Driver Updates

SeraphicSorcerer · Aug 4, 2008, 01:47 PM

When ATI makes new cards, how long before they reach maximum performance?

Basically the reason I am asking is everytime I see a graphics card reviews, it's like yadda yadda 30 FPS in Crysis, and this is just 8.6! It can only get better
So how much time does it take to basically reach critical performance once a new card is released and then the drivers take affect?

I've just noticed (although I know I am a bit CPU bound) that I am not breaking big numbers in my benchmarks

kn00tcn · Aug 20, 2008, 07:59 AM

well, on my x800, which i got used years after it was released, the 7.10 & 7.12 cats improved ETQW a lot! so that's like 3-4yrs of improvements (well not like the games of release time changed too much)

then there's tweaking the game engines that would give much better than review performance

of course, drivers wont improve things too far, unless something horribly wrong happened when the card is released (like no CF scaling on an x2)

SeraphicSorcerer · Aug 22, 2008, 03:47 PM

Ah I see. I was sorta shocked there was no big improvements just a slew of fixes in the 8.8s guess I am hoping to set all options to "high" in crysis :P
I had the x800 in 2 of my rigs for the longest time, great cards.

Aug 4, 2008, 01:47 PM	#1
SeraphicSorcerer HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,295 Rep Power: 156 System Specs	Driver Updates When ATI makes new cards, how long before they reach maximum performance? Basically the reason I am asking is everytime I see a graphics card reviews, it's like yadda yadda 30 FPS in Crysis, and this is just 8.6! It can only get better So how much time does it take to basically reach critical performance once a new card is released and then the drivers take affect? I've just noticed (although I know I am a bit CPU bound) that I am not breaking big numbers in my benchmarks __________________

Aug 20, 2008, 07:59 AM	#2
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	well, on my x800, which i got used years after it was released, the 7.10 & 7.12 cats improved ETQW a lot! so that's like 3-4yrs of improvements (well not like the games of release time changed too much) then there's tweaking the game engines that would give much better than review performance of course, drivers wont improve things too far, unless something horribly wrong happened when the card is released (like no CF scaling on an x2) __________________ http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ http://www.kn00tcn.net/FPSLimiter.rar

Aug 22, 2008, 03:47 PM	Thread Starter #3
SeraphicSorcerer HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,295 Rep Power: 156 System Specs	Ah I see. I was sorta shocked there was no big improvements just a slew of fixes in the 8.8s guess I am hoping to set all options to "high" in crysis :P I had the x800 in 2 of my rigs for the longest time, great cards. __________________