Reefsmoka
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http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/...&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=15&submit.y=8
as the title says ^^
as the title says ^^
Catalyst 4.12 Out Now
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ATI give the impression that there high end cards will never, ever come down in price. I have a vanilla 6800 nvidia.
But, i will buy a ATI card next. I never read anything about them, so apart from a few fundimental things too know, i dont know what most of there features do
its a shame nvidia cant release quality drivers.
But, i will buy a ATI card next. I never read anything about them, so apart from a few fundimental things too know, i dont know what most of there features do
its a shame nvidia cant release quality drivers.
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Nvidia just released some supposidly good drivers, the Forceware 66.93 . I just ordered a 6800GT so i hope there alright 
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ATI are just as bad as NVIDIA
I’ve been luckier than most in that I have had to use both over a loooong period of time, and some other crap cards along the way.
In the days of old … one needed the correct drivers for a specific card. If that card had a ‘newer’ chip fitted from ‘A’ to new version ‘C’ then one HAD to use that particular driver … I can’t count how many internal Modems I’ve thrown away because I could not find the correct drivers.
Now I don’t know who, but, one bright spark had an idea to ‘collectively bundle’ ALL the divers for a particular chip-model in one File. They also gave/give the impression that ‘one file’ matches ‘all cards’ … crap … look closer … and I don’t care if its ATI or nVidia, they are both at it.
Originally, using nVidia as an example, if you had a gForce2 card then you needed the 20s series drivers. If you had a gForce3 then the 30s and a gF4 one would opt for the 40s … then the ‘bright spark of life’ came along and the rest, they say, is history.
Reefsmoka, no problems with the 66.93 & my lowly FX5600.
I’ve been luckier than most in that I have had to use both over a loooong period of time, and some other crap cards along the way.
In the days of old … one needed the correct drivers for a specific card. If that card had a ‘newer’ chip fitted from ‘A’ to new version ‘C’ then one HAD to use that particular driver … I can’t count how many internal Modems I’ve thrown away because I could not find the correct drivers.
Now I don’t know who, but, one bright spark had an idea to ‘collectively bundle’ ALL the divers for a particular chip-model in one File. They also gave/give the impression that ‘one file’ matches ‘all cards’ … crap … look closer … and I don’t care if its ATI or nVidia, they are both at it.
Originally, using nVidia as an example, if you had a gForce2 card then you needed the 20s series drivers. If you had a gForce3 then the 30s and a gF4 one would opt for the 40s … then the ‘bright spark of life’ came along and the rest, they say, is history.
Reefsmoka, no problems with the 66.93 & my lowly FX5600.