i installed the 180.48 drivers yesterday, they were terrible for l4d.  
Every time i looked at a new area i would freeze for a few seconds.  I 
ended up re-installing the 18.24 and haven't had any problems.

AnAkIn . wrote:
> If you get stuttering, then it should be your video drivers or an program
> conflicting with the game. On nvidia cards, only the 180.XX drivers are
> doing that, so maybe you could try changing your drivers (even if it's ATI).
>
> 2008/11/20 Jarno Veuger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>   
>> When I got multicore rendering on, my CPU (both cores) is around the
>> 100% (sometimes for a few seconds 95%). When I disable that multicore
>> rendering option it runs around 60% CPU usage and without stuttering and
>> such.
>>
>> The other options have been maxed and I normally play on 1680x1050.
>> Changing the resolution and other video settings didn't help.
>>
>> But I'm happy the multicore rendering thing fixed my problem :) .
>>
>> AnAkIn . wrote:
>>     
>>> Or maybe you just mean disabling "multicore rendering" make the game not
>>> using both cores 100% ?
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/11/20 AnAkIn . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Oh, I didn't read, you are both not talking about the same issue.
>>>>
>>>> Yes I also get 100% usage on both cores and there's no problem with
>>>>         
>> that.
>>     
>>>> Jarno Veuger, I guess you are talking about the stuttering problem, and
>>>> when you disable the "multicore rendering", it fixes it?
>>>> Strange it happens with your ATI card, most people who have that problem
>>>> have nvidia cards and it's only some drivers. Maybe you could also try
>>>> changing drivers, and also disable all programs running in background,
>>>>         
>> and
>>     
>>>> see if it changes something.
>>>>
>>>> 2008/11/20 Jarno Veuger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Latest Catalyst drivers (I got an AMD Athlon64 X2 6400+ with an ATi
>>>>>
>>>>> HD4870 graphicscard).
>>>>>
>>>>> AnAkIn . wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Which driver are you using?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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