10.3a Preview drivers [Archive]

lee63

03-17-10, 02:07 PM

http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/tips/Pages/catalyst-10-3-preview.aspx

Toss3

03-17-10, 02:26 PM

http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/tips/Pages/catalyst-10-3-preview.aspx

Thanks installing now! :)

Fotis

03-17-10, 04:59 PM

These drivers rock!!(nana2)
Legitreviews 10.3a driver test (http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1253/1/)

Toss3

03-17-10, 05:28 PM

These drivers rock!!(nana2)
Legitreviews 10.3a driver test (http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1253/1/)

Yup and they have even more goodies in store for crossfire owners:

"We are also getting ready an Crossfire profile update ready to post in the next few days that will improve performance even more. For example rumor has it that Battlefield2: Bad Company will see an FPS increase from 40 to 70"

mcbacker

03-17-10, 05:50 PM

The performance is the same as 10.3 preview, but so far this one fixed the BF: BC2 flickering issue!

Aphot

03-17-10, 07:13 PM

The performance is the same as 10.3 preview, but so far this one fixed the BF: BC2 flickering issue!

Nice :D. Cant wait to use them when I get home from work.

/me cant wait for 10.3 final drivers

Revs

03-18-10, 10:15 AM

This will add a little more heat to the upcoming war :D

Sowk

03-18-10, 10:38 AM

The drivers are amazing..

Running Bad Company 2 MP, at all very high settings, 1xMSAA, 2560X1440 res, and never drop below 60fps, with a single 5970. don't even have my dual 5970's up and running yet... WOW!!!!!

Toss3

03-18-10, 11:04 AM

The drivers are amazing..

Running Bad Company 2 MP, at all very high settings, 1xMSAA, 2560X1440 res, and never drop below 60fps, with a single 5970. don't even have my dual 5970's up and running yet... WOW!!!!!

Why not put that 5970 to use and use 8xSSAA + dx9 instead of dx11? :)

Sowk

03-18-10, 11:50 AM

What is the difference bewteen DX9 and DX11 in this game?

ragejg

03-18-10, 12:23 PM

Wonder how these help the other ATI dx10 cards. Maybe a 3850/3870/2900xt can run BC2 acceptably after all.

FWIW I'll test these on my 4850 & 4870 very soon. :)

slaWter

03-18-10, 01:56 PM

What is the difference bewteen DX9 and DX11 in this game?

Visually all rendering modes are similar IMO. But DX9 has no AA support.

Toss3

03-19-10, 01:48 AM

Visually all rendering modes are similar IMO. But DX9 has no AA support.

But with dx9 you can force SSAA via the ccc. :)

slaWter

03-19-10, 11:37 AM

But with dx9 you can force SSAA via the ccc. :)

That's nice. Didn't know that.

Toss3

03-19-10, 11:43 AM

That's nice. Didn't know that.

Doesn't seem to work for BF:BC 2 though.. No matter as the game looks absolutely horrible in dx9. Dx11 + AA looks good enough. :)

StoNer

03-19-10, 02:43 PM

Awesome set of drivers!

grey_1

03-19-10, 04:31 PM

Will try these tonight - see if I can squeak out any more performance from my aging 4870. :)

Edit: Very nice. Slight performance increase in Metro 2033 - 30-40 fps for the most part, but was able to enable AAA and 2x edge detect - which was just a bit much with the 10.2s for me.

Having tested anything else yet.

Blacklash

03-20-10, 04:23 AM

So they're worth it for a single 5870? I'm still on 10.2 and haven't bothered with these yet.

K007

03-20-10, 05:06 AM

seems ok here...think its a little smoother for me in bfbc2..only thing i can test since thats all i play now lol

Blacklash

03-20-10, 05:22 AM

Well I installed and tried the Heaven bench.

Heaven bench gained +5FPS. Went from 41FPS @ 1920x1200 DX11 to 46FPS. That's a single HD 5870 @ 1030|1300. It was run with default filtering at the indicated res. That's 10.2 vs 10.3a.

I'll try DiRT2 later.

I hope AMD keep up with DX11 boosts.

onmikesline

03-20-10, 10:20 AM

just installed it, ill go try some games out

Johnny C

03-20-10, 10:21 AM

Well I installed and tried the Heaven bench.

Heaven bench gained +5FPS. Went from 41FPS @ 1920x1200 DX11 to 46FPS. That's a single HD 5870 @ 1030|1300. It was run with default filtering at the indicated res. That's 10.2 vs 10.3a.

I'll try DiRT2 later.

I hope AMD keep up with DX11 boosts.

Sounds like some of that 1.25bn from Intel made it's way to driver development...

Lyme

03-21-10, 01:35 AM

eve-online is faster

hell_of_doom227

03-21-10, 11:29 PM

Metro 2033 runs like crap with 10.2, anybody tried with 10.3a. HD5870 -> utter crap. No game runs fine.

kaptkarl

03-21-10, 11:42 PM

Hell of doom - You are sooooo full of bullsh#t it's not even funny......Just sell you ATI card mr. NVidia fanboy so we don't have to hear your BS any more.:D

Now back on topic.....I here these drivers are awesome. I just sold my GTX260 and purchased a VisionTek 5870 and can't wait to give these drivers a spin. Nice job ATI!!

Kapt