My Drivers Comparison benchmark in games Thread, Constantly Updated with new drivers

wolf2009 · Jun 16, 2008

This is moved to this site, it will be updated here now. Plz understand, its easier for me to update one site .

http://hardwarebenchmark.googlepages.com/

Why am i doing what i'm doing ?

I felt that the hardware review sites never updated their reviews with the
latest drivers and the reviews were done with unmature drivers and this affects
the consumer's decision. What if HD 3870 is faster than 9600GT with its current
drivers? What if 8800GTS G92 is faster than 8800GTX with current drivers ? What
is the best driver out there ? No review out there answers this question. SO i felt
the need to answer this question so users can look at this thread and make a decision.
With this motivation i will use this thread to keep track of the performance improvements
with each and every driver release . Right now i have a 9600GT , so expect to see
Nvidia drivers benchmarks right now .But i may soon get my hands on a ATI card,
so i will add ATI drivers too to this thread . I will add new games too.

Right now i'm beginning with Call of Duty 4 and FEAR. Expect to see World in Conflict,
Company of Heroes, Crysis. I'll take ur requests for games and drivers .

NOTE : this thread will only show if there r any performance
improvements with the drivers, not a comparison against other cards. Also the hardware
will not be overclocked, to show the minimum performance u can get out of this hardware,
So with anything overclocked, expect better performance.
Also i dont think i will do 3DMark scores here, as i dont think they reflect gaming performance
and they can change so easily even with the same driver. If there is a majority request to that
benchmark, then i'll do it.

Here's the CPU'z and GPU'z screen that will be used always :

NVIDIA

Call of Duty 4

The settings were as follows :

The timedemos benchmarked were custom made by me. The maps were "Bog" and "Creek".
THe timedemo was run 5 times and bechmarked with FRAPS. the average fps is reported by
the extended console. If anyone needs the timedemos, i'll be happy to provide them.

FEAR

All settings were at maximum with 4xAA/16xAF , patched to v1.08

DEVIL MAY CRY 4 DEMO (DX10)
Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

WORLD IN CONFLICT
Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

COMPANY OF HEROES
Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

CRYSIS

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Alright, ready for this ????

Now Showing : 1 Teraflop mini wonder -> HD4850

WATCHOUT : 8.6 Hotfix drivers show a decrease in fps in all games except FEAR and COH.

Lets deviate from order and get to the most impressive benchmark :

CRYSIS

1280x1024 2xAA , in built GPU test.

Call of Duty 4

Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

FEAR

Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

DEVIL MAY CRY 4 DEMO (DX10)

Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

WORLD IN CONFLICT

Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

COMPANY OF HEROES

Everything maxed at 1280x1024 4xAA

Plz leave a thx , which will act as a motivation for me to continue this .

wolf2009 · Jun 16, 2008

reserved

wolf2009 · Jun 16, 2008

reserved for future benchmarks

wolf2009 · Jun 16, 2008

this one too

wolf2009 · Jun 17, 2008

this one too

wolf2009 · Jun 17, 2008

177.26 drivers results added .

OzzmanFloyd120 · Jun 17, 2008

I think this is a great idea, it's just too bad you don't have more GPUs to test this on. I would help, but it'd be kinda pointless.

wolf · Jun 17, 2008

werid tho mate, i have noticed a waaay bigger increase than this with mine, can you add the devil may cry 4 benchmark, and maybe a custom UT3 bench to the list? they are some of the games that have the biggest gains for me.

EDIT: also, if it serves the point of this post, you can add this stuff:

Q6600 @ 3591mhz
9800GTX @ 800/2000/2500
DDR2 @ 798mhz

1920x1200 All settings max + 4xMSAA

http://www.techpowerup.org/uploaded.php?file=080615/9800GTX_174_vs_177.jpg

Scene 1: +15.8%
Scene 2: +14.4%
Scene 3: +15.2%
Scene 4: +17.2%

wolf2009 · Jun 18, 2008

177.35 results added . wolf u were right , devil may cry does see some gains , but that may be coz its a demo and nvidia r still optimizing their drivers for it. other than that company of heroes saw a better minimum framerate, but that may just be one frame as is the case with world in conflict. Other than that the games seem well optimized and drivers do not make a difference.

Solaris17 · Jun 18, 2008

really good job man this is excellent thank you!!!

wolf2009 · Jun 21, 2008

will be testing HD4850 with hotfix in single and crossfire and comparing it with 8.6 and post results in my thread here . Stay tuned . i'm so excited . my first dual gpu .

Otto Octavius · Jun 21, 2008

wolf2009 said:
will be testing HD4850 with hotfix in single and crossfire and comparing it with 8.6 and post results in my thread here . Stay tuned . i'm so excited . my first dual gpu .

