Quote Originally Posted by ColonelCain View Post
Why do the drivers show such good performance #'s?
1.) AA doesn't work properly
2.) HDR doesn't work properly in some games(most notably serious sam 2 and oblivion)
3.) other various problems with games
4.) The AA that did work blurred the image, lowering image quality but without performance hit.

That's why 8.37.4.2 was replaced so quickly by 8.37.4.3. It's also why in general the sites with better results for the hd2900xt was using that driver.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...7&postcount=16
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...1&postcount=19
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...8&postcount=20

Be weary of sites using that driver for testing.