I think I hate my gvideo card

[BGBMAW]

ATI 8500

Who has best drivers ..?o i just use ATI website drivers?

Seems like it should better..Dam Killing Panzers in Tiger town last nigth..and my frames are suking around 20 fps..


I have a p4 1.6


Dam thought i should be in the 50's all the time..


anyone else with this same card..and how is it workin for you?


Salute
BiGB
xoxo

[Skuzzy]

Used to have one in my home system BGB.  Not the fastest card around, but I never had any real problems with it.

I'll have to dig up what version of the ATI drivers I was using>  I never installed the Cat drivers.  I think I used the last one before the Catalyst drivers was available.
I'll see what I can find, when I get home.

[BGBMAW]

Skuzzy..i will love you like a gay brother if you help me:)


hehe..Salute

BiGB

[Animal]

That is actually a very nice video card.

[Furious]

Originally posted by BGBMAW
Skuzzy..i will love you like a gay brother if you help me:)...

That might be the most disturbing thing I have seen written on the BBS.

[Ike 2K#]

Originally posted by BGBMAW
ATI 8500

Who has best drivers ..?o i just use ATI website drivers?

Seems like it should better..Dam Killing Panzers in Tiger town last nigth..and my frames are suking around 20 fps..


I have a p4 1.6


Dam thought i should be in the 50's all the time..


anyone else with this same card..and how is it workin for you?


Salute
BiGB
xoxo

just look for the old CATALYST 2.5 drivers. 2.5 works best with my radeon 7500 PCI and maybe you should try the 2.5

just tell me your email adress and i will send you catalyst 2.5 if you want

[Ghosth]

What resolution you running?

I noticed a HUGE diff on my new Radeon 9000 Pro between 800x600 & 1024x768.

Plus planes are actually larger & easier to shoot in the lower res setting.

You don't "Need" to run 1600x1200 to have it look good.

[Pongo]

I have a 64mb DDR 8500..
Not estatic with it but its a year old now. I get 100 fps(monitor max) down to 60 or so in smoke.
thats on an 1800 athelon.

[BGBMAW]

dam pongo,,thts kikn mines ass...,,i need diff drivers i think..

my email is..

fmassive@cwnet.com



Thx Guys apreciate it

BiGB
xoxo


P.S. Gay brother thing is a joke..hehehe..just means .."alot of apreciation"

my resolution is 1064x768

maybe its my mointor?? its goes up to 75htz..or opt imal setting..which ones is bettr?

[Skuzzy]

I was using tthe ATI driver version 5.13.01.6073.  It appears to be the last version before the Catalyst drivers were released.

[vorticon]

hmm...i would think it would do better...my gforce 2 MX runs the game at up to 85fps (monitor max)

[BGBMAW]

so are catalysts worse ? I really have very limited knowledge on "drivers-catalyts"..i know i need drivers to make softare work.. but thats baout it.
Where could i find that particualr driver Skuzzy....

and do i just delete,,my current Driver..go back to VGA thingy and just D/L new one?

ohh i just want to squeeze the trigger with smooth graphics:)


Salute
Thx

BiGB

[Skuzzy]

Go here: ATI's Find A Driver Link

After putting the Operating System, and Card type, it will take you to a download page.

The page it takes you too, is the latest video driver for that card of yours.  At the bottom, you can look at 'Previous Drivers' and get the driver I listed above.

Follow the installation instructions at ATI's WEB site.

Basically, it involces a multi-step process.

1) Get the driver from ATI you want to install and put it in a spot on your local HD that you can remember.
2)  Go to the Windows Control Panel and open "Add/Remove Software"
3)  Find the ATI driver and display panel and remove them
4)  Reboot your computer
5)  At this time you should be in VGA mode.  Make sure your are.
6)  The run the file you downloaded from ATI.  It will install the drivers.
7)  Reboot, and you should be done.

[BGBMAW]

Skuzzy...many thanks..i will posts my results...


Salute
BiGB

[lord dolf vader]

i have the same card same proformance as pongo.


there is a le ( lower clock slower memory) version that is a lot less powerfull i think.