Looking Back: ATI's Catalyst Drivers Exposed
by Ryan Smith on December 11, 2005 3:22 PM EST- Posted in
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D3DAFTester
Although it’s not a benchmark in and of itself, D3DAFTester is a great diagnostic tool to see if there has been any sort of global change in anisotropic filtering quality, and if so, what kind of impact that change offers. Before we settle down with the benchmarks, it’s best to see if there have been any global changes made to the drivers that would help or harm overall IQ.
Although it’s not a benchmark in and of itself, D3DAFTester is a great diagnostic tool to see if there has been any sort of global change in anisotropic filtering quality, and if so, what kind of impact that change offers. Before we settle down with the benchmarks, it’s best to see if there have been any global changes made to the drivers that would help or harm overall IQ.
D3DAFTester, Tunnel Mode, 8x AF
D3DAFTester, Plane Mode @ 15x75, 8x AF
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Ryan Smith - Sunday, December 11, 2005 - link
You should see the cooler attached, it sure sounds like a 757.Anyhow, good catch, thanks.
ss284 - Sunday, December 11, 2005 - link
I think this article might have been a bit more meaningful if some newer generation games were tested, like half life 2 and far cry.ElJefe - Sunday, December 11, 2005 - link
lol yes I thought the same.I was like eh? bf2 and half-life2 and doom3. Or quake 4 maybe. ( even though most gamers are not on that bandwagon yet, bf2 for first person is kinda king still)
Cygni - Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - link
Older drivers are going to have issues with newer games. Thats whats talked about in the article. If you are running Cat 1.0's with FEAR, its going to go ape shit... FEAR wasnt even around when those drivers came out. By using older games, they can limit this factor and make it a pure perforamnce comparison.ksherman - Sunday, December 11, 2005 - link
:(vshah - Sunday, December 11, 2005 - link
Mouseover makes the first image dissapear for me in firefox and ie.Will there be an nvidia version of this?
kerynitian - Monday, December 12, 2005 - link
I would definitely be interested in seeing how nvidida and their driver improvements in the nv40 line related to the marks put up by ati in this article...coldpower27 - Sunday, December 11, 2005 - link
Yes it might be interesting to do one with a 6800 GT/Ultra, to see if there have been improvements of extracting performance out of NV40 technology over the past now 18 months of life.I think we were in the early 61.xx when NV40 came out?
nts - Monday, December 12, 2005 - link
With this article testing on the R300 they would probably test NVIDIA NV30 (FX) cards.coldpower27 - Sunday, December 11, 2005 - link
Actually I beleive that is ~ 20 months instead of 18.