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ATI Catalyst Driver Comparison 3.x

Others/Miscelleneous by A-star @ 2003-11-26

We take the last 6 ATI Catalyst driver releases for a spin on a Radeon 9600 Pro, using a wide range of benchmark programs and games we try to find out which one gives you the best performance. 10 Benchmarks, 3 resolutions, 6 drivers, 180 results sorted for your viewing pleasure!

3DMark 2001

3DMark 2001 Benchmark

3DMark was tested using the default settings.
Each resolution was run 1 time followed by a reboot.

Madshrimps (c)

	3.4 Catalyst	3.5 Catalyst	3.6 Catalyst	3.7 Catalyst	3.8 Catalyst	3.9 Catalyst
1600x1200	4791	4802	4803	4816	4800	4823

As you can see here each new driver increased the score (but not by a shocking amount)

Madshrimps (c)

	3.4 Catalyst	3.5 Catalyst	3.6 Catalyst	3.7 Catalyst	3.8 Catalyst	3.9 Catalyst
1280x1024	6556	6628	6583	6611	6633	6646

Same here we see the score going up with each driver.

Madshrimps (c)

	3.4 Catalyst	3.5 Catalyst	3.6 Catalyst	3.7 Catalyst	3.8 Catalyst	3.9 Catalyst
1024x768	8333	8398	8396	8404	8364	8382

Here something strange, when using the 3.8 driver scores went down (not a lot, only 40 point or so) but increased again with the 3.9 driver.

We can clearly say that the 3.9 driver is the best choice for “using” 3DMark2001.

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