Ati 8.6 Official (Improvements & Problems)

JrRacinFan · Jun 19, 2008

dark2099 said:
Here are the comparisons I did of the 8.5 drivers and 8.6, forgot to include CPU-Z and GPU-Z with the 8.5 run, but I'm betting that really won't matter.

Also, if you notice, the cpu score is lower in the higher overall scoring run. :eek:

dark2099 · Jun 19, 2008

Yup, maybe reworked the drivers some how to run the more CPU intensive tests better, or I don't know, but yea, definitely nice.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 19, 2008

anyone notice the new look of Cat (those using XP, I suppose). I can now make changes by right clicking on the icon now instead of opening the program. I do not recall being able to do that before (If it was there before I might have missed it).

dark2099 · Jun 19, 2008

Icon is different, and so is the splash screen for CCC.

HTC · Jun 19, 2008

A 1137 in the GPU score, in Vantage is quite significant.

This seems to be ATI's response to the recent nVidia drivers performance increase.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 19, 2008

dark2099 said:
Icon is different, and so is the splash screen for CCC.

Yes, that to. However, the icon looks the same to me...

dark2099 · Jun 19, 2008

Maybe I was unclear, the icon for the installer package changed, other than that, I am not sure what icon you could mean.

CrackerJack · Jun 19, 2008

Furmark scores won't improve to much with a single card. But you should get a good increase if you have 2 or more gpu's. The problem before was that no body was seeing a improvement with crossfire. But 8.6 should fix it.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 19, 2008

dark2099 said:
Maybe I was unclear, the icon for the installer package changed, other than that, I am not sure what icon you could mean.

Oh, I see. I thought you were talking about the icon in the lower left of the screen after you install it. :toast:

Yes, the installer icon has changed

CrackerJack · Jun 19, 2008

dark2099- do care to do a furmark test with crossfire and without please

dark2099 · Jun 19, 2008

Ah, didn't bother noticing that, next time I start my rig up I'll check it out. :toast:

EDIT: Which looks like it will be now.

dark2099 · Jun 19, 2008

Not going to bother posting a screen shot since it didn't seem to help at all, score went up a few points.

DOM · Jun 19, 2008

EastCoasthandle said:
anyone notice the new look of Cat (those using XP, I suppose). I can now make changes by right clicking on the icon now instead of opening the program. I do not recall being able to do that before (If it was there before I might have missed it).

right cliking the one by the clock/time ?

EastCoasthandle · Jun 19, 2008

DOM said:
right cliking the one by the clock/time ?

yes that's the one

entilza · Jun 19, 2008

I've been monitoring my results from 3dmark ever since the 8.1 drivers.

I have yet to see any improvement in 3dmark06, Never have the #'s changed to warrant an increase in % performance.

I am using Windows XP, Vista had similar results.

I have a log of results from 8.1 through 8.6.

However, my system runs great so I have no complaints though.

imperialreign · Jun 19, 2008

entilza said:
I've been monitoring my results from 3dmark ever since the 8.1 drivers.

I have yet to see any improvement in 3dmark06, Never have the #'s changed to warrant an increase in % performance.

I am using Windows XP, Vista had similar results.

I have a log of results from 8.1 through 8.6.

However, my system runs great so I have no complaints though.

this reminds me . . .

whenever I get around to it, I've been meaning to do a comparison chart for the 1950 cards, from CAT 7.1 to current (yeah, I keep an ongoing CAT archive on my HDD).

dark2099 · Jun 19, 2008

I don't think they're going to work on improving any of the older 3dmark versions since they're old.

DOM · Jun 19, 2008

EastCoasthandle said:
yes that's the one

3d settings ?

if thats it, ive been using that since i joined :laugh:

OverclockedBoo · Jun 19, 2008

Vantage went from P7474 w/ 8.5 to P8259 w/ 8.6
05 & 06 seem to be about the same

Getting ready to test Crysis and BF2142...

EastCoasthandle · Jun 19, 2008

DOM said:
3d settings ?

if thats it, ive been using that since i joined

As I've said before:

I do not recall being able to do that before (If it was there before I might have missed it).

DOM · Jun 19, 2008

EastCoasthandle said:
As I've said before:

lol I was suprised you never seen it idk how long its been like that as my 1st cards was a X800XL and then this X1950XT :eek:

but it is alot easier then waitting for ccc to open

but im going

by this friday or monday so idk if im going to try out 8.6

EastCoasthandle · Jun 19, 2008

DOM said:
lol I was suprised you never seen it idk how long its been like that as my 1st cards was a X800XL and then this X1950XT

but it is alot easier then waitting for ccc to open

but im going by this friday or monday so idk if im going to try out 8.6

Yeah, I've always disabled it for the most part. So when I went snooping around to find what's new I noticed it. Oh well, no biggie. Cat 8.6 has some nice performance improvements. I've seen a few FPS increase in COD4 and Grid.

DOM · Jun 19, 2008

EastCoasthandle said:
Yeah, I've always disabled it for the most part. So when I went snooping around to find what's new I noticed it. Oh well, no biggie. Cat 8.6 has some nice performance improvements. I've seen a few FPS increase in COD4 and Grid.

well i dont game much any more dont have money for games lol but cant wait for the new toys now I can run Vantage

and get higher 3dmark scores

ATI always :rockout:

johnnyfiive · Jun 19, 2008

Just finished my testing. Here are the results:

The test setup:

Call of Duty 4 1.6:

Crysis 1.2:

Futuremark 3DMark 06:

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage:

Definitely an improvement across the board. Not so much on Crysis though... surprise. I am surprised to see my score almost reach 8,000.
Not bad for a basically default clocked system.

CrackerJack · Jun 19, 2008

I got nice 12fps increase in COD4. :rockout:

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