Warn: Avoid Cat 3.5s (or is it me?)

Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don't want ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's graphics detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho it works ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as ATI released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lot of probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have a set of earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mb d/l includes a new ATI control panel).

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:43:05 GMT, "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don't want >ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's graphics >detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho it works >ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as ATI >released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lot of >probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have a set of >earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mb d/l >includes a new ATI control panel). >

3.5's are working without any problem at all for me on my 9700Pro. From reading the ati newsgroup, 3.6 broke a hell of a lot more than it fixed, so I wouldn't go near it personally. Andrew.

Running 3.5 on 8500 here no problems. Sounds like a bad install to me as the 3.6 had no fixes specific to NR2003. "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tu0Sa.68500$[email hidden]... > Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don'twant > ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's graphics > detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho itworks > ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as ATI > released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lot of > probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have a setof > earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mb d/l > includes a new ATI control panel). > >

Hmmmn. You may be right. The 3.5s worked perfectly w. GPL but not N2003. The 3.6s work perfectly w. both. Haven't tried anything else...yet. "Schooner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4f9Sa.43391$[email hidden]... > Running 3.5 on 8500 here no problems. > Sounds like a bad install to me as the 3.6 had no fixes specific toNR2003.

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> > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:tu0Sa.68500$[email hidden]... > > Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don't > want > > ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's graphics > > detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho it > works > > ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as

ATI > > released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lot of > > probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have aset

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> of > > earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mb d/l > > includes a new ATI control panel). > > > > > >

No problem with 3.5s and N2003 on my 9700 Pro. Iain "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gs9Sa.71538$[email hidden]...

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> Hmmmn. You may be right. The 3.5s worked perfectly w. GPL but not N2003. > The 3.6s work perfectly w. both. Haven't tried anything else...yet. > > "Schooner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:4f9Sa.43391$[email hidden]... > > Running 3.5 on 8500 here no problems. > > Sounds like a bad install to me as the 3.6 had no fixes specific to > NR2003. > > > > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:tu0Sa.68500$[email hidden]... > > > Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don't > > want > > > ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's

graphics > > > detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho it > > works > > > ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as > ATI > > > released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lotof > > > probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have a > set > > of > > > earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mbd/l

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> > > includes a new ATI control panel). > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Also just so you know, ATI is releasing new drivers every month, so having a new version right after another version isn't as surprising as it might sound. "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tu0Sa.68500$[email hidden]... > Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don'twant > ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's graphics > detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho itworks > ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as ATI > released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lot of > probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have a setof > earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mb d/l > includes a new ATI control panel). > >

Yer a hopless fuddy-duddy Steve (had to go there <g>). No probs with the 3.5 or 3.6 drivers. "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tu0Sa.68500$[email hidden]... > Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don'twant > ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's graphics > detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho itworks > ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as ATI > released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lot of > probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have a setof > earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mb d/l > includes a new ATI control panel). > >

I have had no problem with Nascar 2003 and the Catalyst 3.5 drivers when using my Radeon 9700. I did have problems with F1 2002 though. I will upgrade to the 3.6 drivers to see if it helps F1 2002 visual quality. SkykingUSA "Schooner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<4f9Sa.43391$[email hidden]>...

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> Running 3.5 on 8500 here no problems. > Sounds like a bad install to me as the 3.6 had no fixes specific to NR2003. > > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:tu0Sa.68500$[email hidden]... > > Unless I'm a hopeless fuddy-duddy (don't go there...please), you don't > want > > ATI's Catalyst ver. 3.5 drivers if yer driving N2003. N2003's graphics > > detection pgm (config.exe) can't find the right DirectX info (altho it > works > > ok w. OpenGL - not my preferred renderer in N2003). Almost as soon as ATI > > released the 3.5 Cats, they released the 3.6 Cats, which fixed a lot of > > probs w. popular games AND fixed the prob w. N2003. So if you have a set > of > > earlier Cats, skip the 3.5s and go straight to the 3.6s (the 16.9-Mb d/l > > includes a new ATI control panel). > > > >