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9700 driver problems

ATI replies:
The problems you described are not endemic to all 9700's -- In fact, the 9700 is very stable with nearly all D3D and OGL games we've tried. We've confirmed some control panel problems, an issue with Battle: 1942 and medieval total war. Some of these items will be fixed in the next driver release.

The problems you are having appear to be systemic to your system. Overclocking or a bad OS/Driver install could cause these problems. Conflicts with other devices is also a possibility. Finally, a low power PS might be at fault. You should try running with the latest motherboard bios and without any other cards installed. Make sure you've removed your old drivers and re-install from scratch the 9700 drivers.

You need to isolate the problem. Otherwise, it's unlikely any driver change will make any difference. Each 9700 card shipped by ATI right now has been tested heavily with multiple motherboards (yes, it's slow, but the initial cards are tested heavily) -- It's possible, but unlikely, that your card is bad. Very unlikely that all your friends' problems are due to bad cards. Both internal testing and reviewer testing had shown stable cards, with a good set of different motherboards.

Good luck.
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I had problems with my original Radeon and it turned out they are quite fussy about sharing IRQs. If you buy a 9700, be prepared to "tweak" it and play with your system for awhile to get it problem free.



EDIT, BTW - Retail 9700Pro now $320+cheap shipping at gamestop.com including the automatic 20% off by adding to "checkout"!!!

EDIT, BTW - Retail 9700Pro now $320+cheap shipping at gamestop.com including the automatic 20% off by adding to "checkout"!!!
 
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The "edit" above refused to allow the removel of the extra"https://"

I stole this from a current Hot Deals thread . . . $330 (or so) shipped for a new 9700 is very good. . . . just add to cart, you get an automatic $80 (20%) off.

Now, about them drivers . . . 😀
 
Let me add that some of these problems may be specific to some of the users at Rage3D posting such messages. There is also the question of user error. Let's wait and see if lots of people start complaining about the same thing before passing judgement on ATi. (Like the infinite loop error.)
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Let's wait and see if lots of people start complaining about the same thing before passing judgement on ATi. (Like the infinite loop error.)
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I thought we mostly went after nVidia for that one.
 
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