Catalyst 4.8's Released!

[TRow]

www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html?type=xp&prodType=graphic&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=16&submit.y=10

List of Improvements...Especially for CPU limited games!
Word on the new drivers includes news of DOOM 3 and other improvements: "Direct3D driver efficiency has improved considerably. Significant performance gains are noted in multiple "CPU-bound" cases, including 3DMark2001, Aquamark 3, Comanche4, Dungeon Siege, and Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004. Typical improvements are in the 1-5% range. OpenGL driver efficiency is also improved. Older OpenGL games such as Quake III Arena and Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory show small improvement (1-2%) at low resolutions. Call of Duty framerates are up approximately 4%. Doom3 improves considerably more (as much as 12% on some product configurations) as a result of the same software efficiency improvements.

[TRow]

After Testing these Drivers with D3, UTk24, and Multi Theft Auto Ive come to these conclusions:

*UT2k4: The Picture quality and fluid-ness is at its Best. Ive never seen this game look this good. Card is oc'd though.

*Doom3: Noticed more "Jaggies"/aliasing of lines even when using the same System Configs in game. Detail seems to have decreased as well, the enviroments looked like sh*t...Though I was Testing in Recyling 2.

*Multi Theft Auto: I really didn't get to test a whole lot, because I was kicked out of the Game. It happened like this...

About 8 players were on Motorcycles lined up for a Race...I was about 5 blocks away headed Full Speed in a Fire Truck Right for them at the Starting Line. I managed to Get the Firetruck sideways and take out every single Rider. Bikes were blowing up all over the place....needless to say....I was kicked out...but the graphics looked good!

T.RoW