New DX8 Radeon drivers today!! (maybe)

[oldfart]

Check it out

 

[pidge]

I hopes so. I am testing out a DX8 3D programs and it sucks with the ATI AIW Radeon. The images and very corrupted. DX8 complaint drivers wanted badly.

 

[Taz4158]

With all your complaining Pidge I highly doubt that new drivers are going to help. There's a deeper issue here.

 

[oldfart]

Hmm. I'm running DX8 with 3056 drivers with no problems whatsoever. Also tried 3063 with DX8, same thing. No problems at all.

 

[pidge]

The problems don't exist with DX7 apps. Only with DX8 tests. Oh well, I guess I will find out tonight if the drivers do come out. The only problems I have with DX7, I have outlined here:

ATI AIW Radeon personal experience

 

[oldfart]

Wow, I can honestly say that UT ROCKS BIG TIME on my Radeon. I don't have the AIW. I have the 64 meg VIVO retail. I had a Voodoo 3 before this and played UT in Glide mode. I went for the Radeon upgrade, and was prepared for a big disappointment in UT after always reading how bad it was in D3D. I was totally blown away. UT is so friggin smooth and gorgeous I couldn't believe it. This is @ 1024 x 768 x 32 all options on and set to max quality. Completely blows away the V3 in Glide. I also tried the OpenGL version with the high res S3TC textures and Loki patch. Even better! Absolutely stunning.

I don't have any DX8 apps (are there any?). I cant see why anyone would expect DX7 drivers not to have problems with DX8 apps. I also cant comment on AIW issues as I don't have one. However, every game I play (UT, Q3, HL, Q2, Serious Sam, Rouge Spear, STEF, etc...) plays perfectly.

I hope the new DX8 drivers are out soon and correct the problems you are having. It will be interesting to see if ATI can get their driver reputation cleaned up.

 

[Davegod75]

hopefully...lets cross our fingers!

 

[pidge]

Well, maybe it might be due to the extra memory your video card has. All I know is that under heavy fighting scenes with 4 or more characters shooting it up on the screen, the gameplay gets very choppy which greatly affects my performance un UT. This is not the case with Quake III Arena (thanks to HyperZ) so it doesn't matter much cause Quake III Arena is the only game that counts in this world, and maybe Starcraft.

Can someone post here when the newer DX8 drivers are released for the ATI AIW Radeon? I would like to download them when they are released.

 

[oldfart]

Yeah, maybe that extra 32 meg helps. If I see the drivers are up, I'll post a link. Anyone else that sees them, do the same.

 

[snow patrol]

No sign of them yet?

 

[Taz4158]

Just saw this at rage3d:
Username is: rubeta
PW: rutester http://www.rageunderground.com/topsecret/RADEON_DX8_R69x.rar
Go get them.

 

[Finality]

Just curious have the latest Win2K drivers cloesed the performance gap between win98 and win2k? Or is it still lackluster?

 

[Taz4158]

The new WIN2K have really closed the gap with WIN 98. They are quite good.

 

[oldfart]

I read at rageunderground that those drivers were not supposed to be released. They are beta divers that a tester decided to post a user name and password for. They have since been pulled. ATI will be releasing a better set.

 

[Hawk]

Dang it, waiting again...I even went BACK to Win98 in anticipation of the drivers!!! =)