VIA Hyperion 4.45 + CATALYST 2.5 = nice boost.

[CougTek]

I upgraded this evening the VIA 4in1 driver and ATI CATALYST driver on the latest box I built. I ran 3D Mark 2001 build 330 when I had the 4in1 4.43 and CATALYST 2.4 and it gave me a score of 7167 with an ATI Radeon 8500LE 64MB. Now, with the latest version of both drivers, the score has climbed to 7567 3D Marks. 400 points with two simple driver updates. This is probably mainly due to the VIA Hyperion that is supposed to give up to a 7% boost by its own on certain applications.

VIA's FTP server is currently quite busy, but if you're able to grab the new "Hyperion", it's a nice way to improve the performances of your rig for cheap (If you own a VIA-based motherboard, of course).

This is the same computer than the one I listed in the thread about the WD600JB BTW, in case you were wondering about its specifications.

 

[timwhit]

Can we put the new Via drivers on the SF server?

Also will the new Catalyst drivers work with a Radeon 7000?

 

[timwhit]

I just tried and can't even get the download to start...

 

[timwhit]

I got the download to work. But if anyone else is having problems I uploaded it to my server.

http://www.timwhit.com/sf/VIAHyperion4in1445v.exe

 

[CougTek]

Also will the new Catalyst drivers work with a Radeon 7000?

I would guess so since ATI put a version of the CATALYST 2.5 for the Radeon 7000 on their web site. You can download the CATALYST 2.5 for Radeon 7000 under Windows 2000 by clicking here.

 

[timwhit]

Thanks for the link Coug, saves me from having to screw around with the crappy ATI site.

 

[NRG = mc²]

thanks for the link