ATI Driver Support! Plz Read

View2Askew · 09-04-2002, 06:21 PM

Here is a snippet of the Radeon 9700 Pro and it's drivers from Sharky Extreme, 4 those who still think ATI Support is Lacking.

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Review
By Vince Freeman : August 20, 2002

Catalyst Drivers
High-end performance is always a nice thing to have, but driver support and quality are also very important factors. ATI has improved in this area quite significantly, and while their Catalyst integrated drivers may not be at the same level as the NVIDIA Detonator's, to even put them in the same sentence is testament to ATI's new-found dedication to driver support.

Throughout our benchmark and game testing, we didn't have a single stability or compatibility issue with the Radeon 9700 Pro. This is actually quite different from other "new generation" video card releases and shows that ATI is working hard in this area. While the drivers are quite good, we did find the usual difficulties switching between AA modes without rebooting the PC. Other than that quibble we are extremely impressed with the initial Radeon 9700 Pro driver release, and can't wait for future revisions and performance boosts.

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro - The Force Crusher

yetix · 09-04-2002, 06:55 PM

View, what OS are you running your 9700 with? Any tips for upgrading to W2K and installing the 9700 together? I need to upgrade but don't wanna rock my system too hard at one time.

View2Askew · 09-04-2002, 09:39 PM

I'm running Win XP with pre SP1 Hotfixes and asside from the refresh fix problem it's rock Solid. Yetix, i'd like to know what your box has? I'm runnin Athlon XP 2000+, 512 DDR Ram with a 19" monitor and I swear I can run all my games including IL-2 @1600x1200 Maxed Out and the color and quality are unbelieveable! So grab XP and the 9700 and you will NOT be dissapointed! BTW changing your OS and Card is not rocking anything but your games! L8r View2Askew

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro - The Force Crusher

yetix · 09-04-2002, 09:51 PM

I currently run 98SE, but have both W2k and XP for my other work boxes.
800mhz T-Brd
ATi AIW 128 Rage Pro
128mbs sdram
160gig(s) 72K HD

i will be increasing ram in this box to at least 512mbs.

My gfriend is going to get me "whatever card you want" 'cause she's tired of all my friends are constantly bragging about their GeForce crap...hehe
thanks for the "positive" info View!

Kid Bwapo · 09-04-2002, 10:20 PM

View hi. I currently run Windows XP on a Athlon 1GHz, Radeon 9000 Pro, 256Mb RAM, 17" Monitor and a Maxtor 40GB HDD. What resolutions and texturing do you think I can game at without sacrificing performance?

View2Askew · 09-07-2002, 04:07 PM

Hey Kid Bwapo; Sorry but i'm not sure how fast the 9000 is? My card is the 9700 Pro . A different league my friend! Probably 6x faster than your card . Which i understand was made to compete with the GeForce4 MX line and from what i hear is a far better card! So good choice . but a better choice of course would be the 9700 Pro! Anyhowtown, with a 17' monitor the golden res is 1024x768, now as with the settings again not sure what your card can do. I would at this point strongly recommend MORE RAM at least 512 if not a Gig is that SD ram? If so time for a new MOBO with DDR Dimms. The more Ram and CPU a card has at it's disposal, the better performance you should see! So try crankin it up and see your performance hits (no idea of your card capability) then maybe buy more Ram and see ....if your still not happy Buy the Radeon 9700 Pro then you will not need to worry about Performance hits, IT DOES"NT SLOW DOWN, running BF42 @ 1600x1200 Maxed and what eye candy!and FPS! Sorry can't help you more on your settings . Seems I sound more, the 9700 salesman than any real help. L8r View

ATI's Radeon 9700 - The Force Crusher

View2Askew · 09-07-2002, 04:18 PM

Yetix : You tell that girl to run and buy the 9700 and then you can show all your lamer GeForce friends a real card! Once they see the Quality Speed and the Vibrant colors this card draws,(in all my years of gaming i have never seen such Eye Candy and Speed on all my games) they can all sit down and eat there NVidias for Breakfast. Believe me when I say this ......
ATI's Radeon 9700 - The Force Crusher

Andantech's review and tests

Jedi Knight 2 w/ AA & Aniso
'demo jk2ffa' @ 1600x1200

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

101.2

21.6

The upper number shows the 9700's score
101.2
The lower number is that of the Ti 4600
a poor showing of
21.6
(Sorry no graphs!)

