to 780/950

Specs:
Logitech Driving Force Pro
C2D E8500 @3.16
4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2 @1033
XFX 4870 1Gb
Asus P5QSE/R
450W p/s (works fine surprisingly)
Win 7 x64

try setting your fan speed in CCC to 55% it will run much cooler.

Replaced my Radeon4890HD (funny colors in sky) with a NvidiaGTX295 and the game now works 100%

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cem_ea_id.Philofish wrote:Replaced my Radeon4890HD (funny colors in sky) with a NvidiaGTX295 and the game now works 100%

obviously...

cem_ea_id.Philofish wrote:Replaced my Radeon4890HD (funny colors in sky) with a NvidiaGTX295 and the game now works 100%

haha, lets hope it runs dirt2 as well.

2 and a half months is a hell of a long time to wait. i've already got into a few other games and don't know if i even want to play shift anymore.

Guys i really need your view here... Kinda noob here.

Ive just installed Shift into my Studio XPS laptop and it was working well until about 30 mins of playing it shows theres error and it exits back to the desktop screen... I relaunch the game and when ever its about the start racing, the same problem occurs....

Ive this spec in my PC,
Intel Core2Duo CPU P8600 Processor 2.4 Ghz
4 GB RAM DDR3
ATI mobility radeon HD 4760
HDD 500 GB
Vista Home Premium 32-bit

I do not know what to do to solve this problem... My system performance meets more than the requirement of the game but still i kept getting the problem... I read about the catalyst, where do it go and how to update it... Please enlighten me, really wanna play this game real bad...

monster: I searched the ATI website and there are no 32-bit Vista drivers for ATI mobility radeon HD 4760. Are you sure this is the graphics card you have?

cem_ea_id.Hazelburr wrote:monster: I searched the ATI website and there are no 32-bit Vista drivers for ATI mobility radeon HD 4760. Are you sure this is the graphics card you have?

Ops sorry my bad... its ATI radeon mobility 4670..... Ive tried searching in the website too but i couldnt find my graphic card type.

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2010 is comming and we are still waiting for a proper fix for this unfinished, bad coded, poorly optimized, pseudo racing game...
I feel sorry for all of us, which run fast as hellz to buy this racing experience so called Shift, i feel sorry about us for trusting in a company which clearly gives a f.u.c.k about customers needs & complains.

Im posting in this thread long time ago and to say the truth, keep watching the same bullsh1t, looks like they took our money and run away like a vulgar thieves. I've had to hear unbelievable things as: Overclock your rig dood, Radeon drivers are the guilty ones, Making a patch its not as easy as you think... and so on. When the real thing is that this game shouldnt be released till this year end (ATI users mostly).

Almost 4 months has passed and theres nothing new under the EA sun...

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