BEWARE: 8.6 Hotfix reduces performance considerably

[wolf2009]

just finished testing catalyst 8.6 hotfix drivers on my HD4850 and they do the completely opposite of what they r supposed to do. posted in my thread here.

just wanted to give a heads up to all HD48xx users .

4 out of the 6 games tested showed considerable reduction in avg fps.

i couldn't believe it myself, i tested it again and again. but same result. i checked all the settings. CPU-> same, never touched . GPU-> never touched . only drivers reinstalled after complete clean up thru driver sweeper, driver cleaner pro, through registry, crap cleaner.

 

[apoppin]

just finished testing catalyst 8.6 hotfix drivers on my HD4850 and they do the completely opposite of what they r supposed to do. posted in my thread here.

just wanted to give a heads up to all HD48xx users .

4 out of the 6 games tested showed considerable reduction in avg fps.

i couldn't believe it myself, i tested it again and again. but same result. i checked all the settings. CPU-> same, never touched . GPU-> never touched . only drivers reinstalled after complete clean up thru driver sweeper, driver cleaner pro, through registry, crap cleaner.

Maybe something is wrong; you don't need all that driver cleaner crap. Just use Cat install manager to remove the old ones!

With my 4870, i get slight improvement in FPS across-the-board [slightly to a bit more] with The Hotfix drivers over 8.6. That is what most users are reporting, i believe - at several forums.

 

[Deleted member 83233]

I didn't notice a difference either way, but I didn't run any tests either. I run a pair of 4850s, and as long as things run synced (VS/TB,) I'm happy. I didn't notice anything visible after the update, but if it didn't drop by two digits, I probably wouldn't anyway.

 

[dreamer3kx]

so the 8.6's are no good because you are having problems, come on man, you should know better.