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Revs
03-05-10, 11:01 AM
According to our info 2D performance, or to be precise a lack thereof on AMD's HD 5000 series cards should be fixed with the upcoming ATI Catalyst 10.4 drivers and that the problem is actually driver based.

You may already heard that HD 5000 series has serious problems when it comes to 2D power, and that even some integrated solutions are doing much better than, for example a $300 HD 5870 card. The problem is being fixed and AMD promises that the fix should come with a Catalyst 10.4 driver.

You can check out the tomshardware.com article here (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2d-windows-gdi,2539.html).

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17966/1/
Toss3
03-05-10, 01:07 PM
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17966/1/

Didn't even know about the 2D problem. Maybe this is why the 5000-series scores so low on WEI?
hell_of_doom227
03-05-10, 02:12 PM
After 7 months they are about to fix 2D problem :p AMD/ATI -> joke
Toss3
03-05-10, 02:23 PM
After 7 months they are about to fix 2D problem :p AMD/ATI -> joke

hell_of_doom227 -> :retard:
slaWter
03-05-10, 02:50 PM
What about DXVA, MPCHT compatibitly...? Problems like that were the reason I got rid of the ATI card.

Good to see they're working on all fronts. It's still way too slow but at least there is progress. Maybe I'll keep my next ATI card, in a year or so ;)
Toss3
03-05-10, 02:59 PM
What about DXVA, MPCHT compatibitly...? Problems like that were the reason I got rid of the ATI card.

Good to see they're working on all fronts. It's still way too slow but at least there is progress. Maybe I'll keep my next ATI card, in a year or so ;)

Why aren't you using madVR (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=146228) + CoreAVC? :) Looks much better than any other combination I've tried thus far. :)
K007
03-05-10, 05:37 PM
first time i am hearing of this problem...

After 7 months they are about to fix 2D problem :p AMD/ATI -> joke

The 5870 has been out for 7 months?

And yea he is a nut case.
Lyme
03-06-10, 03:12 AM
2d performance on my 5870 is slow, my wife even says my computer playing her games (all 2d) are slower than on her lower powered computer. It will be nice when they speed up.
Ninja Prime
03-06-10, 11:10 AM
What exactly is this problem anyway? I don't think I've ever seen it. Like, what kind of 2D stuff is slowed?
Lyme
03-06-10, 12:15 PM
Everything, it isn't significant, but it isn't speedy either.