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Title: Drivers for ATI Radeaon 8500
Post by: BGBMAW on November 29, 2002, 05:56:46 PM

can some1 point me in best direction ,,who has experience with this card...


thx
Love BiGB
xoxo

Title: Drivers for ATI Radeaon 8500
Post by: Pongo on November 29, 2002, 07:11:22 PM

I just download the latest from the  company web page.
http://www.ati.com

Title: Drivers for ATI Radeaon 8500
Post by: BGBMAW 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?

Thx BiGB
xoxo

Title: Radeon 8500 Drivers
Post by: Newman 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 ;)

Newman

Athlon XP 1700+
Abit KT7A-RAID MB, SDRAM
Win 2K Pro
8500/ 128 MEG vid card