AMD's Radeon HD 5870: Before And After A Year Of Driver Updates
Benchmark Results: 3DMark 11 (DX11)
Header Cell - Column 0 | OverallScore | GraphicsScore | GT1 | GT2 | GT3 | GT4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent Gainfrom 9.10 to 11.1 | 2.44% | 2.28% | 4.90% | 1.03% | 1.46% | 2.04% |
Putting aside the debate on 3DMark11's fairness
, this benchmark scales quite well over time. But from one driver to the next, improvements are very small (likely a result of how new this particular application is in relation to the Radeon HD 5870).
There is one odd case. In the Graphics test, we drop three points when we move from Catalyst 10.3 to 10.8, which skew the overall score. Meanwhile, the biggest gain is actually in GT1, where we see almost a 5% improvement over the course of a year and a half.
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Assmar hahahyoursowrong"The moral of the story: be sure your graphics card drivers are always up to date."I'd love to cept I get a blue screen every time and can't even get to windows going from 10.4 to the newest.Uninstall all drivers before installing new ones.Reply -
opmopadop If that guy who created/posted his problem 5 times spent that much effort understanding why his rig BSOD'd when he used the latest set, he might have resolved his problem by now.Reply -
slyphnier ever since 10.11 ... many user got "100% GPU usage" and "top right mouse lag" issueReply
11.4 early preview still having the issue
from what i know the issue above mostly effect radeon 5000series (5850 and 5970)
for people having those issue forced to stick with 10.10e
still no news when amd will fix those issue, as from what i heard amd can't replicate the issue on their lab, thus can't fix it -
Assmar I know you're terribly busy, but any way we can get the CF comparisons from then and now, even if it isn't as thorough?Reply -
Zeh I'm eager for a new driver release. I've switched my old 4670 ddr2 for a 6850. In some games I'm having a few VSync problems, and the overall performance during video playback has decreased and I have no idea why, quality did not change, or at least I didn't see any changes.Reply
This 6850 just doesn't feel as rock solid as the good old 4670, which never gave me any trouble. Here's hoping new drivers will solve my issues. Else, I might even switch to a pair of GeForces instead of getting another 6850 for crossfire. -
cangelini assmarI know you're terribly busy, but any way we can get the CF comparisons from then and now, even if it isn't as thorough?Reply
Excellent story idea, assmar. -
howiejcee Andrew Ku forgot to mention that ATI's lousy drivers have and for the foreseeable future will always have problems.Reply
Not to say that Nvidia occasionally has driver issues, but at least they fix the problems. Only 10.9 and a couple versions before that don't give my 5870 any major problems.