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ATI Catalyst 10.3a Driver Performance Benchmarking

Manufacturer: AMD
Product: Catalyst 10.3 beta drivers
Date: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 - 12:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Radeon HD 5870 Test Settings

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with all the latest updates installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. The Corsair DOMINATOR memory modules were run in triple-channel mode at 1866MHz with 8-8-8-24 timings. The ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards was tested with 10.2 CATALYST and 10.3a CATALYST ("yo, Fermi, grease up and bend over" - Best Quote by AMD ever) drivers. The ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard was run using BIOS 0610 with the processor running stock settings and Turbo enabled.

Windows 7 Drivers Used:
Intel Chipset Inf Update Program V9.1.1.1014
SoundMAX 2000B Audio Driver V6.10.2.6585 for Windows 64bit Windows 7.(WHQL)
Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver V11.10.5.3 for 32/64bit Windows 7.(WHQL)

The Test System

Here is the Intel LGA 1366 Test platform:

Intel Test Platform

 

Component

 

Brand/Model

 

Live Pricing

 

Processor

Intel Core i7 975

 

Motherboard

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

 

Memory

6GB Corsair DDR3 1866MHz

 

Video Card

 

See Below

 

Hard Drive

 

Western Digital VelociRaptor

 

Cooling

 

Titan Finrar

 

Power Supply

 

Cooler Master 1000W

 

Chassis

 

None (Open Bench)

 

Operating System

 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GPU-Z 0.3.9 Details:

ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GPU-Z 0.3.9

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Review Index
Page 1 - ATI Brings The Hurt To NVIDIA With CATALYST 10.3
Page 2 - Radeon HD 5870 Test Settings
Page 3 - Batman: Arkham Asylum
Page 4 - Resident Evil 5
Page 5 - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Page 6 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 7 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 8 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 9 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions