Are ATI Catalyst drivers multithreaded like Nvidia's?

[Polish3d]

I liked that element of NV ... are the cats the same way or no?

 

[OvErHeAtInG]

Yes, I think they are since 6.2 or something IIRC

 

[Bull Dog]

They've been that way since 5.12 or 5.13

 

[LittleNemoNES]

rats. I kinda wish there was some untapped power left in there ;-)

 

[BFG10K]

Yes and unlike nVidia ATi doesn't need to include instructions how to disable them.

 

[OvErHeAtInG]

Originally posted by: Bull Dog
They've been that way since 5.12 or 5.13

I am corrected, Yeah you're right

 

[Roy Andrews]

By multithreaded... do you mean that when I open Task Manager I should see two instances of ati2evxx.exe and CLI.exe running? I only noticed them after I installed the Catalyst 6.8 drivers from ATI's website.

 

[PING]

That's multitasking, I think. And why do ATI need's multiple CLI.exe instance?

do you disable Hot Key or SMART GART too?

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Yes and unlike nVidia ATi doesn't need to include instructions how to disable them.

Why should I disable mine for Nvida?

 

[Ackmed]

Its not like it matters, unless you're playing at 800x600 or some other CPU limited res. DC CPU's does nothing for resolutions that people actually use.

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Yes and unlike nVidia ATi doesn't need to include instructions how to disable them.

:roll:

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Its not like it matters, unless you're playing at 800x600 or some other CPU limited res. DC CPU's does nothing for resolutions that people actually use.

I thought they offloaded some of the tasks to the second core?

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Frackal

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Its not like it matters, unless you're playing at 800x600 or some other CPU limited res. DC CPU's does nothing for resolutions that people actually use.

I thought they offloaded some of the tasks to the second core?

I doubt very much you'll notice any difference as almost all modern games are limited by pixel shader performance, and there's nothing any number of cpu cores can do about it.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: Frackal

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Its not like it matters, unless you're playing at 800x600 or some other CPU limited res. DC CPU's does nothing for resolutions that people actually use.

I thought they offloaded some of the tasks to the second core?

Benchmarks at any sort of high res, such as 1280x1024 show no performance gain. The only gain you'll get is if your shrinking a DVD or the like while gaming.

 

[BFG10K]

Why should I disable mine for Nvida?

Because nVidia states you can have problems if you don't.