ATI Catalyst 9.x beta available

[ghost_recon88]

Download page (http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=40671)

Source (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2009/bericht_ati_catalyst_9x_beta/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2009/bericht_ati_catalyst_9x_beta/%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)
Update: ATi has Catalyst 9.x beta version of Catalyst 8:12 Hot Fix for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit published. Der Treiber unterstützt offiziell nur Grafikkarten aus der Radeon HD 4000-Serie und kann kostenlos bei ATi heruntergeladen werden . The driver officially supports only graphics cards from the Radeon HD 4000-series and is free for ATi downloaded.

And of course, benches (Original thread (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=213789))

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1457/61199577rj7.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/i768uw.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2u74yud.jpg

[mastrdrver]

Those are nice Cyrsis improvements.

[redrumy3]

yeah just installed those today :) haven't tested anything besides l4d and css, also have to try gta iv with these

[Gabkicks]

I wonder if i'll get any improvements. I'll try them now and post results.

[mastrdrver]

yeah just installed those today :) haven't tested anything besides l4d and css, also have to try gta iv with these

Have you ran into any problems with they yet?

[ghost_recon88]

I just got done installing Vista 32 so I'm gonna give these a try on my HD 4850.

[Gabkicks]

Meh, there was no real difference for my pc. Far Cry 2 still stutters if I don't limit framerate to 45fps or so.




8.12 drivers
Far Cry 2 Benchmark:
3 loops 2X AA 1650x1080 Very high settings DX10

Avg: 46.23 Max: 63.81 Min: 36.47
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Framebuffer Crysis Warhead Benchmark:
DirectX 10 GAMER 3X @ Map: avalanche @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 0x

Min: 11.56 Max: 41.89 Avg: 31.10
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Company of Heroes:
1680x1050 DX10 4xAA Max settings
Max: 60.2 Min: 27.9 avg: 46.5



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Beta Drivers
Far Cry 2 Benchmark:

* Average Framerate: 45.95
* Max. Framerate: 63.99
* Min. Framerate: 35.75

Framebuffer Crysis Warhead Benchmark:
min: 14.53 Max: 41.63 Avg: 31.16


Company of Heroes
Max 61.8 Min 27.7 Avg. 47.8