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Adobe Flash is such a heavily used medium that, finally, we are pleased to see some genuine improvements brought to the platform with ATI Stream technology. Sure, a high end enthusiast desktop system will not be running into issues with flash content but for a mobile platform or low powered media center, GPU offloading will really make a noticeable real world difference.
While the tests on the previous page show marked improvements as CPU processing is offloaded to the GPU, they don't actually explain many of the real world benefits.
Using many low powered laptops and netbooks in the past I would often get dropped frames when viewing flash content but the system would also be much less responsive. An example? watching a youtube clip in an airport and emails appear in the inbox. Moving between Internet browser and outlook could be a laggy process and often I would be waiting for many seconds for the processor to free enough time up to handle the request.
Another downside would be reduced battery life due to the CPU being in a constant state of high load. ATi Stream technology will really help to eleviate these issues.
Catalyst 10.6 brings new features to the mix which offer a wide array of noise reduction and picture enhancements and we have covered these in our other article published today based around the HQV 2.0 Benchmark.
KitGuru says: We recommend all ATI HD owners have a look at the new features, you will be pleasantly surprised!
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Nice review, thanks for the link!
These 10.6 Catalyst drivers look to be wicked. I cant get them yet?
Yeah seem to be a ‘golden set’ for sure, especially with the HQV analysis
Nice to see acceleration working so well, but as you say, with a good quad core at home, not so much of an issue.
Very interesting article.and good info on atom system. I saw another one of these published last week with an overview and the guy used a 920 core i7. wtf ?
Zardon, get some rest man, you work too much 😉
Fascinating to see differences with split screen
ATI are well known for high IQ, thats not an argument. Seems to be some nice driver additions. I have been waiting a long time for deblocking
Lovely video that, will have to see that animation when its released.
Nice little read Z
Very helpful little guide, I hate flash, but this might actually make it bearable again, it kills my system when im on youtube. just need to get a cheap ATI board now!
nice driver additions. im all for the quality 🙂
ATI have always had good video quality, I think this has been borne out over the years, and while I know its maybe a little subjective, this test gets as close as possible to a good analysis idea for using your own screen and vision to see the differences. this isnt a script. what you test here is actually what you can use when watching blurays.
Got my cup of tea, kitkat and read this, very interesting. looking forward to trying 10.6 when I get to my fatter internet connection.
Dying to try this driver tonight. dont think ive been excited about a driver in 3 years? seem so boring now, but adding new functionality is what i want. not another 1fps in crysis 🙂
Yeah Cat 10.6 looks like a really good driver. I love my HD MKVS so lets have IQ baby 🙂
I still prefer Forceware drivers for reliability, but after reading these articles today I would like to try a new ATI board just to see if they have improved.
Forceware drivers are better polished, but ATI IQ has always been good if you can live with the drivers.
Zardon when are Catalyst 10.6 out?
I think I heard today, no time yet, ive auto refresh set on opera 🙂
Later today, so I think 🙂
YAYA< THEY ARE LIVE !
these looks like the best drivers ati have released in years. very good new options. makes a change from faster rates in games, i dont care anymore. IQ! IQ!
I would love to fault this, but I can’t. I think this is the most indepth article ive seen online from a tech site.
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