According to this http://www.behardware.com/news/10005/dx10-radeon-geforce-quad-core.html
ATI's current drivers dont take advantage of quad cpus yet, and may be what weve witnessed recently with the BB2 drivers from nVidia, and recent benchmarks showing lower performance with ATI vs nVidia while using the new i7 chips
"According to Intel, 25 to 40% of the CPU load in a game is linked to Direct3D and the graphics driver. The threading of this load is not therefore insignificant and it would be more than useful for AMD to look at the question as soon as, to at least get on a comparable level with NVIDIA. We are now planning to update our Core i7 test, which we carried out with a Radeon HD 4870 X2 at first, this time using a GeForce GTX 280."
So, this may explain a few driver increases weve seen lately, and look with anticipation for future ones as well
ATI's current drivers dont take advantage of quad cpus yet, and may be what weve witnessed recently with the BB2 drivers from nVidia, and recent benchmarks showing lower performance with ATI vs nVidia while using the new i7 chips
"According to Intel, 25 to 40% of the CPU load in a game is linked to Direct3D and the graphics driver. The threading of this load is not therefore insignificant and it would be more than useful for AMD to look at the question as soon as, to at least get on a comparable level with NVIDIA. We are now planning to update our Core i7 test, which we carried out with a Radeon HD 4870 X2 at first, this time using a GeForce GTX 280."
So, this may explain a few driver increases weve seen lately, and look with anticipation for future ones as well