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XG Catalyst 8.9
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Dancop
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Videocard: Sapphire HD4870X2
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Default XG Catalyst 8.9 - 09-24-2008, 05:24 | posts: 16 | Location: Germany | User is Offline

XG Treiber 8.9


Hello,

I'm at work, so there's no chance to tryout! Have fun girls...
   
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Mr.StanleyDudek
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Default 09-24-2008, 05:42 | posts: 343 | Location: Denton, TX | User is Offline

On the way down the tubes.
Official 8.9's are pretty solid. I wonder how these will do in comparison..
   
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Default 09-24-2008, 06:12 | posts: 642 | User is Offline

a bit faster than official!)
   
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Dancop
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Default 09-24-2008, 06:30 | posts: 16 | Location: Germany | User is Offline

Which games?
   
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Default 09-24-2008, 07:09 | posts: 305 | Location: Spain | User is Offline

Downloading now. lets see if they give a better performance with my 2900 XT compared to the Original 8.9
   
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Default 09-24-2008, 07:41 | posts: 1,823 | Location: Hollywood, CA | User is Offline

I never had any issues with tweakforce drivers, so i will see how it goes
   
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Funky Doodle
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Default 09-24-2008, 07:56 | posts: 642 | User is Offline

Quote:
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Which games?
3dmark
   
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The General
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Default 09-24-2008, 10:22 | posts: 1,823 | Location: Hollywood, CA | User is Offline

In the CCC , they added enable geometry instancing & HQ AF.
So i will be keeping these drivers, thanks. I will give feedback later on how well games performs.
   
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Default 09-24-2008, 10:35 | posts: 572 | Location: Egypt | User is Offline

Very good drivers
   
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Default 09-24-2008, 11:04 | posts: 1,823 | Location: Hollywood, CA | User is Offline

Yea, very nice drivers, performance is good, and i like extra options. Thanks again
   
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Default 09-24-2008, 12:03 | posts: 2,866 | Location: Germany | User is Online

Any performance increase\IQ something compared to Original 8.9?
   
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Default 09-24-2008, 17:23 | posts: 141 | Location: South Florida | User is Offline

Do these include the AGP hotfix?
   
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Default 09-25-2008, 02:43 | posts: 98 | Location: Germany | User is Offline

1fps faster in crysis warhead compared to official 8.8 (36fps to 35fps)
   
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XG Catalyst 8.9
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master2k8
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Red face XG Catalyst 8.9 - 09-25-2008, 03:28 | posts: 31 | Location: Austria | User is Offline

very good driver, my Performance Leaks in Internet Explorer 8 Beta2 --> Zoom function are gone! , nu stuttering while scrolling through forums!!

On the other side, flickering in Internet Explorer 8 Beta2 is gone too...
(: yeah!!


nice driver


thx 4 it
   
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Default 09-25-2008, 03:32 | posts: 642 | User is Offline

i have better AA in Stalker clear sky!
   
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Default 09-25-2008, 03:35 | posts: 16 | Location: Germany | User is Offline

And I have a big stuttering in Jericho...maybe I have to reinstall the original drivers, haven't I?

Last edited by Dancop; 09-25-2008 at 03:48.
   
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Default 09-28-2008, 06:55 | posts: 141 | Location: South Florida | User is Offline

I can confirm, these do not for the Radeon HD 3850 AGP.
   
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Default 09-28-2008, 08:26 | posts: 2,828 | Location: UK | User is Offline

AGP set are coming soon.
   
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Default 09-28-2008, 09:28 | posts: 473 | Location: Slovenia | User is Offline

OMG. I was able to play 2h of Stalker CS without atikdmag crash. With these XG drivers of course. Great work.
   
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Default 09-28-2008, 11:26 | posts: 6,585 | Location: England | User is Offline

Downloading now! Official 8.9's causing me major headaches with Crysis!
   
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Default 09-28-2008, 17:13 | posts: 4,278 | Location: Brisbane, Australia | User is Offline

Will give these a go when I get home.
   
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Default 09-28-2008, 18:08 | posts: 82 | Location: Portugal | User is Offline

These drivers increase performance in Vantage by 400marks to me, but they cause graphic corruption like the 8.8 beta. (im running Vista x64)
   
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Default 09-28-2008, 18:43 | posts: 629 | Location: Maryland | User is Offline

Yeah, I get alot of corruption. Sucks, cause the performance are alittle better than official ones.
   
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