The website Hardwareoverclock Austria has tested new ATI Catalyst release v. 5.9 and has compared its performances with those of previous official releases - all Catalyst in the range 5.1,5.8 - and of some Omega and DNA unofficial packages.
This is the testing system:- Athlon 64 3500+ (939)
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Abit AV8
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2x512 DDR 400 Twinmos 2-3-3-6
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Sapphire Radeon X800XT-PE
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Western Digital 80 GB 8 MB Cache
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Antec NEOPower 480 Watt (System)
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Q-Technology 400 Watt (Videocard only)
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Windows XP SP2
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VIA 4in1 4.55
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Futuremark 3D Mark 2003 360
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Futuremark 3D Mark 2005 120
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Aquamark 3
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Doom 3 Gamebenchmark
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Hardwareoc.hu Farcry Benchmark
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Hardwareoc.hu Half Life 2 Benchmark
Catalyst 5.9 showed best score, with a little gain on all other drivers, when tester used 3DMark 2005, Half-Life 2 and Doom3 as benchmarks.
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