The Catalyst 10.3 driver set I’m calling the Holy Crap! driver set because as far as I’m concerned when you look at what it offers they’re the only two words that come to mind.
Catalyst 10.3; The Holy Crap Driver! | ShaneBaxtor.com
from legit reviews:
Late yesterday we
got word that ATI would be coming out with a CATALYST 10.3 preview update driver that would increase the performance of more than a dozen PC games and we don't think it's a coincidence that this driver just happens to come out the week before the GeForce GTX 480 graphics card is due to launch at
PAX East on March 26th.
Check out what AMD's marketing department said about these new drivers.
This ATI Catalyst™ driver update will unlock new performance improvements on top of the already previewed features in the initial Catalyst™ 10.3 Preview driver we sampled you in February. This driver will be available to download on March 17th from undgerground.amd.com and it will be called "Catalyst 10.3a Preview". On March 24th we will post the official Catalyst™ 10.3 WHQL certified on amd.com. The difference between the two is that Catalyst™ 10.3a Preview will contain future Eyefinty 6 updates and an Alien vs. Predator optimization which the Catalyst™ 10.3 WHQL posting does not have.
Here's a list of performance enhancements you can expect from Catalyst 10.3a: Aliens vs. Predator
* Overall performance increases 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Battleforge
* Improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Call of Duty: World at War
* Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Company of Heroes
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Crysis and Crysis Warhead
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
DiRT 2
* Improves up to 30% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
* Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Far Cry 2
* Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Left 4 Dead & Left 4 Dead 2
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky
* Improves up to 2% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
* Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Resident Evil 5
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.
* Improves up to 15% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
* Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
World in Conflict
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Performance review:
ATI Catalyst 10.3a Driver Performance Benchmarking - Resident Evil 5 - Legit Reviews
They only tested the HD5870, quite interested to see the improvements from the rest of the HD5xxx series even the HD4xxx series as mentioned.
Download link:
ATI Catalyst 10.3 Preview Driver
Legit Bottom Line: We'll see you next week for the results as the ATI Radeon HD 5870 versus the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 match is about to become very real and very public!
This is the fight we've been waiting for ages
Catalyst 10.3a: The Holy Crap Driver
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