“Let’s not kid ourselves. Just days before the end of the month comes to a close, ATI squeezes out a Catalyst driver, I think it’s safe to say that this driver is more so to keep the flawless monthly release record than to bring massive improvements or new features.The driver seems so rushed out that someone forgot to update the Catalyst Control Center to actually say 10.1. Instead it still says 9.12. Terry Makedon @ CatalystMaker even said on Twitter that this is just a standard release driver to fix some bugs.”
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Diamond Radeon HD 5750 OC Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- PowerColor Radeon HD5850 PCS+ Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
- ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB @ Tweaktown
- HIS Radeon HD 5770 Videocard Review @ Tweaknews
- Asus Radeon EAH5670 1GB Graphics Card Video Review @ eTeknix
- Workarounds for Radeon HD 5000 Series Vertical Stripes Issue @ NGOHQ
- MSI R5670-PMD1G Radeon HD 5670 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- PowerColor PCS+ 5770 and Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X Review @ HardwareHeaven
- ProlimaTech MK-13 Video Card Cooler @ Benchmark Reviews
- PNY VERTO GeForce GT 240 Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
Wait for 10.2 unless you are running an HD5970
Tweaktown took a look at the new Catalyst from AMD, technically the 10.1 driver but actually labelled 9.12. It seems AMD might have been a bit rushed trying to get a new driver for the users of their graphics cards and instead of offering big changes and new features they set up a few bug fixes and marched it out the door. The performance differences are barely noticeable unless you are using the beta Hemlock driver for the HD5970 there is no real reason to update. Hopefully February will be a better month for AMD’s graphics driver crew.