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Hi , 1st of all i want to apologize for a stupid thread a did before about fixes in catalyst 4.x line, i might have gone too far.
i have extensively playtested with real games the new CATALYST 4.5 and hope it can help everyone as of my last review of Catalyst 4.4.
specs : AthlonXp 2800+ , GigaCube Radeon 9800 PRO AIW , 512 DDR Pc2700 , SBLive , XP sp1, fresh format using my usual procedure, all games tested with Vsync OFF and no AA-AF.
ill go to the important stuff without chit-chat :
1 - 3Dmark2001 , Catalyst 3.10 were the only one giving me 15725 Marks, i fired the Catalyst 4.5 and gave me 15714 marks , awesome , i am astonished.....with the new catalyst 4.5 , do a full 3Dmark 2001 and after finishing watch the 1 LIGHT score....impressive....81 Fps (for me) ,any catalyst before gave me 70.2 fps exacly.
it might sound like well...11 fps ...nothing much....no....well , any game relying on LIGHTS , should see an improvement if it's a driver improvement and not a CHEAT for 3Dmark only.
P.S = Vertex Shader has gone down from 174 to 154....about 20 fps loss....all Catalyst 4.x looses lots of FPS , even over 30 fps, don't know why , but the Catalyst 4.5 lost about 20 fps only so it's fine, considering the light improvements
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2 - after that i had to try light intensive game and here's the surprise!!!!
i loaded FRAPS and loaded HITMAN - CONTRACTS!!.....1280x1024 with everything maxed except Shadow Low and Post Filter MEDIUM (always played like that).....ready????
i loaded a save game in ROTTERDAM mission upon loading i saw my score @ 82 Fps , any other driver from 3.10 to 4.4 gave me 76 fps......well , the game is a lot smoother now i said.....
i loaded the MANOR mission in open area.....SHOCK!!!......57 FPS.....before was 31 FPS!! same place , same everything!!!!!!!!!!!.....people , a jump of 26 FPS......i don't even want to tell you how smooth the game is , stability is fine from the 3 hours i played it.
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3 - roll on to MANHUNT.....no big difference at all , same driver speed i had from 3.10 to 4.5, nothing wierd, no slowdown, no mouse lag , no wierd things.
Fraps reports at the savegame that i have 160 fps
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4 - UT2004 , for once i have to say this drivers feels a bit better , the smoothness are the best of the Catalyst 4.x line , no wierd textures disappear or anything and IQ seems a bit higher , but the best improvement is in the HARD_DISK.....yes, i did notice the Harddrive doesn't trash like old catalyst as much , that means less jerkiness when turning , my bet is an improvement in the AGP APERTURE handling in the driver of some kind, even if the beta-testers didn't touch it , maybe by fixing driver , they fixed something else in-between , cool
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5 - SPLINTER CELL lag has gone away and been fixed, the Catalyst 4.4 are horrible as they had some kind of LAG in most games ,specially SPLINTER , now all is fine , graphic wise is same, shadow still same , smoothness are better than Catalyst 4.4.
Fraps shows a 4 fps improvement from Catalyst 4.4 and earlier.
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6 - BF Vietnam , well you know the story , but i did run it on my pc and i have no problem whatsoever without AA-AF , but the problem starts with AA-AF and you all know that the BETA version fixes the bug.
Fraps framerate is way to unreliable in this game , from 30 to 60 fps in a matter of 5 sec, i won't consider it , but again the Harddisk doesn't trash as before , same as UT2004.
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as a last thing ......3DMARK 2003 ......score has jumped for me from 5600 marks to 5632 marks , but i don't care for 3Dmark2003 after the mess we all know about.
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CONCLUSION:
Ladies and gentlemen , the star of the show is ........HITMAN - CONTRACTS!!!
now you all can play it with POST-FILTER @ Medium if not HIGH and enjoy great framerates, make sure you have the 1.74 PATCH.
lots of small improvements in speed and AGP aperture somehow ,means that this drivers are probably a great upgrade if you want to ditch the Catalyst 3.10 you are using, UnrealT2004 doesn't trash the harddisk like before and neither BF Vietnam ,albeit a bit less noticable.
I've been very loyal to the Catalyst 3.10 since they were released, and for me the new CATALYST 4.5 are the best thing since them , honest.
i can't comment on stability, but i had them from 7 Hours on my PC and not a single glitch or stability issue , actually XP desktop seems snappier , don't know.
hope you liked my Mini-Review (not so mini) LOL
reply anytime.
Thank you for reading.