feed back for Catalyst 8.5

I just downloaded them for Vista. I'll let you guys know how they work once I take them for a test drive. I guess I updated to 8.4 the other day for no reason 😛. Stalker is going to go back on the hard drive too for testing as per the 30% performance increase claimed by ATI.
 
@ San Pedro - 30% seriously? Let us know.

@spuddyt - you talkin to me? Will Atitool control the fans? Where do i get atitool? googe it? I thought atitool wasn't compatible with 38xx cards.
 
I had to use rivatuner to manually set my fan speed. It idles around 37 degrees C @ 50 or 60 % fan speed and I have it oc'ed to 860 on core
 
8.5 seem to be pretty good drivers. I loaded STALKER and it was smooth with everything maxed. I forgot how bad the player models were, but the HDR lighting is pretty good. I also remembered why I wasn't so hot on that game (can't pause the game to use a different weapon).

Also, rivatuner will let you control fan settings. I use it in XP, but not Vista.
 
I installed the updated driver the day after AMD-ATI released, I really can't see any actual improvement since Catalyst 8.2, from Catalyst 8.2 to Catalyst 8.3 to 8.4 (except the Cross Fire X was added on 8.4) and to 8.5 just likely monthly routine. Maybe I would see the difference on different Catalyst versions when RV7700XT is available.
 
I gave my girlfriend my hd3850. I installed it with the cat 8.5 driver. Online playing UT2K4 it ran like poo. When I say poo I mean 2 - 3 fps. So I installed 8.3 and the system now gets 85 fps which is the max that the gaming server allows to public players. I have an hd3870 and have 8.2 installed. I have tried 7.11 to 8.4 and have found that I get the best 3dmark06 score with 8.2. I have not tried 8.5 yet with the my hd3870 card. After seeing what it did with the 3850 I think I'll wait to see what the next version will do.
 
just tried it in my new tv, wouldnt let me use 1080p but it was 1650x1050. my monitor is 1440x900 and i swear to god these have to be the best drivers. i used to lag when i looked places, when it would load the textures, but now its all sweet.

n higher res gaming works fine for me on my hd 3870.

great driver release tbh. best that ive had since the 8.2s