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Old 10-03-10, 02:21 PM   #12
Hartmann
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Originally Posted by tonschk View Post
A warning about ATI drivers, I bought a ASUS EAH5870 Ver.2 specifically to play SH5, I installed the original driver that was into the CD included within this video card box, the result was a steady 60FPS everywhere and with all 3D video settings at max resolution, later I downloaded/updated the newer drivers (10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8 etc etc ) , and I noticed there was a progressive drop in FPS with every new driver version , when I updated the 10-8 version the FPS drop to just 3FPS ( yes just three FPS ) , I sort out this problem installing again the original driver included with in the CD , and the FPS went again to a steady 60FPS everywhere . The conclusion is ,the drivers can affect the FPS performance and therefore I will NEVER again update any ATI driver
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Interesting, i have an ati card and works better with old drivers.

What is your original cd version ?
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