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Value of modded Catalyst drivers?

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creidhmeach

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Just a general question - for ATI cards, has anyone noticed a substantial improvement using modded drivers over the reference drivers? (I'm using a 9600XT, and am wondering if I can squeeze a little more juice out of it.)
 
Unlikely. Any performance gain would be at the expense of quality and/or WHQL certification. ATI has an army of engineers and has spent years and millions of dollars developing drivers and if they could gain anything over the competition simply by changing a few settings they would make them available via the CP, if not the default. To squeeze more juice, overclock... perhaps beyond what ATI might offer for the XT with a third-party proggy like ATI Tray Tools. If you are slightly more daring, replace the cooler with something like the Zalman V700.
 
Right now with both companies the driver sets are very mature and you are not seeing large performance gains and what not. Now it is about User Interface, correcting bugs etc...

Check the drivers thread.

-Kevin
 
Uhm, some german site regularly make benches of Catalyst, DNA, Omega and one more flavor and the performance differences <3%
 
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