Best drivers for 8500LE under Win98SE?

[Neil Harrington]

I'm planning on putting together a Win98SE box to play some older games that
are quirky (or just plain won't run) under WinXP. I'll be using a
Sapphire-built 8500LE card that I've had sitting around for a while, and
probably an Athlon XP 1700+ or so. I still have the drivers disc for the
8500LE, don't recall the version but they're quite old as the files are
dated 2002.

Can someone suggest the best (most stable, speed is important but secondary)
available drivers for this card?

Thanks!

 

[Augustus]

I'm planning on putting together a Win98SE box to play some older games
that are quirky (or just plain won't run) under WinXP. I'll be using a
Sapphire-built 8500LE card that I've had sitting around for a while, and
probably an Athlon XP 1700+ or so. I still have the drivers disc for the
8500LE, don't recall the version but they're quite old as the files are
dated 2002.

Can someone suggest the best (most stable, speed is important but
secondary) available drivers for this card?

Thanks!

I've always found that the 3.7's were best on my 8500 128Mb card on Win98SE.
Although it's been a few years now since I've done Win98SE and there may be
newer ones that are better.

 

[Neil Harrington]

I've always found that the 3.7's were best on my 8500 128Mb card on
Win98SE. Although it's been a few years now since I've done Win98SE and
there may be newer ones that are better.

Just checked the ATI site, and 5.9s (the latest, at least for Win98SE and
WinME) are the only ones they seem to have. I've downloaded those and if
there's a problem I'll try to find the 3.7s.

Thanks again,

Neil

 

[Augustus]

Just checked the ATI site, and 5.9s (the latest, at least for Win98SE and

WinME) are the only ones they seem to have. I've downloaded those and if
there's a problem I'll try to find the 3.7s.

Thanks again,

Neil

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

 

[Neil Harrington]

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

Yep, that's where I was before, but unless I'm missing something (always a
possibility), the only Win98SE/ME drivers they have there are the 9/21/05
version, which is 5.9.

Neil

 

[Augustus]

Yep, that's where I was before, but unless I'm missing something (always a

possibility), the only Win98SE/ME drivers they have there are the 9/21/05
version, which is 5.9.

Neil

Takes a bit of digging, but they're all there....

Knowledge Base
ATI Customer Care > Drivers and Software > Windows ME > RADEON > Previous
Drivers and Software >

Previous Drivers and Software
Below you will find a list of previously posted drivers and software for
your ATI graphics card. These drivers have been posted as a courtesy to
customers looking for a specific driver release. Please review the driver
description as well as the release notes for the driver your about to
download. Not all drivers support all system configurations.

1.. Catalyst Windows 98 / ME February 2005 Release- Driver Download

2.. Catalyst Windows 98 / ME September 2005 Release - Driver Download

3.. RADEON Previous Windows 98 Driver and Software versions

4.. RADEON Previous Windows ME Driver and Software versions

 

[Danny Greaves]

Takes a bit of digging, but they're all there....

Knowledge Base
ATI Customer Care > Drivers and Software > Windows ME > RADEON > Previous
Drivers and Software >

Previous Drivers and Software
Below you will find a list of previously posted drivers and software for
your ATI graphics card. These drivers have been posted as a courtesy to
customers looking for a specific driver release. Please review the driver
description as well as the release notes for the driver your about to
download. Not all drivers support all system configurations.

1.. Catalyst Windows 98 / ME February 2005 Release- Driver Download

2.. Catalyst Windows 98 / ME September 2005 Release - Driver Download

3.. RADEON Previous Windows 98 Driver and Software versions

4.. RADEON Previous Windows ME Driver and Software versions

when your going threw the "find a driver" menu's I think its one menu before the recommended drivers page. Anyway, there is a giant
list of them in "previous drivers."

I've been using the 'recommended drivers' for win98 for some time now with no problems. With one exception, the remote control
software!

If you install the recommended remote control software version 3x it will be a major bummer. grrrr. The support department said MMC
8.9 should use the remote control software version "remote-wonder-2-3-0-1-english.exe".
But im still licking my wounds from the 3x driver damage and not tried to install them.

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