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Offline BGBMAW

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Drivers for ATI Radeaon 8500
« on: November 29, 2002, 05:56:46 PM »
can some1 point me in best direction ,,who has experience with this card...


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Drivers for ATI Radeaon 8500
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2002, 07:11:22 PM »
I just download the latest from the  company web page.
http://www.ati.com

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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2002, 08:35:19 PM »
ya Pongo ..i got thee latest driver about a month ago..is it the same version?? I dont know..

Soem guy told me that there are bettr drivers out there for it..I dont want to go tweak out and do this over clock stuff..but my frame rates seem to lo..i think its my monitor,,,,

I am usally 30-60 fps....

i have a p4 1.4g
ati 8500


hmmm

what do u usally get pongo?

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Radeon 8500 Drivers
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2002, 09:07:24 PM »
BiGB,

ATI released a new set of drivers about 2 weeks ago (Catalyst 2.4).. Working great on my system!

What makes you think it's you're monitor? My FR's in the 70-90 range average (v-sync locked at 90). They will drop in a masive furbie to around 30, but I'm usually dead by then ;)

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