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Dave (cadaveca) found the same thing with his X800s on the 5.7 drivers. From what I hear, they are meant to be more for 64mb and 128mb cards, of the lower end variety, to give them a shot in the arm, rather than improving X series performance. 5.6 Omegas still seam to be the best around.
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Ati's own releae notes confirm that the performance boosts are for lower memory cards http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst...es.html#189260 |
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It would probably be moer trouble than it's worth to remove X800 comptability plus they probably still solve some bugs for X800 cards even if they do take a hit performance wise. And if the performance loss is really a problem there are still the 5.6's to fall back to |
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These drivers are as of yet incomplete, and ATi have already stated: Quote:
All of this being said, Crossfire support is being worked on as well, so overall implementation is not yet complete. Adding additional features to a driver is, of course, going to decrease performance somewhat, but when you look at the gains throughout the year, and what is coming ahead, ATI have done a good job with thier drivers thus far. Also, as graham states, you can always go back to your favorite version! ![]()
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My 128Mb 9700pro is showing very smooth gameplay at 1024x768 with the 5.7's. Games are: Riddick, Brothers in arms, Flatout, SWAT4 and Republic Commando. I'm happy! ![]()
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Cat 5.7 killed my gameplay with battlefield 2, everytime I entered a server I would get lag and sound loop then lose connection, Omega 5.6 are the best for me atm...
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