Radeon 8500 - Best Drivers Win2K

[Nkcowboy]

What are the best drivers on WIn2K for my Radeon 8500? I hear the latest from ATI suck, but I also hear that there are some "beta" versions that have loads of problems. Thanks for any help!

 

[ProviaFan]

I've got the latest drivers, but haven't had much of a chance to play with them. (note that this is on a Radeon VE, but they're the same drivers as for your Radeon 8500, so it shouldn't matter except that your performance with the drivers will be much more than mine.

 

[mchammer187]

i use the 6032 drivers that i got from rage3d.com

 

[Nkcowboy]

Has anyone noticed a SIGNIFICANT change (good or bad) with newer drivers? For the most part, performance has been great. Always striving for better!

 

[Yzzim]

Sorry for the OT question, but has the Video Out gotten fixed on the 8500 yet? I bought one a couple months ago and the video out was just horrid. Last I heard, ATI needed a BIOS update to fix the problem I think. I sold my 8500 and decided to keep my Radeon 64MB DDR just because of that reason.



<< I've got the latest drivers, but haven't had much of a chance to play with them. (note that this is on a Radeon VE, but they're the same drivers as for your Radeon 8500, so it shouldn't matter except that your performance with the drivers will be much more than mine. >>


I doubt ATI is updating the driver for the VE much. Probably just left that alone. Most of the driver updates would be for the 8500 series now.

 

[Nkcowboy]

Yeah, maybe there are problems with that. I wouldn't know, I can only afford one monitor, and my other TV is too big/far away to use!