ATI Catalyst™ 10.10 WHQL Released

[V_R]

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx


* Metro 2033:
o Performance increases up to 7% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
o Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations
o Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series in DirectX 11 and 10 modes
o Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series in DirectX 11 and 10 modes
o Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series in DirectX 11and 10 modes
* S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Call of Pripyat Benchmark:
o Performance increases up to 7% on single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
* Unigine Heaven:
o Performance increases up to 9% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
o Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
* World in Conflict:
o Performance increases up to 9% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
o Performance increases up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
* Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 Benchmark:
o Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire
o Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire
o Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
o Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
o Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series
* Crysis Warhead:
o Performance increases up to 9% on Single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products with anti-aliasing enabled
* Far Cry 2:
o Performance increases up to 7% on Single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products

 

[V_R]

Better still how about the 10.10a Hotfix drivers! lol

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU84AMDCatalyst1010aHotfix.aspx

 

[Abarbarian]

Was quite happy reading the speed boosts for the 5850 cards, that is until I read about the fix drivers for the 6000 range.

 

[V_R]

LOL 10.10c Hotfix

AMD has released the Catalyst 10.10c Hotfix graphics driver for Windows Vista and 7. This driver provides OpenGL 4.1 beta support, Crossfire improvements for Dead Rising 2, Metro 2033, F1 2011 and Fallout: New Vegas, support for the new Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) feature, as well as performance improvements in MLAA on the HD 6870 and HD 6850 cards.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU86AMDCat1010cHotfix.aspx

AMD Catalyst 10.10c Hotfix Features:

* OpenGL 4.1 beta support
* Support for the new Morphological Anti-Aliasing feature
* Dead Rising 2 – Crossfire profile (Resolves negative scaling)
* Crossfire Performance Improvement for:
o Metro 2033
o F1 2011 - (Direct X9 version)
o Fallout New Vegas
* Performance optimizations for systems with an AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 series of graphics products installed
o Aliens versus Predator performance enhancements
o Star Craft 2 performance enhancements
o OpenGL performance enhancements – gains can be seen in Prey, Quake Wars: Enemy Territories, and Heaven v2

 

[muckshifter]

if they practice long enough, someone at ATI/AMD my get it right in the drivers department

they didn't bother with 10.10b then

 

[V_R]

Lol, 10.10d anyone?

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU86AMDCat1010dHotfix.aspx

 

[V_R]

OMFG!

10.10e for you now! lol

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU86AMDCat1010dHotfix.aspxhttp://support.amd.com/la/kbarticles/Pages/GPU87AMDCat1010eHotfix.aspx

 

[muckshifter]

Hot Fix

How to install an AMD/ATI graphics card If that don't work, try ... How to install ATI drivers





I know I go on about it, but come on, this is actually getting rather stupid from AMD ... nearly as bad as Adobe, err, nearly.

 

[V_R]

My bad about the post above, it was supposed to be the 10.10e not the 10.10d that i had already posted!

Posted updated.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Did you know that with the release of the Nvidia 580 Series you can pick up a hot, noisy, power slurping 460 card for around £120.00 now?

Would suit me and be a good improvement on my 9800GTX methinks.

Whenever I think about buying a new video card I am tempted to go over to the dark side but these driver shenanigans always seem to confirm I've made the right choice sticking with Nvidia

But I have to say it's a close call, ATI are at their best for years just lately.

 

[Abarbarian]

Did you know that with the release of the Nvidia 580 Series you can pick up a hot, noisy, power slurping 460 card for around £120.00 now?

Would suit me and be a good improvement on my 9800GTX methinks.

Whenever I think about buying a new video card I am tempted to go over to the dark side but these driver shenanigans always seem to confirm I've made the right choice sticking with Nvidia

But I have to say it's a close call, ATI are at their best for years just lately.

I been thinking about the 460s in SLI as they spank a 480.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/evga_gtx460_sli_review/5

 

[V_R]

I been thinking about the 460s in SLI as they spank a 480.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/evga_gtx460_sli_review/5

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Also, that isn't all that true. Duel card is all well and good until you have a game that dont play nice with SLI...

480 + AA is a 'spanking' to the 460 SLI. 768mb VRAM is still half that of the 480's 1536mb.

2x 460's use even more power than a 480!


i was thinking exactly the same thing before i got my 480, but i cba with the extra issues that SLI brings.

 

[Abarbarian]

Also, that isn't all that true. Duel card is all well and good until you have a game that dont play nice with SLI...

480 + AA is a 'spanking' to the 460 SLI. 768mb VRAM is still half that of the 480's 1536mb.

2x 460's use even more power than a 480!


i was thinking exactly the same thing before i got my 480, but i cba with the extra issues that SLI brings.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...-768mb-superclocked-single-sli-review-19.html

We must be reading different reviews

786 x 2 = 1572

Still looking for an alternative to the 5850 I sent back

Respect your opinion as you have real world experience which counts for a lot.

 

[V_R]

We are...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-sli-geforce-gtx-480,2694-10.html

Going by that the 460 SLI use more power at load.

786 x 2 = 1572

You do know it dont work like that right? Read up on AFR.


If your looking at using that kind of card set up then your going to want to run with reasonably high levels of AA, no? That means more VRAM usage.

768mb isn't leaving you much room for the games of now let alone the games of tomorrow.