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Zebodog · 09-08-2006, 09:02 PM

I took a look at the Release Notes from some earlier versions, Catalyst 5.5 and 5.10 to be exact.

The 5.10 had issues with ATI 9600, but no mention of other NWN issues. The 5.5 made no mention of issues with NWN. Both versions support the X800 so it's possible you may have some success with earlier versions of the driver.

As new drivers are released, optimizations are made for secific game engines and newer cards. Ultimately this causes problems with older games and cards, but since their older they don't receive much more attention from a driver development stand point since the demand is for the new high powered Oblivion, Prey, HL2 drivers that work best on the X1900XTX and other high end cards. The faster your card runs on new games, the more you'll sell since everybody wants the fastest.

That's the problem with a Unified Driver. It can't be all things to all cards. Pick the best driver for your card not necessarily the newest driver for the newest card.

[ 09-08-2006, 09:04 PM: Message edited by: Zebodog ]

09-08-2006, 09:02 PM	#17
Zebodog Avatar Join Date: May 14, 2005 Location: Edmonton Age: 76 Posts: 578	I took a look at the Release Notes from some earlier versions, Catalyst 5.5 and 5.10 to be exact. The 5.10 had issues with ATI 9600, but no mention of other NWN issues. The 5.5 made no mention of issues with NWN. Both versions support the X800 so it's possible you may have some success with earlier versions of the driver. As new drivers are released, optimizations are made for secific game engines and newer cards. Ultimately this causes problems with older games and cards, but since their older they don't receive much more attention from a driver development stand point since the demand is for the new high powered Oblivion, Prey, HL2 drivers that work best on the X1900XTX and other high end cards. The faster your card runs on new games, the more you'll sell since everybody wants the fastest. That's the problem with a Unified Driver. It can't be all things to all cards. Pick the best driver for your card not necessarily the newest driver for the newest card. [ 09-08-2006, 09:04 PM: Message edited by: Zebodog ] __________________ Disclaimer: If this thread, or a link within this thread leads you to follow advice that crashes/explodes/burns down or any way damages your system or causes personal stress or hardship, I am in no way responsible for any problems.