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Catalyst 4.9 Drivers

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On September 10, 2004, 5:09 AM

ATI has now released the final revision of its Catalyst 4.9 drivers which should bring some performance improvement, especially in the new generation Radeons. Get them [URL=http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html?type=xp&prodType=graphic&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=7&submit.y=9]here[/URL].

Doom3 performance improves 10-15% on ATI RADEON™ X800 XT products when anti-aliasing is enabled. UT2004 performance improves considerably on the ATI RADEON™ 9500 PRO, RADEON™ 9700 PRO RADEON™ 9800 PRO and RADEON™ 9800 XT products. The benefit can be 25% or more in some circumstances, particularly at extreme graphics settings such as 6xAA + 16xAF.

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  1. September 10, 2004 8:41 AM
    MYOB said:
    Is there any point for users of first-generation Radeon's like me in upgrading? Has the speed for the 7000 changed at all in the recent drivers?
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  2. September 10, 2004 8:53 AM
    Masque said:
    I'm just taking an educated guess in the fact that you'll run about the same with any drivers going back.....oh.....say.....6 months ago or better. IMHO
    Reply
  3. September 10, 2004 10:21 AM
    RedRooster said:
    I know the last drivers caused problems with my 8500, so I'm not getting those either.
    Reply
  4. September 11, 2004 2:49 PM
    TS | Thomas said:
    Installed them on my 9700 Pro yesterday. No problems so far.
    Reply
  5. September 12, 2004 6:51 AM
    Julio said:
    I would only install this set if I had a 9700/9800 Pro or superior card... unless I was having some issues with some game or app, of course.
    Reply

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