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Source ATI Eyefinity Technology Multiple Display Groups – more display groups to give further control of your desktop with three displays or more connected
ATI Eyefinity Technology Display Configuration Switching – easily switch from one display mode to another
3D Stereoscopic 3D driver hooks – enables 3rd party middleware vendors to bring more 3D stereoscopic gaming options
If that wasn’t enough to excite you though the performance improvements are insane:
3DMark Vantage
Overall scores increase by up to 8% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
Overall scores increase by up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Aliens vs. Predator
Overall performance increases 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Battleforge
Improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Call of Duty: World at War
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Company of Heroes
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Crysis and Crysis Warhead
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Devil May Cry 4
Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
DiRT 2
Improves up to 30% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Far Cry 2
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Call of Pripyat Benchmark
Improves up to 10% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky
Improves up to 2% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Resident Evil 5
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.
Improves up to 15% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Unigine Tropics
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
World in Conflict
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Wolfenstein
Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products Source
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
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DiRT 2
Improves up to 30% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products Holy ****!!! This is def. the drivers that AMD wants in reviewers hands when they put Fermi Next to Cypress.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/16 15:07:26
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yea but in bf when i was using 10.3beta they sucked
hopefully fixed it
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/16 17:31:02
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Dirt 2 the only one that got a decent increase in speed
All the other games pretty much suck with those drivers
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/16 17:43:15
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There are a special 10.3a beta release. And they will kick ass.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/16 21:37:45
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There are a special 10.3a beta release. And they will kick ass and chew bubblegum.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/16 21:48:48
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Looking forward to running my Radeon HD 5970s in Quad-CrossFire with these new drivers over the weekend! Can't wait to get home for spring break now.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/16 21:50:35
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^^^ Every time I see your signature I get depressed. 
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 12:43:17
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Can some one test these with Metro 2033 for any improvements!?
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 12:51:37
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ATI crossfire game profiles are going to boost performance alot.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 13:27:51
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I know, but i wish some one could confirm.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 13:39:08
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I can't install these until I get home from work, but I'm probably going to go have a few green beers tonight, so I doubt I'll have time to test them... Sorry man.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 13:53:15
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Hopefully they will improve performance with Metro 2033 for using your gpus in crossfire or tritire I really am thinking about getting a couple of 5870's waiting on Crap to let me know if it utilizes both his cards in crossfire... If im going to play Metro 2033 I want it to be in DX11=D
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 16:51:32
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Anything different about these and 10.3 preview?
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 16:56:18
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Dirt 2 the only one that got a decent increase in speed
All the other games pretty much suck with those drivers
Well when you are fighting for ever frame, even 3 to 4% is good. Now i am pretty sure they focused almost all their energy on Dirt 2 since its really the major DX11 game out right now. They wanted to make sure that reviews with DX11 games looked good.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 17:07:35
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Ok after looking at the link it seems to be the same driver that I have been using for a month now. Got excited for nothing.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 17:19:31
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I don't think it is. I got the link from here: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=317683 Apparently that screenshot shows that it is a new(er) driver than the previous 10.3 drivers... I'm still getting reaquainted with ATI drivers though, so if I'm wrong, sorry. 
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 17:20:27
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I thought it was out already, I have the 10.3 preview installed right now as I type!
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 17:25:34
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OK, so from the thread I just linked to, you can see that the drivers today are the 8.712.100313a-097309e-ATI driver packaging version. From this thread: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=316445 You can see that the original 10.3 drivers released were the 8.71.3-100205a-095620E driver packaging version. Definitely two different versions and apparently, these new(er) ones are better.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 18:22:29
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 19:57:29
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kscott190
Dirt 2 the only one that got a decent increase in speed
All the other games pretty much suck with those drivers
Well when you are fighting for ever frame, even 3 to 4% is good.
Now i am pretty sure they focused almost all their energy on Dirt 2 since its really the major DX11 game out right now. They wanted to make sure that reviews with DX11 games looked good.
...bad company 2?
