going back to catalyst 8.2 from 8,3

[quanger]

is anyone here unhappy with 8.3? i feel that with 8.3 i am performing a lot worst. According to 3dmark06 - I was getting 12500 with 8.2 and only 9800 with 8.3. My friend with the EXACT same set up except with a zotac amp! gts512 is getting 11300. There is no way my 3870x2 performs lower than his card. What the hell is going on?

I dont know whats going on at ATI driver team but they need to stop smoking cheap crack. Maybe I will wait until 8.4 comes out during the summer and see how that goes. But as of now, running winXP I am unimpressed with catalyst 8.3.

 

[Soul59]

I have XP and tried 8.3. My 3dMark 06 score went down. I lost features present in CCC 8.3 vs 8.2. I got rid of 8.3 and reverted to 8.2 and all is well again.

 

[quanger]

perhaps there is a performance gain with 8.3 only on vista. i dont have vista and will refuse to install vista. its like windows with a parasite.

 

[emp]

I don't use an Ati card, but has anyone actually tried benchmarking... gee i don't know... GAMES instead of that useless 3dmark? If 3dmark actually mattered then the HD 2900XT would have been stomping the 8800GTX for months now. My point being is, try firing up a couple of games and check the fps instead of believing that useless piece of coding that some people dare to call "synthetic benchmark".

 

[quanger]

well i mean i only have 1 3d intensive game and thats cod4. with 1680x1050 AA4x/AF, i was dipping really low too often with 8.3

With 8.2 Its WAY better. The fps was more stable and never dipped past 45.

 

[randomizer]

I don't use an Ati card, but has anyone actually tried benchmarking... gee i don't know... GAMES instead of that useless 3dmark? If 3dmark actually mattered then the HD 2900XT would have been stomping the 8800GTX for months now. My point being is, try firing up a couple of games and check the fps instead of believing that useless piece of coding that some people dare to call "synthetic benchmark".

Regardless of how useless 3DMark is at showing actual performance, it is very useful for showing relative performance. A 3000 point drop indicates a severe driver bug, which may be related only to that program, but it may not.

 

[blotch]

My 3Dmark score went from ~16115 to ~16185 from 8.2 to 8.3. so no real improvement, also tried COD4 and it seems the same. Main difference is that my setup seems a bit more stable with 8.3 so i like it.
BTW what CPU are you using?...i got over 12K with 1 3870.

 

[quanger]

x2 6400, crucial ballistix 2gig ddr800, corsair 550vx, visiontek 3870x2.

blotch, were you running vista or winxp?

 

[chuckshissle]

***Important***


When you use Vista for gaming, set the "power setting" to "High performance". Many Vista users are not aware of this and are using the "Balanced" setting.

You can change this by, right clicking the desktop and open "Personalize" , click the "Screen Saver", click "Change Power Settings" and select "High Performance"

This will maximize gaming performance.

I have Vista Home Premium and using the HD3870 with 8.3 Catayst and it seems fine during gaming. I did not see any slow down nor boost in all my games. Haven't run any benchmark yet.

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[Shadow703793]

^ Agreed and true.

 

[quanger]

hmm. as of now, there is really no incentives to moving up to vista.