Ati Catalyst 7.8 beta increases performance of all Radeons...

[Jakc]

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?p=1335063179#post1335063179

Seems like ati did a good job, refining these latest set of drivers.
I really wonder where this brings ati cards compared to nvidia cards, especially the 2600xt.

Can people with ati cards download these drivers and do some benches?

 

[Jakc]

A reply from someone using the drivers:

Ok interesting they fixed the AA performance hit, at least in Css as far as I know... Here's my tests with this driver and the 7.7 drivers at 1440x900 all maxed...

7.7
4xAA - 177 fps
8xAA - 153 fps

7.8 beta
4xAA - 198 fps
8xAA - 182 fps

Whats interesting is that if you look and see 8x AA in these drivers runs faster than 4xAA in the old drivers--- and these are only beta drivers, so Awesome job Amd/Ati!!!

 

[bfellow]

Wow the 7.8 beta was released so fast since 7.7 sucked!

 

[EXT64]

I have them for the 2900XT. Seems to have done quite a bit. Oblivion runs a few FPS faster with AA. The card also uses more power/runs hotter. There may still be hope for this card :lol:

 

[Dade_0182]

At least something is done to a rather disappointing set of releases from AMD

 

[Jakc]

Noone else tried this driver?

 

[mactronix]

unless i see lots of posts saying they are the bees knees i will wait until they apear on the ati site thanks all the same
Mactronix

 

[EXT64]

I would have waited for the real drivers too, they should be out late-August if everything goes well. I wanted to get them now because I am going to college in a couple of weeks (w/o my 2900XT), so I wouldn't get to use the better drivers. At the rate these drivers are improving, when I come back thanksgiving/christmas this card should be really awesome :lol:

 

[jaguarskx]

Oooh, nice.

Hopefully, the official drivers will come out by the end of this month. Not really in a rush right now 'cause I'm currently replaying the oldie, but goody Diablo II: LoD.

I guess I missed listening to the music.

 

[ryokinshin]

dear god lmao, youve just got to let go, its going to take some time, and therapy......maybe

 

[goldragon_70]

That's great for the x2000 series, but what about the x1000 series, has anyone said if it improve there performance or not?

 

[omerome]

Meh so I'm guessing it wouldn't affect my ATI 9800 Pro video card right?

 

[paladin13]

At least someone is improving drivers...
AMD/ATI did a great job once again and more is expected!
X2900XT has improved a lot the past two months just by releasing new drivers!
Not to mention that the AA / AF problem seems to be dramatically improved! AA/AF performance is now at hgh levels!
Well done ATI/AMD!

 

[GeoMan]

That settles it, i'm not waiting for a next gen card any more, 2900XT here i come :>

 

[Hatman]

Now all they need to do is bring out a 65nm version and we have one super card!!

If it came out id probably upgrade to it, since its need for energy and giving out heat are its 2 main weaknessess. 65nm might even be able to bring it down to double digits!

 

[Rabidpeanut]

KICK ***! I am off to get them RIGHT NOW!

Hopefully they added a even a tiny bit of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Support.

This card ROCKS.

7.8 W007 w00t woo7!

i don't think the x1000 performance moved at all DAAMIT has bigger fish to fry right now and the x2 series are only half cooked as far as i can see, cause i love the card but errors in stalker like screwed text and vpu errors that don't actually affect anything do get irritating. FINALLY I CAN USE 24X AA YAY! YAY! YAY!

Observe the happiness of my post!

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Now i just need to find a .torrent with the beta....

 

[Jakc]

Yes performance improvements have been noticed for older ATI hardware as well, allthough those improvements are minor compared to the improvements people see in the HD2000 family.

 

[justjc]

Why look for a torrent when http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/ATI/ATI-Catalyst-78-Beta.shtml has it for you
If you want the Vista verison it can be found at http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/ATI/ATI-Catalyst-Vista-Driver-78 -Beta.shtml (you have to remove the space between 78 and Beta to make this link work)

 

[EXT64]

Just google search 7.8 Beta and plenty of legit sites will have the drivers (like the sites JustJC linked to).

The drivers were "leaked" on purpose, probably because they were so good and nearly done.

 

[rammedstein]

http://www.station-drivers.com/page/ati%20catalyst.htm

a link to download them without the torrent, i saw an average of 20 fps improvement in most games, which demonstrates how well xfire scales again...

 

[mactronix]

Always the waty if its good leak it if its crap sweep it under the carpet or release it with a raft of other stuff so poeple wont notice
Mactronix

 

[bfellow]

hmm 3 more months then I might get a 2900...

 

[rcc00073]

is it useful for my 9200se??

 

[barthautala]

Any performance specs on the 2600 versions?

 

[barthautala]

Nevermind...........those cards suck anyways