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New ATI Catalyst Performance Drivers

AMD Support now offers new version 11.11c Catalyst performance drivers for AMD/ATI graphics cards. There seems to be just one new item in the patch notes: "Delivers AMD CrossFire performance scaling for the AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series" for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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9. Re: New ATI Catalyst Performance Drivers Dec 1, 2011, 18:37 bozu
 
Keep in mind that these are not mandatory updates. Skyrim ran fine with my manufacturer-installed drivers (no idea what rev they were, BootCamp handled it), it ran fine with the 11.11a, it ran fine with 11.11b.

I suspect that the primary reason for these driver updates is to perform as well as possible on the benchmarks that tech blogs are presenting to the enthusiast crowd. You can't fault them for this, and if you really are the sort who doesn't like installing drivers (doubtful if you're the sort who likes taking time to post on the internet about not liking to install drivers), just wait until the 11.12 or 12.1 or whatever revision number suits your fancy get released.

There are certainly times when drivers are buggy and need fixed, but these minor revisions are just there to help their position on the charts. To be fair, though, I owned a Voodoo Rush, so I'm pretty happy with driver quality these days
 
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