http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...talyst-91.htmlQuote:
Every now and then graphics card makers claim that their products perform better with the new driver versions. We decided to find out how true these claims actually are.
Printable View
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...talyst-91.htmlQuote:
Every now and then graphics card makers claim that their products perform better with the new driver versions. We decided to find out how true these claims actually are.
My Opinion - Conclusion....No Improvement.
hmmm.. they test ETQW but there's no mention of the texture problem... I guess they didn't have a time demo for Salvage.
I see no improvement :down:
So the current debate for Catalyst 8.12 user , install the fix or install 9.1 ?
If you are running a HD 4870 X2, I would highly recommend you switch to 9.1. There are several performance improvements in games which XBit Labs did not test.
thanks for this sky, I will upgrade this afternoon.
it is clear that this driver is NOT a performance focused one, regardless if there were performance gains or not, the release notes from AMD make no mention of anything to do with performance. Just OGL3 and bug "fixes" :rolleyes:
I guess we sit and wait for the one we are looking for...... I can be patient lol seeing as I will have this card till next year at least.
What? I had no issue with installing 9.1s after a thorough cleaning of the old drivers.
Interestingly enough, I have found that switching to an older driver (ie: 8.12 to 8.11) results in a failed driver install more often than not. To clear that up I usually have to uninstall the driver, clean, install an NVIDIA driver, clean again and THEN install the older ATI driver. It is convoluted in the extreme but it seems to work. :shrug:
Considering the date they were posted, it seems that it was a last-ditch effort to release SOMETHING before they needed to call these 9.2 drivers. Personally, I think that meant the QA lab didn't have time to test performance gains and kept their testing to stability only. Thus, no performance numbers in the release notes.
That would also explain why the HD 4850 X2 drivers had a seperate release rather than being integrated into the original 9.1 WHQL set. Then again, these are only guesses. ;)
what was up with the big 3dmark jumps we saw from guys here before offical 9.1 release then?
Im confused
Installed 9.1s overtop 8.12 hotfix no issues outside of having to flip my DVI cables because windows though my screens were different and I couldn't select a primary display :|
i've read their review but i was unable to see any of the huge performance boosts we saw in previous 9.1 beta previews.
Installing 9.1's was worth it big time for me. No more 'Driver stopped responding' crap anymore. Now bring on 9.2 with more bug fixes and the promised performance improvements:up:
This is a review were Adaptive AA is enabled and set to quality. This will have an impact on performance. Were I find issue with the review is that they showed no IQ comparisons when enabling feature(s) that can effect IQ. Yet they call it a Performance Express Test :rolleyes:.
Here is review from Computer Base. In their testbed methods they state that Adaptive AA is off.
Don't use Catalyst 9.1 - it's basically what the marketing guys released to appease the users. It's got no improvements and breaks all hardware accelerated playback of HD materials (H264 / VC1) - even Cyberlink PowerDVD won't be able to accelerate HD contents via Avivo. Only MPEG2 / DVD hardware acceleration works.
9.2 should be the one they've been working on for some time - that is, if AMD marketing nincompoops don't try to be smart a*s*s again. :)
The most important purpose of new version of code is to bring additional stability and features (bug fixes and tweaks mostly). Any increase in performance is a bonus IMHO. It doesn't appear there is any reason to move to 9.1 unless you are having problems with the version you are currently using.
Had to revert back to 8.12 hotfix since i had this issue http://forums.amd.com/game/messagevi...=y&STARTPAGE=1
I've been lucky so far, i didn't have so much bugs, cept for GTAIV...:mad: