Thankyou ATI Awesome driver set :D Now thats what I'm talking about!

Robert McClelland · May 17, 2005, 11:03 PM

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3977526
I score almost 250 points higher then DH 5.4 drivers

I post more on other benchmarks. Thanks ATI Thanks!

Robert McClelland · May 17, 2005, 11:22 PM

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8578655

[hobo]eclipse · May 17, 2005, 11:50 PM

cool beans ill have to give these a wing, i had issues with 5.4 of all makes having trees and such @ a distance lookin horrible, in both guild wars and COD UO, maybe thisll clear it up, the 5.4 ran smoother than everyones favorite Omega 4.12, but at an image quality cost, @ least on my system, although if yer seein an increase in speed from the 5.4 which didnt have IQ i liked i doubt they can up the IQ and performance with no expense.

dood is yer sig right?? pc2100?? u wanna see a mad performance boost, pik up a gig of corsair value select PC3200 DDR400 CAS 2.5 fot like 90 buks, get yer FSB up to 200, youll prolly hit 15000 no prob

davidnsibs · May 18, 2005, 12:11 AM

11k on 2001? i can get 12.5k with my 9500pro at stock, that RAM muat be holding your lovely x700 back

EDIT: you like double my 3d03 mark though!

Robert McClelland · May 18, 2005, 12:33 AM

Only problem is my mother board only can handle 266mhz of ram which pc3200 266mhz thats about it

I have upgrade soon my warrent ends in Jan 2006

Beside I want wait anyway who know what to come in 2006 lol

micron · May 18, 2005, 04:02 AM

Every time I see one of these "thanks for increasing my 3dmark score" threads.....it makes me want to hurl.

Like it's the most important thing ever.

When I think of the multitude of people working on these drivers, and the effort that the community puts forward to make them better, and the discussion boards that have been set up for us to give feedback on, and the communications that go on behind the scenes between our IHV of choice, and the game/software developers that code around them....I am overwhelmed by the big picture....and am stricken by a true sense of comradery, that keeps me coming back here, day after day.

I am but a small voice in this sea that we call a community.....but I am a loud voice.....as are we all.....

Enjoy your 3dmarks

Enjoy them like they are all that matter.....

davidnsibs · May 18, 2005, 10:26 AM

well, the number of hours _enjoyment_ i have got out of overclocking, flashing my graphics bios, trying all manner of tweak tools and modded drivers, adding extra cooling, and the odd upgrade etc etc to increase my 3dmark scores probably beats the number of hours I have played games. now, dont get me wrong, in the last couple of years ive played both nolfs, both max paynes, farcry, half life, ut2003, cod, moh, freelancer, deus ex 1 and 2, nfsu 1 and 2, hitman 2, contract jack, and the list goes on, but I enjoy benchmarking, I have quite a list of them which I run to see how my latest tweaks are doing, and so I like hearing of others 3dmark triumphs and to those guys at ati: everytime you boost my 3dmark I feel even happier with my card and when I finally upgrade (since this has been one hell of a card for £140, 3 years ago) it will certainly be ati

Kombatant · May 18, 2005, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by micron

Every time I see one of these "thanks for increasing my 3dmark score" threads.....it makes me want to hurl.

Like it's the most important thing ever.

When I think of the multitude of people working on these drivers, and the effort that the community puts forward to make them better, and the discussion boards that have been set up for us to give feedback on, and the communications that go on behind the scenes between our IHV of choice, and the game/software developers that code around them....I am overwhelmed by the big picture....and am stricken by a true sense of comradery, that keeps me coming back here, day after day.

I am but a small voice in this sea that we call a community.....but I am a loud voice.....as are we all.....

Enjoy your 3dmarks

Enjoy them like they are all that matter.....

Some people love their 3DMarks, you know that. Is it the most important thing? Hell no. But people do get enjoyment from having a better score in 3DMark with every release. As for me, I look at these threads the same as I would a "OMG, HL2 scores went up 4 frames with this release!!!" thread.

Matth · May 18, 2005, 04:30 PM

A 3Dmark increase? - does that mean the drivers are better optimized, or just better optimized for 3Dmark ?