Glad to see someone doing this, has my thanks

Just remember to put up some benchs before applying the hotfix so we can compare hehe

wolf2009 · Jun 21, 2008

Otto Octavius said:
Glad to see someone doing this, has my thanks
Just remember to put up some benchs before applying the hotfix so we can compare hehe

exactly, thats the point of this thread.

pagalms · Jun 21, 2008

Great job

P.S. 177.39's are out :rolleyes:

farlex85 · Jun 21, 2008

Are you gonna add the physX drivers w/ some UT action maybe. I don't know all the games that support it now, but UT does at least on some maps, and vantage is ridiculous w/ it.

wolf2009 · Jun 21, 2008

farlex85 said:
Are you gonna add the physX drivers w/ some UT action maybe. I don't know all the games that support it now, but UT does at least on some maps, and vantage is ridiculous w/ it.

alrite will do, but problem is no one has been able to get the physx drivers run on g94 i.e. 9600gt. g92 and gt200 have run on it. anyways i'll try on guru3d to look for wrking drivers for my card, or if pagalms makes a modded inf.

farlex85 · Jun 21, 2008

wolf2009 said:
alrite will do, but problem is no one has been able to get the physx drivers run on g94 i.e. 9600gt. g92 and gt200 have run on it. anyways i'll try on guru3d to look for wrking drivers for my card, or if pagalms makes a modded inf.

Ah true, sorry, I didn't realize you were running the 9600gt. I gotta read more carefully. :shadedshu Soon maybe.

pagalms · Jun 21, 2008

wolf2009 said:
alrite will do, but problem is no one has been able to get the physx drivers run on g94 i.e. 9600gt. g92 and gt200 have run on it. anyways i'll try on guru3d to look for wrking drivers for my card, or if pagalms makes a modded inf.

Sorry, but i can't help here. I've searched my computer for Physx related inf's, but only one i found was in Ageia Physix folder and it's responsible for real Ageia Physix card recognition, not for CUDA enabled GPU's. So it depends on Nvidia when non GT200/G92 users will be able to run Physix on their cards.

wolf2009 · Jun 21, 2008

HD4850 with Catalyst 8.6 results added .

WhoCares · Jun 21, 2008

Processor clk ? HD48xx hotfix performance comparison ?

wolf2009 · Jun 21, 2008

2x HD4850 CF performance added . Next, 8.6 hotfix performance .

wolf2009 · Jun 27, 2008

new layout added, hope everyone will like this and find it easier to read . keep ur suggestions coming in .

cdawall · Jun 27, 2008

im curious how much of a change you will see with cats 8.7 on the 4850s

newconroer · Jun 27, 2008

Anything BUT 1280 res results?

oli_ramsay · Jun 27, 2008

Apparently the new nVidia 175.19 drivers take a pretty hefty performance hit http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=194&Itemid=1

Pretty shameful on nVidia's part :shadedshu

EDIT: See what I mean

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Crysis

System Name	The Netbook
Processor	Intel Atom n270
Memory	1GB DDR2 533mhz
Video Card(s)	Intel G945
Storage	250GB
Display(s)	10.1" LCD
Software	Microsoft Windows 7 Starter x86

System Name	MightyX
Processor	Ryzen 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WiFi
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
Memory	32GB DDR4 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX3080 Deshrouded
Storage	WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	LG 42C2 4K OLED
Case	Coolermaster NR200P
Audio Device(s)	LG SN5Y / Focal Clear
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RBG Pro SE
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Compact w/pudding
VR HMD	Meta Quest 3
Software	case populated with Artic P12's
Benchmark Scores	4k120 OLED Gsync bliss

System Name	Rocinante
Processor	I9 14900KS
Motherboard	EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS)
Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ lapped @3,0GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-D1264
Memory	2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	Xpertvision 8800GTS 640MB G80
Storage	250GB Seagate Barracuda & 750GB Samsung
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster 931BF
Case	Coolermaster CM690
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC889A
Power Supply	HEC WinPower 550W
Software	Ubuntu 10.04 x86 & Windows 7 x86
Benchmark Scores	I'm scared of benching

System Name	Aquarium
Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x
Motherboard	ROG Strix X670-E
Cooling	Lian Li Galahead 360 AIO
Memory	2x16gb Flare X5 Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3060
Storage	2TB WD SN850X Black NVMe, 500GB Samsung 970 NVMe
Display(s)	Gigabyte 32" IPS 144Hz
Case	Hyte Y60
Power Supply	Corsair RMx 850
Software	Win 11 Pro/ PopOS!

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	Widow
Processor	Ryzen 7600x
Motherboard	AsRock B650 HDVM.2
Cooling	CPU : Corsair Hydro XC7 }{ GPU: EK FC 1080 via Magicool 360 III PRO > Photon 170 (D5)
Memory	32GB Gskill Flare X5
Video Card(s)	GTX 1080 TI
Storage	Samsung 9series NVM 2TB and Rust
Display(s)	Predator X34P/Tempest X270OC @ 120hz / LG W3000h
Case	Fractal Define S [Antec Skeleton hanging in hall of fame]
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Xense with AKG K612 cans on Monacor SA-100
Power Supply	Seasonic X-850
Mouse	Razer Naga 2014
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	FFXIV ARR Benchmark 12,883 on i7 2600k 15,098 on AM5 7600x

System Name	Dream Weaver
Processor	Ryzen 5600
Motherboard	B450 MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC
Cooling	NH-D14
Memory	16GB Flare X @ 3200MHz CL14
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro+
Storage	500GB evo 970 m.2 + 4TB HDDs
Display(s)	ASUS 27" 1440p 144hz FreeSync
Case	Fractal Design Define R3
Power Supply	Corsair 850W
Software	Windows 10 x64

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