X800 Cards and NWN 1 and the new Catalyst Driver

Albromor · 01-21-2007, 04:32 PM

When I built my 939 Athlon 64 system in the Springf of 2006 I installed an X800 GTO video card. I then decided after 2+ years of NWN 1 hiatus to reinstall NWN1 last October. I installed cleanly but just before I got to the loading screen, where you begin to make your character, I was booted out with an error message. I tried several times but continued to be booted out.

So I went to BioWare and it seems that the X800 series cards don't play fair with this game. Why the 800 series is anybody's guess. Even ATI lists it as having issues. It must be the architecture.

Anyway, I did another clean install but received the same issue. So I uninstalled the game and waited for several Catalyst Driver updates. Before I attmpt a new driver update does anybody here run NWN1 (not 2) with an 800 series card? Any issues? How is the new Catalyst driver? Thanks.

Hivetyrant · 01-21-2007, 08:43 PM

About two systems ago I was using an X800 Pro and had absolutely no troubles with it, and I would imagine that you would not face any issues with updating your drivers, in fact I would strongly recommend ALWAYS updating them as soon as new ones come out. New drivers fix more than just game bugs

Can't hurt to give it a try, if they don't work, or they cause a problem, you can always roll back [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Albromor · 01-21-2007, 11:07 PM

Thanks for the reply, Hive. By the way, when I go to my Add/Remove panel to remove the old driver what, besides the display driver, do I need to remove in order to have a clean new driver install?

Hivetyrant · 01-21-2007, 11:40 PM

Depending on how old your drivers are, you might want to remove the catalyst control center and replace it with a newer version

vesselle · 01-22-2007, 11:26 AM

newer isn't always better.
i had to back down to the catalyst driver version from 3/10/2003. game runs great now, tho'.

V***V

01-22-2007, 11:26 AM	#5
vesselle Hathor Join Date: April 6, 2001 Location: the desert Posts: 2,296	newer isn't always better. i had to back down to the catalyst driver version from 3/10/2003. game runs great now, tho'. V***V __________________ my best friend is a junkie. what does your best friend do?

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01-21-2007, 04:32 PM	#1
Albromor Mephistopheles Join Date: June 13, 2001 Location: Northfield, NJ USA Posts: 1,417	When I built my 939 Athlon 64 system in the Springf of 2006 I installed an X800 GTO video card. I then decided after 2+ years of NWN 1 hiatus to reinstall NWN1 last October. I installed cleanly but just before I got to the loading screen, where you begin to make your character, I was booted out with an error message. I tried several times but continued to be booted out. So I went to BioWare and it seems that the X800 series cards don't play fair with this game. Why the 800 series is anybody's guess. Even ATI lists it as having issues. It must be the architecture. Anyway, I did another clean install but received the same issue. So I uninstalled the game and waited for several Catalyst Driver updates. Before I attmpt a new driver update does anybody here run NWN1 (not 2) with an 800 series card? Any issues? How is the new Catalyst driver? Thanks.

01-21-2007, 08:43 PM	#2
Hivetyrant Jack Burton Join Date: August 24, 2002 Location: Aussie now in the US of A! Age: 38 Posts: 5,403	About two systems ago I was using an X800 Pro and had absolutely no troubles with it, and I would imagine that you would not face any issues with updating your drivers, in fact I would strongly recommend ALWAYS updating them as soon as new ones come out. New drivers fix more than just game bugs Can't hurt to give it a try, if they don't work, or they cause a problem, you can always roll back [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

01-21-2007, 11:07 PM	#3
Albromor Mephistopheles Join Date: June 13, 2001 Location: Northfield, NJ USA Posts: 1,417	Thanks for the reply, Hive. By the way, when I go to my Add/Remove panel to remove the old driver what, besides the display driver, do I need to remove in order to have a clean new driver install?

01-21-2007, 11:40 PM	#4
Hivetyrant Jack Burton Join Date: August 24, 2002 Location: Aussie now in the US of A! Age: 38 Posts: 5,403	Depending on how old your drivers are, you might want to remove the catalyst control center and replace it with a newer version

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