I must admit, I prefer the "numbers" of 3Dmark, but it is totally discredited.

The problem is, it is virtualy impossible to make a benchmark that is both 100% repeatable and 100% cheat-proof, and if a benchmark is not 100% repeatable, then most driver version improvements will be within the margin of test variance.

Prelude · May 18, 2005, 06:48 PM

I had some major issues with the official 5.4's like corruption and severe drop of fps every half hour or so (made me go back to Omega 4.12's)
I guess I will give these a try.

However, it amazes me that graphic drivers are so unstable. I guess I can't comprehend it due to my complete lack of knowledge on the subject but there are SO many issues. And everyone has a different setup that could cause any number of unique problems. It's actually quite sad they can't create hardware and software that works without fault and as expected. (Not just ATI, all corporations)

davidnsibs · May 18, 2005, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prelude

However, it amazes me that graphic drivers are so unstable. I guess I can't comprehend it due to my complete lack of knowledge on the subject but there are SO many issues. And everyone has a different setup that could cause any number of unique problems. It's actually quite sad they can't create hardware and software that works without fault and as expected. (Not just ATI, all corporations)

i do read a lot of problems that people have, and also the issues outstanding on the release notes of drivers, but i can honestly say the only times i have had problems is when overclocking way out of specs which is cured by backing down a bit, and others by having out of date drivers to with an update has cured things (eg the psyconauts demo had no sound as i had slightly out of date creative drivers, installed the new ones and all was well)

you rarely hear people say how well and issue free their pc is because who can be bothered to say that, you only hear when people have problems

Prelude · May 18, 2005, 07:48 PM

That is a valid point...
Just trying out the new drivers, I had the Omega 4.12's installed. Need for speed underground 2 shows a major improvement (OpenGL game?) and Americas Army actually show a small drop in performance and some corrupted textures... (D3D game?)

Guess I need 4.12's with the 5.5 OpenGL files.

micron · May 18, 2005, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prelude

Need for speed underground 2 shows a major improvement (OpenGL game?)

Nope.

UnTouchAble · May 19, 2005, 01:05 PM

Thank you, ATI!

petri1 · May 19, 2005, 01:21 PM

well 3dmarks or no 3dmarks

these drivers kick ass

no ordinary cat drivers have ever given me 60FPS Ultra settinmgs every option exept shadows vsync antialiasing on adn 2xaa 4af max quality/balanced

and besides i really turned off alot of processes not cruial obvioulsy as my comp still ran and i could do testing

so here goes never reached above 55FPS in AQUAMARK 3 yesterday night
i did 55.12FPS and that is no internet no FW no antivirus and lots of processes killed

so i am pretty pleased with the new cat 5.5 go ATI keep up the good work

......seriously this far ATI has made me a happy game freak thank you so much

see ya

May 17, 2005, 11:03 PM	#1
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,673 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Thankyou ATI Awesome driver set :D Now thats what I'm talking about! http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3977526 I score almost 250 points higher then DH 5.4 drivers I post more on other benchmarks. Thanks ATI Thanks! __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

May 17, 2005, 11:22 PM	Thread Starter #2
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,673 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8578655 __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

May 18, 2005, 12:11 AM	#4
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	11k on 2001? i can get 12.5k with my 9500pro at stock, that RAM muat be holding your lovely x700 back EDIT: you like double my 3d03 mark though! __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

May 18, 2005, 12:33 AM	Thread Starter #5
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,673 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Only problem is my mother board only can handle 266mhz of ram which pc3200 266mhz thats about it I have upgrade soon my warrent ends in Jan 2006 Beside I want wait anyway who know what to come in 2006 lol __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