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 20:02:24
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OK... Played a few hours on BC2... Glitch free. No idea what the FPR are.... Still have not found a way to see during the game in eyefinity....
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 20:33:15
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OK... Played a few hours on BC2... Glitch free. No idea what the FPR are.... Still have not found a way to see during the game in eyefinity....
Do you not use FRAPS?
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
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OK... Played a few hours on BC2... Glitch free. No idea what the FPR are.... Still have not found a way to see during the game in eyefinity....
Do you not use FRAPS?
Sigh... Completely forgot.. Yep... Works great.... Lowest I see is 29fps for a split second... Most of the time it is 49-50fps... Everything maxed.... DX11 forced... 5760x1080....
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/17 23:47:03
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Here's a comparison between older driver and 10.3a. link. they also mention at the end that soon ATI will have a new crossfire profile for Bad Company 2 that will improve performance for crossfire by up to 75%!
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/18 08:58:22
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Just tested Eyefinity and for some reason it is not remembering my profiles exactly like the 10.3 preview was before. I just clicked on my Eyefinity shortcut and this is what happened on my left monitor good job ATI you did it again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSmVQVmJICQ I had to pull the power on my monitor because in Eyefinity that was my main monitor so I could not get to anything. And the monitor would not let me turn it off for some reason. That is my Active Display Port Monitor. I am seriously bout to say screw it and sell this ****ing card. I am tired of this crap. Others are having issues even installing the driver. They obviously do NO testing at all on any driver they release. The old 10.3 preview was good and I figured these were the same but someone mentioned they were different god I guess they are.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/18 09:53:08
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Good god, so I decided to call ATI and talk to support then I got transferred to higher level support and I can't beleive some of the stuff the guy was telling me. Basically he admitted to them not doing much testing and it is a very common problem to reproduce old problems, I said so they don't regression test and he said not always haha. Then I ask him about the atikmpag.sys BSOD and he said yea it is known and is a common problem that can happen but there is no way for us to test it so there is no information on it. He said there is no known hardware that is causing it. I said so it is driver related then, he said yea pretty much I guess you could say that haha. He said that it is to difficult to replicate for them to test to see what is causing the problem. He also went on to say every driver he has used for the past 10 years has had some kind of problem, he said there will always be some type of problem with each driver release just depends on the system. And it is all tested with the Cert Team, and all this is driver related. He said he suggest finding a driver that works for what I want it to do basically have to pick and choose what is more important to me. I have now made up my mind and going to sell my card. I am not going to deal with working driver here and there and then new drivers reproducing old problems because they don't know or feel like doing a deep testing plan.
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Re: un-WHQL version of 10.3 update scheduled for 03-17
2010/03/18 09:58:34
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Good god, so I decided to call ATI and talk to support then I got transferred to higher level support and I can't beleive some of the stuff the guy was telling me.
Basically he admitted to them not doing much testing and it is a very common problem to reproduce old problems, I said so they don't regression test and he said not always haha.
Then I ask him about the atikmpag.sys BSOD and he said yea it is known and is a common problem that can happen but there is no way for us to test it so there is no information on it. He said there is no known hardware that is causing it. I said so it is driver related then, he said yea pretty much I guess you could say that haha. He said that it is to difficult to replicate for them to test to see what is causing the problem.
He also went on to say every driver he has used for the past 10 years has had some kind of problem, he said there will always be some type of problem with each driver release just depends on the system. And it is all tested with the Cert Team, and all this is driver related.
He said he suggest finding a driver that works for what I want it to do basically have to pick and choose what is more important to me. I have now made up my mind and going to sell my card. I am not going to deal with working driver here and there and then new drivers reproducing old problems because they don't know or feel like doing a deep testing plan.
Man I am bummed for you. Good luck with your sale... And if it is ridiculously cheap.. pm me please! I can say that any driver can cause issues... For example on my Nvidia cards the 190.37's (I think that is right) almost killed my TRI SLI 285's... I keep going back to the 182.50's and never have issues.... That said I do find the 190.62's to work great for folding and gaming...
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