Radeon 8500LE Tweaking Guides/Tips etc?

[lizard345]

anyone got a 8500le that they use with a dvi-vga adaptor and run 2 crt monitors? if so where did you get it from, what specs and how do you like it?

 

[gtd2000]

Originally posted by: Blooz1
The model of my card is <EM>1024-2149-</EM><STRONG>2B</STRONG><EM>-SA. </EM>The only other <STRONG>4B</STRONG> I can find is a 128Mb card! If that's what the driver's telling you, I bet that's what it is! I can't believe NewEgg is so cavalier about these cards!

So, you switched OS, and now it's not running right? Same drivers?

Well the system information tells me it is a 128MB card and Sisoft Sandra tells me it is a 128MB card, my NEC 19" is pretty slow to initialise so I can't see whether or not it says 64 or 128MB - the thing is, the Sapphire sticker on the backside of the card says it is a 64MB card though - perhaps I just got lucky when the factory put the stickers on?

Yes running Win ME now - and driver installation is absolutely terrible - ANY 3D game now has serious artifacts - basically it is unplayable - the 2D performance is fine though.
The only other difference is that I am now using my ECS K7S5A motherboard as opposed to the Abit KT7A - I guess I should check for issues with the ECS board and the 8500?

I have downloaded and installed DX9 which does actually improve the driver installation (it does not fail) - although I have no idea why???

I think I'm probably going to have to re-format and try again from the start

 

[gtd2000]

Originally posted by: Blooz1
So, you switched OS, and now it's not running right? Same drivers?

Should have said switched boards and OS - tried the catalyst 3.1's and each and every time the driver failed to load - tired numerous times and then eventually got a load of the original supplied drivers from Sapphire.

 

[Blooz1]

Yeah, I had bad luck with the Cat 3.1's also! I never could get them installed, so I went with the 3.0's, which work fine. I'm on DX8.1, not 9, as many people have had many problems after installing DX9.

 

[gtd2000]

I think I'm going to install my GF2 Pro card later to see if it is a problem with the ECS board....