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More info?)
Just looked at tweaktown, dont think that \s the one i read earlier. there
was one testing the 9800pro, x800pro and the top cards (nvidia equivelants
too). Its out there...
Mike
"Mike" <mikepos1@YAHOO.COM> wrote in message
news:nlAHd.214479$Np3.9011345@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> Rage3d has a couple of articles exactly like that at the top of the page
> atm. HL2 gets a decent boost with these drivers at tweaktown
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> Mike
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> "JLC" <j.jc@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:RLCdnSh-Goo4hXPcRVn-gA@comcast.com...
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>> "First of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:BfydnZqpJbixcHDcRVn-iQ@rogers.com...
>>> Previous driver releases showed 3-10% improvements in certain games, but
>>> only at low resolutions where the game is driver-bound. Not too useful
>>> one
>>> way or the other.
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>> What I'd really like to find is a tech site that not only tests the
>> latest ATI drivers, but also how they perform with different cards. Most
>> of the sites that I've seen are running near start of the art cards with
>> high power CPU's. I'd like to know what the new drivers do for older
>> cards like my 9800Pro. I used to be a Nvidia buyer before I switched to
>> ATI and I know with the Nvidia drivers most of the driver improvements
>> where for their newest cards. In fact a lot of guys with older Nvidia
>> cards still where running drivers that where over a year old because any
>> newer drivers didn't effect there older cards.
>> But here in the ATI group it seems that more people change their drivers
>> even if they have older cards. Anyway I'm sticking with the 4.12's for
>> now. I'm almost done with HL2 and the little performance gain with the
>> new drivers doesn't seem to be enough to bother with. JLC
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