Catalyst 4.6 Beta

Thanx Dude!

<A HREF="http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=796" target="_new">Link to Guru3D's driver downloads</A>.


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anyone tried them yet ? and checked them for stability ?

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They work, so far so good with Morrowind and Ut2K4 at 500/345.

I'll try to bench them (and the Cat 4.5 finally) this weekend.


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There is a new OpenGL Acceleration tab in the control panel now....no one can really say if it bring's any kind of performance improvements.
I'm not going to d/l these because the new official Cat.'s will be out any day.
(I'm interested in seeing your bench result's though :wink: )

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I didn't notice any tab, I don't know where to look though, it wasn't in the 3D section.

I ran a few tests while I was doing laundry, but I'm on my way out for dinner, so I don't have time for full tests today.

Here's what I got quickly (everything run similar to the main review, except GLXS which chose it's own baseline, 1152x864, for some reason);


PC Mark:

Cata 4.5: 2888
Beta 4.6: 2890


3Dmk01

Cata 4.5: 10078
Beta 4.6: 9998


3Dmk03

Cata 4.5: G1: 107.1 G2: 20.5 G3: 18.9 G4: 21.0
Single: 896.0 Mutli: 1565.0 VS: 10.4 PS: 33.1 RagTroll: 13.2

Beta 4.6: G1: 103.0 G2: 20.5 G3: 19.0 G4: 21.8
Single: 896.1 Mutli: 1565.3 VS: 10.4 PS: 32.6 RagTroll: 13.2


Aquamark3

Cata 4.5: Total: 23,866 Grfx: 3,294 CPU: 4,332
Beta 4.6: Total: 23,637 Grfx: 3,273 CPU: 4,248

GL-XS @ 1152x864 (didn't return to default for some reason)

Cata 4.5: Fill Rate: 5785 Poly Count: 8648 VRAM: 2407 CPU/FPU: 5580
Beta 4.6: Fill Rate: 5810 Poly Count: 8816 VRAM: 2407 CPU/FPU: 5555

DroneZ

Cata 4.5: Min: 87.56 Max: 424.00 Avg: 148.08
Beta 4.6: Min: 91.09 Max: 493.00 Avg: 149.83

Occasional bumps +/- in performance for DX tests, but OGL does seem a little better in those two tests.

That's it for now. I'll do the final version once the Flames win the Stanley Cup! :evil:


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That's it for now. I'll do the final version once the Flames win the Stanley Cup!
St-Louis stole the CUP on Saturday night! Jarome Iginla will get it back tonight! Stanley Cup in Canada this year!

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Not this year. Cup staying down here. PS thanks for St-Louis
What's it's ironic is that the one who will keep the CUP is USA is French Canadian.

If Tampa Bay wins the CUP, USA will have to thanks 3 Canadian player : St-Louis, Lecavalier and Richards.

NOTE : French Canadian are the best hockey players in the world!!! :smile: I am a French Canadian and I never played hockey, shame on me!!!

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Tampa Bay is a "Canadian" team, <A HREF="http://www.nhl.com/nhlstats/stats?service=direct&context=Home/completePointLeaderLink&ticker=TAM" target="_new"> check their stats</A>.

In the top 10 players 8 are Canadians! Even if the Flames loose, the Stanley Cup will be in Canada most of the time this year. :smile:

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Well last night's game was definitely less controversial than Game 6.

Yesterday Tampa Bay played like they deserved the CUP, all the way up to the last 7 minutes of play. But it was too late for the flames, I would've like to have seen a fair final minute leading up to the end, that Penalty for Charging was BS! But so be it, you can't rely on pulling it out of the fire at the last minute.

Maybe I'll update the review before the Flames win the CUP, waiting another 15 years, seems like a long wait to update. :wink:

People in Calgary are going to be talking about the Phantom goal in Game 6 for some time, but who cares, Gimme a season next year and the Cup will go to it's rightful place.... <b>BOSTON</b>! 😎

Anywhoo Congrats TB!


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Whats a stanley Cup...and is it important ? I get the feeling that it may have something to do with that figure skating that you guys do over there with a puck... ;-)

Gary battens down the hatches and prepares for the abuse that HE knows is coming...

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Ok then, so it's got little in common with Disney on ice then.....sheesh.

(oh, and just so you know, I reckon it takes guts to step out onto the ice with those bruisers)

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