얼마전 자사의 그래픽카드 통합 드라이버인 Catalyst 드라이버 v4.5버젼을 공개했던 ATI에서 또다시 v4.6 버젼을
공개하였다.
이번에 공개된 버젼은 얼마전 유출되었던 v4.6의 정식버젼으로 이미 유출버젼을 사용했던 사용자들로부터 전해졌던 Shader 연산부분의
성능이 개선이 드라이버 릴리즈 노트에 설명되어 있다고 한다.
ATI는 이번 버젼에서 Pixel Shader 2.0과 Vertex Shader 컴파일러의 개선을 통해 이러한 성능 향상을 가져왔다고
밝히고 있는데 자세한 성능상의 개선 사항은 아래와 같다.
As with most
CATALYST™ releases performance has increased in various
situations. The following performance gains are noticed:
- Pixel Shader compiler
improvements bring significant performance gains to PS 2.0 applications such
as Halo (2-3%), Tomb Raider (4-5%) and Mother Nature (4-5%). ShaderMark 2
shows numerous gains in the 3-6% range. The High Dynamic Range scenes in
ShaderMark (Tests 20 & 21) gain 10-15%.
- RADEON X800 driver tuning
improves performance for several Vertex-Shader-heavy tests. For example,
Battle of Proxycon, Troll's Lair and Mother Nature gain 9-15% on the RADEON
X800 PRO.
- Improvements in our surface
allocation and texture management code have increased performance for
resource-challenged cases. Re-Volt scores improve 25% at 1600x1200 across
several RADEON configurations. ShaderMark Test 14 (Veined Marble) improves
dramatically (up 380% at 1600x1200) on some 256MB products.
- Improvements in OpenGL driver
efficiency bring numerous small gains (1-3%) in Call of Duty, Wolfenstein -
Enemy Territory, Star Trek - Elite Force II, Serious Sam, Return to Castle
Wolfenstein and Quake III Arena.
- X800 memory tuning improves
Anti-Aliasing performance in a number of games and benchmarks. For example, at
4xAA, 3DMark2001 gains 4-7%, UT2003 Antalus and Asbestos Flybys improve 2-7%,
and the CodeCreatures score rises 15%.
Catalyst 4.6 Release Notes
CATALYST Windows 2000 4.6 - Driver Download
CATALYST Windows XP 4 .6 - Driver Download
CATALYST
Windows XP Media Center Edition 4.6 - Driver Download
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