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Title: ati drivers
Post by: rogerdee on June 12, 2006, 03:40:34 PM

any idea what the best drivers are for a ati radion pro 9600 256mb graphics card is and where to get them pls

Title: ati drivers
Post by: Skuzzy on June 12, 2006, 04:03:08 PM

Catalyst 4.12 drivers.  You can find them at http://www.ati.com

It takes a bit of effort to find them.  In the downloads page, expand the left menu listing until you get to the "Previously released drivers" option.

Then on that page, go to the last page and at the bottom of the last page will be a link to drivers released prior to Catalyst 5.x.

Title: ati drivers
Post by: Roscoroo on June 12, 2006, 04:42:38 PM

or use the 4.12 omega drivers ...

Title: ati drivers
Post by: buzkill on June 13, 2006, 10:04:44 AM

ALSO THE VERSION CAT 5.3 WORKS JUST AS GOOD AS 4.12....JUST AS STABLE AND SUPPORTS MORE MODERN GAMES LIKE COD2. BEEN USING IT FOR 2 YEARS AND HAVEN'T HAD EVEN 1 DRIVER RELATED CRASH:aok

JUST DON'T TRY ANYTHING THAT CAME AFTER THAT. I'VE TESTED ALL OF THEM AND IF THEY DON'T CRASH, THEY KILL PERFORMANCE (BTW MY CARD IS A SAPPHIRE 9600XT 128M)

Title: ati drivers
Post by: Skuzzy on June 13, 2006, 10:52:26 AM

5.3 has the 'black dot' problem in Aces High II for the 9000 series cards.  All the 5.x drivers have this problem in Aces High II.

Title: ati drivers
Post by: buzkill on June 13, 2006, 07:04:58 PM

NEVER SEEN IT ON MINE BUT MAYBE SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT ON SAPPHIRE CARDS

Title: ati drivers
Post by: Roscoroo on June 13, 2006, 11:29:50 PM

buzzzzzzz stop shouting ....

btw ive got 3 different 9 series cards .. ive seen drivers that work fine on one card but not another

9550 likes the 4.3's and the 4.12 omega's  the   4.7's were black dots/darbars

my 9500pro runs the 4.7's ....4.12's just fine  the 4.3's worked then failed during a patch

my 9600pro only likes the 4.12's either cats or omega's  it has anomilies with the 4.3's 4.7's 4.10/11's

kinda weird huh .. but each card is a different manufaturer  .powercolour,Radeon,Crucial .

thats why we suggest the 4.12's

Title: ati drivers
Post by: buzkill on June 14, 2006, 08:03:15 AM

sorry...caps is my mic key in vent....like i said sapphire cards might be a little different in how they handle drivers...i'm still using 5.3 without issues, but from what i've read it won't work very well on other cards (my buddies 9800 pro is an ATI build and doesn't like it, supposed to be the same chip as mine just uncorked) so it's probably just the different build. ignore what i said, if you have an actual ati card it probably won't work, or work poorly at best

Title: ati drivers
Post by: buzkill on June 14, 2006, 08:11:06 AM

here's a screenie from last night when i was running a server with a freind of mine....do the numbers look ok?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b322/buzkill/ahss91.jpg

btw i do use the hi res pack at 1024 size with my detail sliders at about 90%

sorry...photobucket resized it on my and i don't know how to fix
frames are at 79
vid mem is at 386.8 used 43.3
sys mem is at 1023.5  used 516.6  tex=91.9