Half-Life Problems With 9700 Pro?

[MattStone]

I just installed the Catalyst 3.2 drivers, and some performance issues have been fixed, but now I'm having trouble running Half-Life. It runs in a small corner in the upper left hand side of the screen, and if I alt tab out and then alt tab back, my machine locks up. Can this be fixed under the Catalyst 3.2 drivers, or do I have to go back to the old ones?

 

[Painman]

I'm unsure of this particular issue but Cat 3.2 and Half-Life (CS in particular) are known to not get along well.

Cat 3.4 should be released tomorrow (today), give those a try.

 

[Guspaz]

This is a known bug in HL; the crashing from Alt-Tab is a DIFFERENT known bug in the Cat drivers.

Solution:

1) Downgrade to Cat 3.1 until Cat 3.4 is released
2) For the HL problem, hit escape, then resume game.

 

[Genx87]

Yup WHQL drivers and you get this

 

[MattStone]

Where do I go to check for thenew drivers, I don't know of any good ATI board sites.

 

[Mem]

Where do I go to check for thenew drivers, I don't know of any good ATI board sites.

Rage3D ,their site is down at the moment but I`m sure it`ll be back up soon,their forums are also very good for ATi owners for info,feedback,technical support etc.

 

[MattStone]

Thank you, that was the site that I was thinking of.

BTW, you say that 3.4 is coming out today...what about 3.3, is that available?

 

[nycxandy]

The 3.3's don't exist. The catalyst drivers go from 3.2 to 3.4, skipping 3.3.

 

[nutxo]

Originally posted by: Guspaz
This is a known bug in HL; the crashing from Alt-Tab is a DIFFERENT known bug in the Cat drivers.

Solution:

1) Downgrade to Cat 3.1 until Cat 3.4 is released
2) For the HL problem, hit escape, then resume game.

if the game was out first wouldnt it make it a driver bug and not a HL bug?

 

[Mem]

if the game was out first wouldnt it make it a driver bug and not a HL bug?

Yep it`s an ATi driver bug with the CAT 3.2 drivers.