Catalyst 8.1 WHQL test
The latest Catalyst is 8.1, released in January 17. Catalyst 8.1 WHQL now supports MultiView. Multiview provides for hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering across multiple graphics adapters. But this feature now only supports Windows XP(32/64bit). The feature will support Vista in later releases.
AMD-ATI promises each month a new driver
Catalyst 8.1 WHQL suppots these OS：
Windows Vista
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Catalyst 8.1 WHQL package contains：
* Radeon display driver 8.451* Multimedia Center 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst Control Center Version 8.1
Catalyst 8.1 release note:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/content/pdf/Catalyst_81.pdf
Catalyst 8.1 WHQL official download page：
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix for Radeon HD 2000/X1000:
(AGP issue fixed, optimized performance of Crysis in DirectX 10, and Crossfire enhanced)
* Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix for Windows XP Professional and Home Edition
* Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
* Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix for Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
* Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix for Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
Test Bed
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January 24th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
It will be very nice to see crysis…
January 24th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
the new driver is coming, in the 8.2 test we will test Crysis for sure
January 25th, 2008 at 1:22 am
I see this was tested on a 3850. Why not the 3870 which most people use? I know for a fact that 8.1 increased my 3dmark06 score by over 100. Other people reported higher yet.
January 25th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Hello guys! Here is my new updated file with catalyst 8.1 results against my previous benches.
http://rapidshare.com/files/86306797/TEST_RESULTS.rar.html
Nothing great about the new tests actually. Only in lost planet i noticed huge performance gain with the 8.1 driver.
Also as you will see i am starting bencmarking 3870 with oc Q6600@3600mhz vs oc E8400@4200mhz. It is very early but he first two games i tested, call of duty 4 and supreme commander run faster on the Q6600 which for me is surprise since multithreading is not fully implemented in games yet! But maybe those too are actually more multithreaded than some other older games.
If expreview would be so king to make a similar test it would be great.
Of course I will continue testing.
January 26th, 2008 at 12:11 am
FORGOT TO MENTION THE RESOLUTION AND SOME OTHER THINGS
RES 1680*1050
MEM CORSAIR XMS2 PC6400
January 26th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
My updated file. With fixes edits etc and Q6600 vs E8400 gaming!
http://rapidshare.com/files/86707820/TEST_RESULTS_26-01-08.rar
cheers!