I'm curious whether any Racing simmers have tried this, how successful
you were, and what kind of performance boost it provides in sims like
NR2002, NR2003 demo, and GTR2002.
Has anyone tried this? If so, please include prior and present system
specs so that I can assess the potential benefit on my system.
Thanks!
rms
I seem to recall reading that the 9700 (and I assume this would also apply to
the 9500) originally had some problems running GPL. If so, has that been
resolved?
> rms
the 9500 is on par with a 4600, and even a bit faster
--
Kevin
Thanks, Roger. I've read that the success rate is a bit better than that
though - more like 65-70%. I'd be curious to hear how the card performs in
racing sims (specifically GPL, GTR2002 and the Nascar sims) even in it's "stock"
form. Given the same CPU (in my case an Athlon 1700XP), what kind of
performance increase can be expected over a Radeon 8500LE?
I seem to recall reading that the 9700 (and I assume this would also apply to
the 9500) originally had some problems running GPL. If so, has that been
resolved?
> Remember the success rate is 40-50% or so. If you can live with the stock
> unit's performance anyway, the potential free upgrade is a nice bonus.
> Another option is to buy the 9700 128mb non-pro for $60 more and replace the
> bios with the pro bios, still a good savings over the pro.
>
> rms
> I seem to recall reading that the 9700 (and I assume this would also
> apply to the 9500) originally had some problems running GPL. If so,
> has that been resolved?
>> Remember the success rate is 40-50% or so. If you can live with the
>> stock unit's performance anyway, the potential free upgrade is a nice
>> bonus. Another option is to buy the 9700 128mb non-pro for $60 more
>> and replace the bios with the pro bios, still a good savings over the
>> pro.
>> rms
There is some menu corruption (9700pro, Cat3.0A, D3D, XP), but nothing
that affects racing. The FSAA looks nice too.
rms
> There is some menu corruption (9700pro, Cat3.0A, D3D, XP), but nothing
> that affects racing. The FSAA looks nice too.
> rms
> There is some menu corruption (9700pro, Cat3.0A, D3D, XP), but nothing
>that affects racing. The FSAA looks nice too.
>rms
Some ATI users have said this is fixable. Make sure you have completely
cleaned out your Nvidia drivers. Find any files beginning with NV*.* and
use detonator destroyer if you can. Also try one of the regedit or
regclean programs to further clean up your system. Once the old drivers
are cleaned out, this problem "supposedly" goes away.
dave henrie
(btw...see what happens when you don't choose Vipers?)
:>
>> OOOPS! Spoke too soon! Tried running a GT car, Lambo, and right away:
>> broad bars across track blocking view Went back to slower class, no
>> help, same thing, if I get that far. Now getting shimmering menus and
>> total malfunction! Did I fry my 9500 Pro?? Still works fine in GPL.
>> Never overclocked. Processor is 2.2G P4. No known heat issues.
>> SPS
> Some ATI users have said this is fixable. Make sure you have completely
>cleaned out your Nvidia drivers. Find any files beginning with NV*.* and
>use detonator destroyer if you can. Also try one of the regedit or
>regclean programs to further clean up your system. Once the old drivers
>are cleaned out, this problem "supposedly" goes away.
>dave henrie
>(btw...see what happens when you don't choose Vipers?)
>:>
I used to get that with my 3dfx cards when I overclocked them. Once I
lowered the overclocking somewhat, it would not appear.
dave henrie
> I used to get that with my 3dfx cards when I overclocked them. Once I
>lowered the overclocking somewhat, it would not appear.
>dave henrie
That doesn't sound good. I hope you haven't overcooked the video chip.
try updating your Catalyst drivers to version 3.0 and I don't think it
matters if you have dx8 or dx9 installed.
dave henrie
