7.11 drivers still haven't fixed problem

[Paul in Toronto]

I've got an AGP Radeon X1600 Pro in one of my computers. The box is running
Windows Vista Home Premium, 32-bit.

The last driver version that actually worked with this set-up was version
7.7.

I just installed 7.11, and like versions 7.8 to 7.10 before it, it killed
the 3D capabilities of my card, rendering it useless for gaming and even
running the Vista Aero interface. In fact, Windows runs better with the
default included drivers than it does with the recent offerings from
ATI/AMD.

I've contacted their tech support by phone and by email every month since
this started, and I've yet to see any positive action on their part.

This is getting pathetic. My next card is going to have an nVidia chipset,
I swear.

Anyway... Just wanted to rant.

 

[First of One]

I've got an AGP Radeon X1600 Pro in one of my computers. The box is
running Windows Vista Home Premium, 32-bit.

The last driver version that actually worked with this set-up was version
7.7.

Seems to be a common report for AGP cards, though in all the reports the
drivers work up to and including 7.8.

Tried reinstalling your motherboard AGP GART drivers? Sometimes it needs to
be done after a video card driver update.

Do you have the latest DirectX runtimes (Nov 2007)?

This is getting pathetic. My next card is going to have an nVidia
chipset, I swear.

If your next card is still gonna be AGP, you would do well getting an nVidia
card. Catalyst 7.11 works fine on PCIe cards.

BTW, the AMD acquisition happened about a month ago. 7.7/7.8 drivers were
developed under AMD's administration. The first positive thing AMD did was
getting rid of the stupid Akamai support portal for simple driver downloads.

 

[Carl]

Yes, there have been improvements, but still I have a fault reported with
the damn T200 video thing!

 

[First of One]

That's the VIVO chip. If you won't use video-in, disable the unknown device
it in Device Manager.

 

[Carl]

Ta!

 

[Dre]

Seems to be a common report for AGP cards, though in all the reports the
drivers work up to and including 7.8.

Tried reinstalling your motherboard AGP GART drivers? Sometimes it needs
to be done after a video card driver update.

Do you have the latest DirectX runtimes (Nov 2007)?


If your next card is still gonna be AGP, you would do well getting an
nVidia card. Catalyst 7.11 works fine on PCIe cards.

BTW, the AMD acquisition happened about a month ago. 7.7/7.8 drivers were
developed under AMD's administration. The first positive thing AMD did was
getting rid of the stupid Akamai support portal for simple driver
downloads.

I've had *no* problems with any Catalyst from versions below 7.7 all the way
up to 7.11, I'm using an AGP setup as well, 1950...

D3D tests all work too.

Cheers Dre