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Installation on x850xt
- Thread starter JamesGold
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By all means get the latest available on ATI's site. 6.11 CAT will be what you are looking for. The X850XT is well seasoned now and most if not all bugs for that card are fully worked out as well as all performance tweaks applied.
Would it really be best to go with the latest drivers? Sometimes it's better to used the card optimized drivers. I'm not saying to use the cd drivers, but the latest drivers from the card's generation. For the x800 series, this was apparently the catalyst 5.13 drivers. On an x800xt, there were a couple of differences to note.
I actually went from 6.10 to 5.13 to see if there would be a performance gain but there really wasn't. I ran the FEAR benchmark before and after but the fps was pretty much the same, maybe 2 fps slower. However, there were some points where there would me a small hiccup using 6.10 which was pretty much gone using 5.13.
Also in the fear benchie, I noticed that 5.13 rendered some things differently, like the dustclouds that are created after a bullet hits the wall. It was a bit different and I preferred it to the 6.10 drivers.
food for thought I guess.
I actually went from 6.10 to 5.13 to see if there would be a performance gain but there really wasn't. I ran the FEAR benchmark before and after but the fps was pretty much the same, maybe 2 fps slower. However, there were some points where there would me a small hiccup using 6.10 which was pretty much gone using 5.13.
Also in the fear benchie, I noticed that 5.13 rendered some things differently, like the dustclouds that are created after a bullet hits the wall. It was a bit different and I preferred it to the 6.10 drivers.
food for thought I guess.
Although there is a serious quality issue with the most recent VIVO/wdm drivers. You have to go back to the 6.5 version of the wdm drivers to avoid having video input look like complete crap.
With my x800pro VIVO @ XT-PE I'm running the cat 6.11's w/ the wdms from 6.5 and ATI Tray Tools instead of the Catalyst Control Center. It seems like a pretty nice combo.
Of course if you never do any video capture, save yourself some time and complication.
With my x800pro VIVO @ XT-PE I'm running the cat 6.11's w/ the wdms from 6.5 and ATI Tray Tools instead of the Catalyst Control Center. It seems like a pretty nice combo.
Of course if you never do any video capture, save yourself some time and complication.