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**New 7.9 ATI Catalyst™ Vista Drivers**
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OH MY GOD!!!!! Thankyou ATI!!!!!
Since I have installed my HD2600XT i've had a small 'glitch' every now and again in 3D games and in 3DMark06, which has shown up in frame rate scores. This update has fixed the bug. I'm on XP64 btw. These drivers are fantastic, check out the changes:
(Please note the inconsistencies in my testing. I forgot to test the 7.8's at default in 3DMark06, but you can see the reason for my joy).
I am really pleased with these drivers
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Researching into it further I can see the bug they have fixed. In all previous tests my results for Vertex Shader - Simple were lower than that of Vertex Shader - Complex.
Vertex Shader - Simple was stuck at 74.046 MVertices/s, 74.728 MVertices/s and 74.897 MVertices/s respectively. While the Vertex Shader Complex went 77.424 MVertices/s, 82.247 MVertices/s and 86.378 MVertices/s.
In the latest drivers the results are much more as they should be:
Vertex Shader - Simple 250.684 MVertices/s
Vertex Shader - Complex 85.205 MVertices/s
I don't know what they did to fix it, but this is a fantastic realease for me.
Since I have installed my HD2600XT i've had a small 'glitch' every now and again in 3D games and in 3DMark06, which has shown up in frame rate scores. This update has fixed the bug. I'm on XP64 btw. These drivers are fantastic, check out the changes:
(Please note the inconsistencies in my testing. I forgot to test the 7.8's at default in 3DMark06, but you can see the reason for my joy).
I am really pleased with these drivers
-------EDIT----------------
Researching into it further I can see the bug they have fixed. In all previous tests my results for Vertex Shader - Simple were lower than that of Vertex Shader - Complex.
Vertex Shader - Simple was stuck at 74.046 MVertices/s, 74.728 MVertices/s and 74.897 MVertices/s respectively. While the Vertex Shader Complex went 77.424 MVertices/s, 82.247 MVertices/s and 86.378 MVertices/s.
In the latest drivers the results are much more as they should be:
Vertex Shader - Simple 250.684 MVertices/s
Vertex Shader - Complex 85.205 MVertices/s
I don't know what they did to fix it, but this is a fantastic realease for me.
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The site was launched a few days ago
Southbridge drivers are only if you have a motherboard that uses an ATI chipset
Thanks.
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Excuse me for being dumb. I believed the CCC when it told me my card was running at default clocks. It turns out I was still being overclocked by riva tuner. Here are my corrected results, even still a huge improvement as my default score for 7.9 still beats my overclocked score for 7.8:
As you can see still a massive improvement, and all because of the fix for the implementation of the Simple Vertex Shaders
As you can see still a massive improvement, and all because of the fix for the implementation of the Simple Vertex Shaders
i can't see any differents from the 7.8 to the 7.9 drivers
At least ATI Acknowledge it in the release notes so theres no nasty supprises
"Caution: Installing the Catalyst software suite 7.8 or 7.9 on a system containing the ATI Radeon™ X1950 AGP series of product may result in either the desktop failing to be drawn properly or the operating system failing to boot. It is recommended to continue using Catalyst 7.7 for this product at this time."
Increase of around 300points in 3DM06 on the QW 7.9 beta's so I'm assuming similar with these ones. There are many crossfire problems with the 2600XT's though like the overclocking for example, it just doesnt seem to be working 
plus when will they fix crossfire for bioshock lol
plus when will they fix crossfire for bioshock lol
At least ATI Acknowledge it in the release notes so theres no nasty supprises
"Caution: Installing the Catalyst software suite 7.8 or 7.9 on a system containing the ATI Radeon™ X1950 AGP series of product may result in either the desktop failing to be drawn properly or the operating system failing to boot. It is recommended to continue using Catalyst 7.7 for this product at this time."
Using a X1950Pro AGP and all is fine
this is with Vista though it seems the problems are with XP.
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My boost was on XP64, I believe you are on Vista? Do you remember in your tests, when you were getting much better performance in Vista than XP? Put these drivers on your XP install, and see what happens to the comparison then. I think you will find much less of a difference.
wow!!!! i just benchmarked with 3dmark06 in xp. see results below...
3DMark Score 9023 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 3566 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 4473 Marks
CPU Score 2286 Marks
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3003689
3DMark Score 9023 3DMarks
SM 3.0 Score 4473 Marks
CPU Score 2286 Marks
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3003689
wow!!!! i just benchmarked with 3dmark06 in xp. see results below...
3DMark Score 9023 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 3566 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 4473 Marks
CPU Score 2286 Marks
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=3003689
Erm, Gareth. Compared to what scores exactly?. I don't think anyone is going to remember your previous score except maybe jrodga2k5 as you two have the cards.
Sorted . Cheers Gareth.
Nice boost but did you notice your CPU score is a little lower on the 7.9 benchmark?. Overclock your CPU a little and rebench, try and get it closer for a more true result for yourself if you think it's worth it?.
. Cheers Gareth.Nice boost but did you notice your CPU score is a little lower on the 7.9 benchmark?. Overclock your CPU a little and rebench, try and get it closer for a more true result for yourself if you think it's worth it?.