ATI has let loose a big package. Their newest drivers are available for download, bringing the version number to
4.12. I've been playing around with the betas for the last couple of weeks, and they've been working just fine. If you
have the Half-Life 2 stuttering bug you should definitely download these puppies.
Some interesting details emerge in the release notes:
# Driver efficiency has improved considerably for both Direct3D and OpenGL.
# Numerous D3D games show 2-3% gains at low resolution. The small batch size tests in 3DMark05 show improvements as
large as 15% on some products.
# In OpenGL, several game titles show improvements in the lower settings. Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, for instance,
shows gains as large as 15% in low resolution (driver-bound) cases. Doom III performance improves 5-10% at low
settings. Call of Duty improves 5-6%.
# Half-Life 2 performance also improves as much as 20% over Catalyst 4.11 in certain sections of the game.
