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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!

Aquamark 2.3

Aquamark 2.3 benchmark

Benchmark was run with standard settings.
After each run there was a reboot

Madshrimps (c)

	3.4 Catalyst	3.5 Catalyst	3.6 Catalyst	3.7 Catalyst	3.8 Catalyst	3.9 Catalyst
1600x1200	24.2	24.3	24.3	24.3	24.1	24.3

No difference here, only a small difference between the different drivers

Madshrimps (c)

	3.4 Catalyst	3.5 Catalyst	3.6 Catalyst	3.7 Catalyst	3.8 Catalyst	3.9 Catalyst
1280x1024	33.8	34.3	33.8	33.8	33.9	33.7

At 1280x1024 the 3.5 driver stands out, while the rest produce only a very small difference.

Madshrimps (c)

	3.4 Catalyst	3.5 Catalyst	3.6 Catalyst	3.7 Catalyst	3.8 Catalyst	3.9 Catalyst
1024x768	49.0	50.4	50.1	50.0	49.9	50.4

Again the 3.5 which performs the best closely followed by ATI’s latest 3.9.

In conclusion for Aquamark 2.3, stick to the 3.9, it performs the best in 2 out the 3 resolutions tested.

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