Is it me...or whenever ATI releases a new driver...they never have any performance enhancments. Do all they do is just fix problems with games? I saw that Nvidia made new drivers that suuuups up the performance with the 6800 ultra...kinda discouraging..more and more i see...more and more i realize that the 6800 ultra is a bad ass card

Did you even read the 4.6 release notes?

Performance Improvements

As with most CATALYST™ releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed:

* Pixel Shader compiler improvements bring significant performance gains to PS 2.0 applications such as Halo (2-3%), Tomb Raider (4-5%) and Mother Nature (4-5%). ShaderMark 2 shows numerous gains in the 3-6% range. The High Dynamic Range scenes in ShaderMark (Tests 20 & 21) gain 10-15%.
* RADEON X800 driver tuning improves performance for several Vertex-Shader-heavy tests. For example, Battle of Proxycon, Troll's Lair and Mother Nature gain 9-15% on the RADEON X800 PRO.
* Improvements in our surface allocation and texture management code have increased performance for resource-challenged cases. Re-Volt scores improve 25% at 1600x1200 across several RADEON configurations. ShaderMark Test 14 (Veined Marble) improves dramatically (up 380% at 1600x1200) on some 256MB products.
* Improvements in OpenGL driver efficiency bring numerous small gains (1-3%) in Call of Duty, Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, Star Trek - Elite Force II, Serious Sam, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Quake III Arena.
* X800 memory tuning improves Anti-Aliasing performance in a number of games and benchmarks. For example, at 4xAA, 3DMark2001 gains 4-7%, UT2003 Antalus and Asbestos Flybys improve 2-7%, and the CodeCreatures score rises 15%.

OHH...I JUST READ WHAT WHAT POSTED ON W2S

Yeah W2S only posted a few select parts, and didn't mention there was more to the release notes for some reason.

I personally prefer all game bugs to be fixed BEFORE adding fancy performance increases.

Kudos to ATi on a flawless driver set for me

I like the stability too, but i also like the performance gains...makes me feel ive gotten even more bang for my buck