Performance review for Cat 10.10 - some questions.

[railven]

I know this subject was discussed in other threads and I know of the new changes to the Cat AI settings, but I'm a tad confused and just want some clarification.

For starters are there any reviews using the Cat 10.10 drivers versus older drivers?

I just recently upgraded from 10.3 (possibly 10.4) to 10.10e and I noticed a performance drop in Batman: AA. I haven't checked other games yet but seeing a drop in that one was enough to set a red flag.

I just recently played through batman: AA all settings max 8xAA with 1920x1080 resolution. I ran the bench and scored mins 59 and max 61 with overall 60 (using D3D override for V-sync and triple buffering).

I installed the new 10.10 last night set Cat AI to HQ and ran the bench didn't change anything except the resolution (since I was running my monitor and not my big screen) to 1680x1050 and to my surprise my minimum dropped to 38. I was like "WTF?" considering I'm using a lower resolution.

So I changed Cat AI to Quality and my min was no 48. Changed Cat AI to Performance and my min was 49.

Before my Min was 59. Is there a known performance decrease with Cat 10.10. And just from my own experience there is a noticeable IQ diff in IQ from Quality to High Quality.

EDIT:
If it matters:
PC
ASROCK X58 Extreme
Intel Core i7 930 stock
GA Radeon HD 5870 2GB Eye6
3x2 GB G.Skill Black Pi series DDR3 1600mhz
Corsair 750W

 

[railven]

So no one has noticed any performance dips with 10.10?

What setting am I suppose to put Cat AI for it to be equal to Pre 10.10 drivers? Quality or High Quality?