OK so the report on the new 12.6 beta driver 9.00 is positive. It equalled or improved all previous June 4 beta scores in almost every game and benchmark. 3DMark11 saw my GPU top 10100 for a single 7950, which only on the first 12.6 beta drivers back on May 31 did I first see 10000, so a HUGE improvement there from 8.97 beta (12.5) to 9.00 12.6, Unigine gave me exactly the same score as the previous test, and basically has not moved when comparing it to every test since the 8.97 betas.
So, I guess another step in the right direction in terms of support for AMD. They realized they released pretty much a ****house driver upon the first 12.6 beta release, and have corrected it with two follow up releases in successive weeks. People complaining about AMD moving away from a monthly scheduled released really have nothing to cry about now, in the short term anyway.
Remember this is testing on the 7900 series cards, so 6000 and prior may not achieve the same gains as 7000 series users. Just something to keep in mind when doing your own testing/benching.
So, I guess another step in the right direction in terms of support for AMD. They realized they released pretty much a ****house driver upon the first 12.6 beta release, and have corrected it with two follow up releases in successive weeks. People complaining about AMD moving away from a monthly scheduled released really have nothing to cry about now, in the short term anyway.
Remember this is testing on the 7900 series cards, so 6000 and prior may not achieve the same gains as 7000 series users. Just something to keep in mind when doing your own testing/benching.