May 18, 2005, 10:26 AM	#7
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	well, the number of hours _enjoyment_ i have got out of overclocking, flashing my graphics bios, trying all manner of tweak tools and modded drivers, adding extra cooling, and the odd upgrade etc etc to increase my 3dmark scores probably beats the number of hours I have played games. now, dont get me wrong, in the last couple of years ive played both nolfs, both max paynes, farcry, half life, ut2003, cod, moh, freelancer, deus ex 1 and 2, nfsu 1 and 2, hitman 2, contract jack, and the list goes on, but I enjoy benchmarking, I have quite a list of them which I run to see how my latest tweaks are doing, and so I like hearing of others 3dmark triumphs and to those guys at ati: everytime you boost my 3dmark I feel even happier with my card and when I finally upgrade (since this has been one hell of a card for £140, 3 years ago) it will certainly be ati __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

May 17, 2005, 11:50 PM	#3
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	cool beans ill have to give these a wing, i had issues with 5.4 of all makes having trees and such @ a distance lookin horrible, in both guild wars and COD UO, maybe thisll clear it up, the 5.4 ran smoother than everyones favorite Omega 4.12, but at an image quality cost, @ least on my system, although if yer seein an increase in speed from the 5.4 which didnt have IQ i liked i doubt they can up the IQ and performance with no expense. dood is yer sig right?? pc2100?? u wanna see a mad performance boost, pik up a gig of corsair value select PC3200 DDR400 CAS 2.5 fot like 90 buks, get yer FSB up to 200, youll prolly hit 15000 no prob

May 18, 2005, 04:02 AM	#6
micron DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: OKC Ok. Posts: 186 Rep Power: 0	Every time I see one of these "thanks for increasing my 3dmark score" threads.....it makes me want to hurl. Like it's the most important thing ever. When I think of the multitude of people working on these drivers, and the effort that the community puts forward to make them better, and the discussion boards that have been set up for us to give feedback on, and the communications that go on behind the scenes between our IHV of choice, and the game/software developers that code around them....I am overwhelmed by the big picture....and am stricken by a true sense of comradery, that keeps me coming back here, day after day. I am but a small voice in this sea that we call a community.....but I am a loud voice.....as are we all..... Enjoy your 3dmarks Enjoy them like they are all that matter.....

May 18, 2005, 04:30 PM	#9
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	A 3Dmark increase? - does that mean the drivers are better optimized, or just better optimized for 3Dmark ? I must admit, I prefer the "numbers" of 3Dmark, but it is totally discredited. The problem is, it is virtualy impossible to make a benchmark that is both 100% repeatable and 100% cheat-proof, and if a benchmark is not 100% repeatable, then most driver version improvements will be within the margin of test variance.

May 18, 2005, 06:48 PM	#10
Prelude DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 102 Rep Power: 0	I had some major issues with the official 5.4's like corruption and severe drop of fps every half hour or so (made me go back to Omega 4.12's) I guess I will give these a try. However, it amazes me that graphic drivers are so unstable. I guess I can't comprehend it due to my complete lack of knowledge on the subject but there are SO many issues. And everyone has a different setup that could cause any number of unique problems. It's actually quite sad they can't create hardware and software that works without fault and as expected. (Not just ATI, all corporations)

May 18, 2005, 07:48 PM	#12
Prelude DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 102 Rep Power: 0	That is a valid point... Just trying out the new drivers, I had the Omega 4.12's installed. Need for speed underground 2 shows a major improvement (OpenGL game?) and Americas Army actually show a small drop in performance and some corrupted textures... (D3D game?) Guess I need 4.12's with the 5.5 OpenGL files.

May 19, 2005, 01:05 PM	#14
UnTouchAble DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S-O-T Posts: 342 Rep Power: 0	Thank you, ATI!

May 19, 2005, 01:21 PM	#15
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	well 3dmarks or no 3dmarks these drivers kick ass no ordinary cat drivers have ever given me 60FPS Ultra settinmgs every option exept shadows vsync antialiasing on adn 2xaa 4af max quality/balanced and besides i really turned off alot of processes not cruial obvioulsy as my comp still ran and i could do testing so here goes never reached above 55FPS in AQUAMARK 3 yesterday night i did 55.12FPS and that is no internet no FW no antivirus and lots of processes killed so i am pretty pleased with the new cat 5.5 go ATI keep up the good work ......seriously this far ATI has made me a happy game freak thank you so much see ya __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR] Last edited by petri1; May 20, 2005 at 06:43 AM.