We have just released our official 3DMark Vantage hotfix driver (driver version 8.471.1).  Please forward this information to any customer running 3DMark Vantage benchmarks.

The ATI Catalyst Hotfix driver (8.471.1) for 3DMark Vantage can be found here:

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=33840

Release notes regarding the ATI Catalyst 3DMark Vantage hotfix driver:

1. Please ensure that you un-install any previous Catalyst driver before installing the Catalyst 3DMark Vantage driver (especially if your current driver is Catalyst 8.4)
2. When enabling/disabling CrossFire, please reboot your system before running 3DMark Vantage
3. Corruption may be seen inREPLACE_9 Game Test 1 when running 3DMark Vantage on “High” settings on certain ATI Radeon HD 3870 CrossFire configurations under Windows Vista 32-bit edition
4. ATI Radeon HD 3870 QUAD CrossFireX performance when running 3DMark Vantage on the “Extreme” settings is lower than it should be
5. Note if any TDR’s are encountered when running 3DMark Vantage, please see the following link:  http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/GPUHang_Det-Rec.doc

Note, Catalyst 8.5 (using the 8.491 driver) – posting mid May will include the bug fixes and performance enhancements found in the 8.471.1 3DMark Vantage hotfix driver