Doing the math that is almost 5x faster at high quality, high resolution!

yetix · 09-08-2002, 07:39 PM

gracias view, i will begin the humiliation process tuesday when my 9700 comes in.
i may need a few more install tips...stay tuned

09-04-2002, 06:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
View2Askew Private Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 12	ATI Driver Support! Plz Read Here is a snippet of the Radeon 9700 Pro and it's drivers from Sharky Extreme, 4 those who still think ATI Support is Lacking. ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Review By Vince Freeman : August 20, 2002 Catalyst Drivers High-end performance is always a nice thing to have, but driver support and quality are also very important factors. ATI has improved in this area quite significantly, and while their Catalyst integrated drivers may not be at the same level as the NVIDIA Detonator's, to even put them in the same sentence is testament to ATI's new-found dedication to driver support. Throughout our benchmark and game testing, we didn't have a single stability or compatibility issue with the Radeon 9700 Pro. This is actually quite different from other "new generation" video card releases and shows that ATI is working hard in this area. While the drivers are quite good, we did find the usual difficulties switching between AA modes without rebooting the PC. Other than that quibble we are extremely impressed with the initial Radeon 9700 Pro driver release, and can't wait for future revisions and performance boosts. ATI Radeon 9700 Pro - The Force Crusher

09-04-2002, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	View, what OS are you running your 9700 with? Any tips for upgrading to W2K and installing the 9700 together? I need to upgrade but don't wanna rock my system too hard at one time.

09-04-2002, 09:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
View2Askew Private Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 12	I'm running Win XP with pre SP1 Hotfixes and asside from the refresh fix problem it's rock Solid. Yetix, i'd like to know what your box has? I'm runnin Athlon XP 2000+, 512 DDR Ram with a 19" monitor and I swear I can run all my games including IL-2 @1600x1200 Maxed Out and the color and quality are unbelieveable! So grab XP and the 9700 and you will NOT be dissapointed! BTW changing your OS and Card is not rocking anything but your games! L8r View2Askew ATI Radeon 9700 Pro - The Force Crusher

09-04-2002, 09:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	I currently run 98SE, but have both W2k and XP for my other work boxes. 800mhz T-Brd ATi AIW 128 Rage Pro 128mbs sdram 160gig(s) 72K HD i will be increasing ram in this box to at least 512mbs. My gfriend is going to get me "whatever card you want" 'cause she's tired of all my friends are constantly bragging about their GeForce crap...hehe thanks for the "positive" info View!

09-04-2002, 10:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kid Bwapo Private Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 44	View hi. I currently run Windows XP on a Athlon 1GHz, Radeon 9000 Pro, 256Mb RAM, 17" Monitor and a Maxtor 40GB HDD. What resolutions and texturing do you think I can game at without sacrificing performance?

09-07-2002, 04:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
View2Askew Private Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 12	Hey Kid Bwapo; Sorry but i'm not sure how fast the 9000 is? My card is the 9700 Pro . A different league my friend! Probably 6x faster than your card . Which i understand was made to compete with the GeForce4 MX line and from what i hear is a far better card! So good choice . but a better choice of course would be the 9700 Pro! Anyhowtown, with a 17' monitor the golden res is 1024x768, now as with the settings again not sure what your card can do. I would at this point strongly recommend MORE RAM at least 512 if not a Gig is that SD ram? If so time for a new MOBO with DDR Dimms. The more Ram and CPU a card has at it's disposal, the better performance you should see! So try crankin it up and see your performance hits (no idea of your card capability) then maybe buy more Ram and see ....if your still not happy Buy the Radeon 9700 Pro then you will not need to worry about Performance hits, IT DOES"NT SLOW DOWN, running BF42 @ 1600x1200 Maxed and what eye candy!and FPS! Sorry can't help you more on your settings . Seems I sound more, the 9700 salesman than any real help. L8r View ATI's Radeon 9700 - The Force Crusher

09-07-2002, 04:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
View2Askew Private Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 12	Yetix : You tell that girl to run and buy the 9700 and then you can show all your lamer GeForce friends a real card! Once they see the Quality Speed and the Vibrant colors this card draws,(in all my years of gaming i have never seen such Eye Candy and Speed on all my games) they can all sit down and eat there NVidias for Breakfast. Believe me when I say this ...... ATI's Radeon 9700 - The Force Crusher Andantech's review and tests Jedi Knight 2 w/ AA & Aniso 'demo jk2ffa' @ 1600x1200 ATI Radeon 9700 Pro NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 101.2 21.6 The upper number shows the 9700's score 101.2 The lower number is that of the Ti 4600 a poor showing of 21.6 (Sorry no graphs!) Doing the math that is almost 5x faster at high quality, high resolution!

09-08-2002, 07:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	gracias view, i will begin the humiliation process tuesday when my 9700 comes in. i may need a few more install tips...stay tuned