Test System SetupProcessor(s): AMD Athlon X2 3800+
Motherboard(s): ASUS A8N SLI Premium (Supplied by
ASUS)
Memory: 2 X 512MB Mushkin PC4000 DDR (Supplied by
Mushkin)
Hard Disk(s): WD Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA (Supplied by
Western Digital)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP1
Drivers: ATI Catalyst 5.13 and 6.1 and DX9c
As we have mentioned, we have updated our cards to the latest generation of ATI graphics cards at least for the time being. Apart from the change of cards we have also added the 3DMark06 which was only released today.
Lets not drag on any longer and find out what the latest drivers do for us in the performance sector.
3DMark03Version and / or Patch Used: Build 360
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.comProduct Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark03/Buy It HereBy combining full DX8 and partial DX9 support with completely new tests and graphics over the previous version, 3DMark03 continues the legacy of being the industry standard 3D benchmark.
We can see that no performance gains with the new drivers across the whole board.
