ATI Cat 5.8s

[Randum]

I'll give them a look when I get home. Any benchmarks improving? Doom, HL2, or Fear?

 

[Teetu]

i'm curious about it as well, but the fact it came out pretty quick doesn't lead me to beleive there are many performance enhancements

 

[Intelia]

It came out right on time 1 a month every month ATI dominates the Driver scene and yes their are a lot of fixes . I got mine yesterday from Driverheaven . Make sure you use Driver Cleaner Pro its free get it ay Driver Heaven .

 

[linkgoron]

Originally posted by: Intelia
It came out right on time 1 a month every month ATI dominates the Driver scene and yes their are a lot of fixes . I got mine yesterday from Driverheaven . Make sure you use Driver Cleaner Pro its free get it ay Driver Heaven .

a new driver every month doesn't make a driver better or worse. It's the amount of bugs and stuff, and from what I've heard nVidia has better drivers...

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: linkgoron

Originally posted by: Intelia
It came out right on time 1 a month every month ATI dominates the Driver scene and yes their are a lot of fixes . I got mine yesterday from Driverheaven . Make sure you use Driver Cleaner Pro its free get it ay Driver Heaven .

a new driver every month doesn't make a driver better or worse. It's the amount of bugs and stuff, and from what I've heard nVidia has better drivers...

You heard wrong, ATI > nvidia when it comes to drivers.

 

[KeepItRed]

Originally posted by: linkgoron

Originally posted by: Intelia
It came out right on time 1 a month every month ATI dominates the Driver scene and yes their are a lot of fixes . I got mine yesterday from Driverheaven . Make sure you use Driver Cleaner Pro its free get it ay Driver Heaven .

a new driver every month doesn't make a driver better or worse. It's the amount of bugs and stuff, and from what I've heard nVidia has better drivers...

Hmmm... Test

 

[So]

Originally posted by: mOeeOm

Originally posted by: linkgoron

Originally posted by: Intelia
It came out right on time 1 a month every month ATI dominates the Driver scene and yes their are a lot of fixes . I got mine yesterday from Driverheaven . Make sure you use Driver Cleaner Pro its free get it ay Driver Heaven .

a new driver every month doesn't make a driver better or worse. It's the amount of bugs and stuff, and from what I've heard nVidia has better drivers...

You heard wrong, ATI > nvidia when it comes to drivers.

I strongly disagree. I moved from a 9600 to a 6800 and NVIDIA's drivers may not be as pretty but they are FAR more stable.

 

[KeepItRed]

"So" I think it's your system.

"Report shows that ATI Catalyst Software Suite exceeds NVIDIA in
head-to-head stability testing"

Link posted above.

 

[linkgoron]

Originally posted by: KeepItRed
"So" I think it's your system.

"Report shows that ATI Catalyst Software Suite exceeds NVIDIA in
head-to-head stability testing"

Link posted above.

In June 2005, ATI commissioned AppLabs, a leading provider of quality assurance and testing, to conduct the test

ATI paid them?

Lindon, UT - June 9, 2005 - In an independent quality and stability test by AppLabs (formerly KeyLabsTM), ATI?s recently released CatalystTM 5.6 Software Suite proved to be more stable than the equivalent publicly available NVIDIA offering

publicly available NVIDIA offering? which means what? give me a number.

 

[KeepItRed]

Here's a good link, tons of pages.

Link

I find my 9600XT's drivers are more stable for the games I play compared to my old 6200.

 

[munchow2]

I personally had experience with both manufacturers and I prefer ATI over nvidia. If you have the latest craze then Nvidia is better (ie: SLI 6800U) but if you have some of the older Nvidia cards like FX, then updating drivers gets you into more trouble yet doesn't address the issues that caused you to look for updated drivers. ATI has good overall support for all its products and has a more stable interface.

 

[Ackmed]

Dont try to pass off that ATi paid them, unless you have proof.

 

[Randum]

Anyone try the 5.8s yet!?!?!

 

[Preti9cboi]

I'm using 5.8 on battlefield 2 and it works fine.

 

[Intelia]

Ya they work fine. I haven't run any benchies yet. David will play later I will let you know what he says.

 

[mOeeOm]

i ran 5.8 with 3dmarks05...no changes I'll try some games see if I get an FPS improvement.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

i was running 5.7 omegas on my igp320-m laptop, now running 5.8 catalysts, no fps change in counterstrike

 

[mOeeOm]

Well...I just played brothers in arms, on 5.7 I was getting a max of 30 fps(ofcourse this is on max settings), now with 5.8 I am getting 45-50+ gonna try other games and report back.

 

[mOeeOm]

Awww Far Cry only gave me an extra 5-10 fps... guess its an improvement.

 

[Preti9cboi]

I use to get 60 fps average for CS source and now i get 70 fps Average. Awesome.

I'm running at native resolution on a dell 20inch widescreen monitor.
All high settings including AA and AF maxed.

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: Preti9cboi
I use to get 60 fps average for HL2 and now i get 70 fps Average. Awesome.

I'm running at native resolution on a dell 20inch widescreen monitor.
All settings including AA and AF maxed.

zomg I was getting 50-60 fps...now with even BT on, aim, msn, speedfan, etc etc I was getting 90-110 frames per second...maybe because it was an open level but I am sure I am getting 20-30 more fps

 

[mOeeOm]

I wonder why CS : S wasn't affected .

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Its amazing i love them. BF2 before i had to run it on 1280x960, All Medium, 4x AA for no lag. Now i get to run 1280x960, All HIGH, 4xAA NO STUTTERING!! WOOOOT. Average of 80 fps. I love Ati

 

[BigfootKevin]

Jeez guys, it's a driver. It's not like it's supposed to add like 50% performance to your card or somethin, lol.

 

[Beef Taco]

Mines running fine, i'll test BF2 in 5 minutes.