Casheti
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I am trying to find out which ATi driver is the best one?? I have heard that the best one for nVIDIA was 84.56. What's the best ATi driver?
I got an X850XT PCI-E
I got an X850XT PCI-E
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What is the best ATi driver EVER!
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isnt it the 6.8 or 6.9?(at least for for x1900 series) up until then it was warcat or omega i think..
these are only speculations, but I have read in various threads that the 6.8 catalyst was the best driver form ATi to date...
Please flame the poster above me if I'm wrong
these are only speculations, but I have read in various threads that the 6.8 catalyst was the best driver form ATi to date...
Please flame the poster above me if I'm wrong
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isnt it the 6.8 or 6.9?(at least for for x1900 series) up until then it was warcat or omega i think..
these are only speculations, but I have read in various threads that the 6.8 catalyst was the best driver form ATi to date...
Please flame the poster above me if I'm wrong
made the same experience... i ´ve been using now ATI cards only since Catalyst 4.10 and till now i think Catalyst 6.8 performs best.
In 3dmark 05 the 6.8 is about 80 points better than 6.9 on my X1900GT
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| Memory | 2x512 Kingston Hyper-x 3500 ddr434 2-2-2-5-1T |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X1900XT 256MB |
| Storage | Main: Samsung SP. 160G SataII Storage: 2x WD 320 |
| Display(s) | Fujitsu e212 / Daewoo 28" widescreen / dad's 42" HD-TV (when they are away;) or 1 of my 2 projektors |
| Case | Custom Glow-in-the-dark painted PC Case! PM ME IF YOU KNOW ANY1 WITH THE SAME |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
| Power Supply | Mist 600W 4x12V@20A |
| Software | Xp Pro |
80 points cant truly be considered a difference can it? I get 50-150 points difference each time I run the test. (depends on programs running, P2P programs ETC
you should run the test atleast 3 times on each driver and find the average of both to be sure..
next time, maybe it's 80 points above..
you should run the test atleast 3 times on each driver and find the average of both to be sure..
next time, maybe it's 80 points above..
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| Power Supply | Enermax 460W , 35A@3,3v 35A@5v 33A@12v |
80 points cant truly be considered a difference can it? I get 50-150 points difference each time I run the test. (depends on programs running, P2P programs ETC
you should run the test atleast 3 times on each driver and find the average of both to be sure..
next time, maybe it's 80 points above..
it ran several times under same conditions
Difference between the tests on same driver was about 10 points... took the average and compared it.
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When i had the x850xt the best i used was the 6.8.
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| Memory | 2x512 Kingston Hyper-x 3500 ddr434 2-2-2-5-1T |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X1900XT 256MB |
| Storage | Main: Samsung SP. 160G SataII Storage: 2x WD 320 |
| Display(s) | Fujitsu e212 / Daewoo 28" widescreen / dad's 42" HD-TV (when they are away;) or 1 of my 2 projektors |
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| Audio Device(s) | onboard |
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it ran several times under same conditions
Difference between the tests on same driver was about 10 points... took the average and compared it.
well, alright then
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The best is always the latest drivers as they fix problems every release with games and increase speeds. Now the real question I would say is; "what is the best driver for radeon xxxx model?". That is a harder question. But I still would answer with "latest driver possible".