Inquirer Reports Catalyst 5.6 huge improvement

[gsellis]

The Inquirer's 5.6 article

Dang, I figured this would be the lastest "Yeah, Right" thread going. Leaking news (remember, The Inquirer does not sign NDAs), they say 5.6 will be a huge improvement in many games, with LOMAC gaining 50% (not that I play it).

Just so expectations are set, expect to see ATI, nVidia, and The Inquirer trashed in this thread.

 

[spazo]

I love seeing people bash the inquirer. Then when they prove to be right, people just say it was a stroke of luck

 

[Lonyo]

Doom 3 will work almost twenty per cent faster than with Catalyst 5.5 as ATI made more efficient use of memory.

That could basically wipe out nVidia's game performance advantage.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: gsellis
The Inquirer's 5.6 article

Dang, I figured this would be the lastest "Yeah, Right" thread going. Leaking news (remember, The Inquirer does not sign NDAs), they say 5.6 will be a huge improvement in many games, with LOMAC gaining 50% (not that I play it).

Just so expectations are set, expect to see ATI, nVidia, and The Inquirer trashed in this thread.

I call BS right now.

They "have a feeling" it will be released on June 7 !?! Wtf is that. That whole article is BS.

-Kevin

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek

Originally posted by: gsellis
The Inquirer's 5.6 article

Dang, I figured this would be the lastest "Yeah, Right" thread going. Leaking news (remember, The Inquirer does not sign NDAs), they say 5.6 will be a huge improvement in many games, with LOMAC gaining 50% (not that I play it).

Just so expectations are set, expect to see ATI, nVidia, and The Inquirer trashed in this thread.

I call BS right now.

They "have a feeling" it will be released on June 7 !?! Wtf is that. That whole article is BS.

-Kevin

Quoted for future analysis.

 

[Megatomic]

Oh yeah, and I hope this is true. Extra performance is always nice (as long as IQ is not compromised).

 

[Keysplayr]

Very kewl if true.

 

[LocutusX]

i'm not holding my breath or anything (remember how often we heard "next Catalyst version will feature totally re-written OpenGL driver!") but the timing does seem a little more appropriate than the last time(s) we heard that announcement.

i.e. *if* ATI only decided to start re-writing the OpenGL ICD completely in August 2004 (after preliminary Doom3 benchmarks were released) then it would *probably* take this long to have a finished product. of course, i don't know anything specific about the development cycle of OpenGL ICD's, so it's just a wild guess. 8 months seems reasonable...

(last time, people were saying the super Opengl driver would be in cat 4.10, which was only 2 months after Doom3 -- that seemed a little too quick to re-write a whole driver)


EDIT: ok, I just *guessed* it was the mysterious "re-written OpenGL driver", but that doesn't seem to be the case, after reading the article completely.

 

[bjc112]

Per cent..


It's percent!!!

 

[biostud]

probably only for X800

 

[Megatomic]

The article doesn't stipulate which cards get it. I read it twice to see if it did.

 

[raystorm]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
The article doesn't stipulate which cards get it. I read it twice to see if it did.

damn...thats true. I shouldn't get my hopes all high that my 9800 will get those nice performance increases..if that article is true anyways.

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Doom 3 will work almost twenty per cent faster than with Catalyst 5.5 as ATI made more efficient use of memory.

That could basically wipe out nVidia's game performance advantage.

we have to wait and see how much of that article really holds true....as we all know the inquirer has been known to feed us crap and change it at the very end.

 

[McArra]

If this is true Nvidia will have to do something similar.... Also inthis times that AMR and new gen cards are close I don't think they are spending their time in "old" cards... But that's just IMO. It would be nice if they can manage it, but if so I hope Nvidia can do the same LOL

 

[jiffylube1024]

Are they going to make the CCC not suck this time?

 

[redtip]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Are they going to make the CCC not suck this time?

CCC?

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: redtip

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Are they going to make the CCC not suck this time?

CCC?

Catalyst
Control
Center

The new whammodyne control panel replacement they have devised. It's slow and bloaty up to this point, I don't use it.

 

[Thor86]

Heh, LOMAC. I think I still have the CD somewhere. Should try it and see. It ran like a pig when it first came out, and this was probably on a 9800Pro.

 

[ronnn]

Probably only for the R520. :beer:

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: ronnn
Probably only for the R520. :beer:

SHHHHHhhhhhh! You are spoiling my fantasy!

 

[Pete]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
They "have a feeling" it will be released on June 7 !?! Wtf is that. That whole article is BS.

This makes me think G70 will be launched around then, and ATI is aiming a small wrench at the marketing machinery. Good news either way (new card or better performance with old cards).

 

[legcramp]

well, I hope this is true even though I dont own Ati anymore since the old days...9800xt lol..I own an ultra now, but anyways..whoevers better and can get thier asses up and thier act straight and ahve a truely better card will be my next purchase..in 2007 hehe my ultra is fine for now but I hope nvidia would improve their drivers too..since this card will have to last me quiet awhile.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek

Originally posted by: gsellis
The Inquirer's 5.6 article

Dang, I figured this would be the lastest "Yeah, Right" thread going. Leaking news (remember, The Inquirer does not sign NDAs), they say 5.6 will be a huge improvement in many games, with LOMAC gaining 50% (not that I play it).

Just so expectations are set, expect to see ATI, nVidia, and The Inquirer trashed in this thread.

I call BS right now.

They "have a feeling" it will be released on June 7 !?! Wtf is that. That whole article is BS.

-Kevin

I'm with phreek. 15-20% performance improvements?

From a driver release?



Sure. Whatever.

I'll be laughing when this one launches.

 

[ddogg]

the 10% or 15% improvement might be only in one particular game at one particular resolution on some particular card....its impossible to gain that much performance increase just with a driver release.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: raystorm

Originally posted by: Megatomic
The article doesn't stipulate which cards get it. I read it twice to see if it did.

damn...thats true. I shouldn't get my hopes all high that my 9800 will get those nice performance increases..if that article is true anyways.

Anyway, havent Nvidia produced a 15-20% overall improvement with a simple driver release?

I cant see why it cant happen but it does seem a bit high.