Sapphire HD 5970 Driver Question

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Weaksauce
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Anyone know what is the best driver out there at the moment? I've heard a few horror stories out there about the dirvers on this thing and I don't want to have one of my own.
 
"Your mileage will vary"...

In other words, you're probably gonna' have to start somewhere and compare.

For instance, the new 10.3 betas yielded me upwards of a 15% gain in performance in some games, but the ONE game they crashed for me consistently- NFS Shift - is something I play a lot...so I went back to the 10.2 official release. Those have been VERY stable for me since released.
 
Complete nub question, but is there a difference between the v8.663 driver (win7 64bit) download and the catalyst 10.2 hotfix? Do I need them both?

Oh and a link to the beta would be appreciated, thanks.
 
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q8L4MGNP

If memory serves correct, 8.663 is a few versions back. (the 10.2 official is 8.702).

The hotfix, from what I recall, fixed a couple of specific issues. (AVP problems and a cursor issue) I didn't bother downloading since I didn't see any issues with the 10.2s to begin with).
 
Catalyst drivers are a bit confusing if you are coming from Nvidia; Catalyst versions appear to go by the year and month of release, but they contain driver upgrades with separate version numbers. Each new Catalyst version generally has a newer version of the driver.
 
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