Catalyst Driver Comparison

Chaos · Aug 18, 2004, 01:56 PM

ATi releases almost every month a new version of their Catalyst drivers. Often they improve the support for games or fix bugs, sometimes also the speed (unfortunately sometimes the improvements are cheats...). In this comparison we don't want to test the improvements in games or bug fixes, but the increase in speed with the newer versions. Beyond that we also tested the modded drivers Omega, DNA, Forsage, NGO and Unian, but not the beta-versions.

EDIT: LINK FIXED Thx guys

Source: Rage3D.de

The_Neon_Cowboy · Aug 18, 2004, 02:05 PM

http://http://www.rage3d.de/catalyst...ich_eng_p1.php

your link is bad bud.....

BTW: readers forsage is not a complete set.... not compairable unless you install them over ati officals wich i doubt they done...

forsage scores are no higher then anyone elses,
when made a complete driver set

rudedog · Aug 18, 2004, 02:08 PM

working link
[color=#dddddd]http://www.rage3d.de/catalyst_vergleich_eng_p1.php[/color]

ZzzombieBunny · Aug 18, 2004, 02:23 PM

someone might wanna fix it on the Headlines page as well, if possible.

Chaos · Aug 18, 2004, 03:43 PM

The front page link appears to work fine

Erroneus · Aug 18, 2004, 05:51 PM

Looks like the 3.8 drivers are very fast, a Comparison of Spirit/Omega/forsage/DNA tweaked 3.8 drivers is going to be interesting.

All though the OpenGL results are a bit dissapointing

Shadow Lady · Aug 19, 2004, 02:16 AM

so its not like 4.8 did gain performance, but more like it recovered the performance it used to have plus lots of fixes and new stuff? is great after all ^^

edit:hey what happened to Catalyst 4.8 news on the frontpage? u people always let that kind of news (which is of much importance not saying the other news are not) for at least 10days after the release, what happened this time :o

Aug 18, 2004, 01:56 PM	#1
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Catalyst Driver Comparison ATi releases almost every month a new version of their Catalyst drivers. Often they improve the support for games or fix bugs, sometimes also the speed (unfortunately sometimes the improvements are cheats...). In this comparison we don't want to test the improvements in games or bug fixes, but the increase in speed with the newer versions. Beyond that we also tested the modded drivers Omega, DNA, Forsage, NGO and Unian, but not the beta-versions. EDIT: LINK FIXED Thx guys Source: Rage3D.de __________________

Aug 18, 2004, 02:05 PM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	http://http://www.rage3d.de/catalyst...ich_eng_p1.php your link is bad bud..... BTW: readers forsage is not a complete set.... not compairable unless you install them over ati officals wich i doubt they done... forsage scores are no higher then anyone elses, when made a complete driver set __________________

Aug 18, 2004, 02:08 PM	#3
rudedog DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 80 Rep Power: 0	working link [color=#dddddd]http://www.rage3d.de/catalyst_vergleich_eng_p1.php[/color] __________________ [color=Blue]Not so Rude,Rudedog http://www.FPSadmin.com[/color] Main Box:AMD Athlon 64X2 4800[color=Red]\|[/color]ASUS A8N-SLI Delux BIOS-1015 Nforce 6.66[color=Red]\|[/color]2GB(1GBx2)crucial Ballistix DDR PC4000[color=Red]\|[/color]2x BFG 7800GTXOC 512-83.40[color=Red]\|[/color]74Gig Raptor SATA[color=Red]\|[/color]4x WD 250Gb SATA[color=Red]\|[/color]2x Lite-on 1673S DVDRW-all[color=Red]\|[/color]X-Fi Fatal1ty 2.07.0004[color=Red]\|[/color]Logitec G7-setpoint 2.46.544[color=Red]\|[/color]Ergodex DX1-firmware 1.1-driver1.1[color=Red]\|[/color]-Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch LCD[color=Red]\|[/color]PCPower and Cooling TurboCool 850 SSI[color=Red]\|[/color]Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, DirectX 9.0c(4.09.0000.0904)[color=Red]\|[/color]Klipsch THX 5.1[color=Red]\|[/color] Second Box:FX-55[color=Red]\|[/color]ASUS A8N-SLI Delux BIOS-1015 Nforce 6.66\|2GB(1GBx2)DDR PC4000[color=Red]\|[/color]2x eVGA 7800GTX -81.89[color=Red]\|[/color]74Gig Raptor SATA\|2x WD 120Gb SATA[color=Red]\|[/color]Sony DVDRW DRU-500A[color=Red]\|[/color]Turtle Beach Santa Cruz-5.12.1.4193[color=Red]\|[/color]Antec true 550[color=Red]\|[/color]Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, DirectX 9.0c(4.09.0000.0904)[color=Red]\|[/color]

Aug 18, 2004, 03:43 PM	Thread Starter #5
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	The front page link appears to work fine __________________

Aug 18, 2004, 05:51 PM	#6
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Looks like the 3.8 drivers are very fast, a Comparison of Spirit/Omega/forsage/DNA tweaked 3.8 drivers is going to be interesting. All though the OpenGL results are a bit dissapointing __________________

Aug 18, 2004, 02:23 PM	#4
ZzzombieBunny Cake or Death? Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 259 Rep Power: 0	someone might wanna fix it on the Headlines page as well, if possible.

Aug 19, 2004, 02:16 AM	#7
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	so its not like 4.8 did gain performance, but more like it recovered the performance it used to have plus lots of fixes and new stuff? is great after all ^^ edit:hey what happened to Catalyst 4.8 news on the frontpage? u people always let that kind of news (which is of much importance not saying the other news are not) for at least 10days after the release, what happened this time :o __________________ Oblivion ftw