Manufacturer vs normal catalyst drivers

[lordnizzle34]

Ok, so my question would be comparing say, HIS's catalyst drivers versus the one straight off of ATI's website.
Is the HIS driver and catalyst suite any different, and if so, how?

Also, would this affect the performance on my X1950 Pro, by using HIS vs normal or vice versa?

Whats the point of having manufacturer drivers vs normal drivers?

 

[lordnizzle34]

Any help?

 

[lordnizzle34]

When you buy a graphics card, they give you a cd with the drivers on them, plus, you can go to the manufacturers website.

I was just wondering if there would be any difference between HIS's driver option off of their website and the normal drivers off of ATI.

 

[Blackra1n]

I have a HIS X1950PRO and I cannot tell the difference except ATi drivers are more up to date.. I could only get 7.8 drivers from HIS

 

[lordnizzle34]

All right, thank you though =]

Does anyone know why the HIS driver pack is so big?

 

[Hatman]

Probably for multi langauges.