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Radeon8500 users, check your drivers! New drivers double performance in Comanche4 and JKII!!

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FishTankX

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System P4 2.4GHZ PC1066

7.62
Comanche4 1024X768:~18.6 FPS
JKII 1600X1200:35FPS

7.65
Comanche4 1024X768:40FPS
JKII 1600X1200:75FPS.

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That's gotta be a record out of the most performance gained out of a frikkin driver update!
Source:Extreme Tech
 
my brother has noticed improved frame rates with his gaming with the newest drivers 🙂
 
It's a well known fact that initial Radeon 8500 drivers were extremely slow and that ATi has been working very hard to improving performance since they first released them.

Ever seen Nvidia pull anything from this?
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The detonator 3 and 4 drivers both offered impressive performance gains with no IQ degradation. Of course nVidia's drivers never started out as unoptimised as ATi's drivers did.
 
Not sure what drivers you are using as the 7.74's are the latest. Anyway, I found this in the driver release notes .pdf file...


OpenGL Performance Boosts:

CATALYST 02.2 provides significant performance improvements in OpenGL games across the entire RADEON product line, especially at high resolutions.

Up to 25% improvement in Quake III (1600x1200, Max Quality)
Up to 35% improvement in Return to Castle Wolfenstein (1600x1200, High Quality)
Up to 50% improvement in Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (1600x1200, Extreme Quality)


Catalyst Release Notes PDF

🙂

BTW - I can play JKII @ 1600 x 1200 with everything maxed out smooth as silk..🙂
 
7.74 is the Catalyst 2.02 Driver Set - It is confusing to give it that number because that is not how ATI identifies it. So, get Catalyst 2.02 and install it.
 
Originally posted by: corky-g
7.74 is the Catalyst 2.02 Driver Set - It is confusing to give it that number because that is not how ATI identifies it. So, get Catalyst 2.02 and install it.
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Also known as the 6118 set..😉
 
[/quote] Also known as the 6118 set..😉[/quote]

Correct! That is the file number and also what appears in ATI system info.

WXP-RADEON-6-13-10-1618-EFG.EXE (The exact file name.) 🙂

 
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