Next to 4.2. I own 8500le, and get a slightly better fps in 4.2, which are
also better in opengl than 3,7 .
"Sleepy" <nospamwanted-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I had the same problem - I think it stinks that you have to buy new
drivers
> and software because it refuses to acknowledge you have the original cd.
> Unfortunately some new games have problems with older drivers which forces
> an upgrade. I tried Knights of the Old Republic on the 2.x cats on my cd
and
> its a slideshow - even with the 3.1s its unplayable. I had to upgrade to
the
> 3.7s like it or not. btw the 3.7s are the most stable/compatible of all
the
> Cats.
>
> "Hairy Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:KsWdnbbpG7nuu6HdRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My AIW card came with Catalyst 2.1 and MMC 7.7.0.0. I have successfully
> > updated to Catalyst 2.5 (with the corresponding Control Panel and WDM
> > Capture versions). BTW, thanks for Joseph Sullivan's 12/5/2003 post
> > explaining how to deal with the "Found New Hardware - cannot find
drivers"
> > problem - installing Control Panel and WDM Capture (with reboots) indeed
> > solved that problem.
> >
> > When I tried installing Catalyst 3.1 (many posts indicated 3.0 wasn't
very
> > good) things went well until I was unable to install DVD Player 7.6
> because
> > I had no separate DVD Player software on my installation CD (it was part
> of
> > MMC 7.7.0.0). This made MMC 7.7.0.1 useless without a DVD Player, and
> > Catalyst 3.1 with MMC 7.7.0.0 gave me an error message that MMC wasn't
> > installed - I assume it wanted MMC 7.7.0.1. I also assume that if I
spend
> > $9.99 (plus S/H) for the newer installation CD (which came with the 9000
> > series cards) I will be able to install newer Catalyst, MMC and DVD
Player
> > software. My question (finally!) is - is it worth it to buy the CD and
> > install the newer software? TIA for your opinions (and corrections if
any
> > of the above is wrong).
> >
> > J
> >
> >
>
>
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