Do ATI drivers really suck this bad or am i missing something?

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Well I have been trying to find drivers that will work for my x800xl and I cant get anything to work right, when im playing world of warcraft the game will freeze and then keep going (using the catalyst 5.3 drivers) and the using omega drivers I will get in the server for a few seconds and then itll also freeze. I also cannot get the catalyst 5.3s to install all the way, i can only install the display driver. This is making me so mad, i just want to return this card and get a 6800gt.

My system specs are
DFI Lan Party nforce4 ultra d
3000winnie
1 gig of kingston pc3200 (2x512)
Raptor
Windows xp fully updated and also directx 9.0c

Oh and the latest nforce drivers, n tune ect
 
try the Catalyst 5.0, 5.1 or 5.2's last time i looked into ATI was when i got the 4.9's for my 9800 so i havent been paying much attention to ATi anymore..
 
I have tried another driver as well, its only in warcraft 3 that its freezing up, i was playing source just fine. Its really frusterating when you want to play a game but your drivers wont let you. Im gonna try messing around with the settings in the game, right now everything is maxed out.
 
ive always had bad experiences w/ ati ...

sell the trash and get a 6800.

as they say..

go home happy.
 
geekcomputing said:
ive always had bad experiences w/ ati ...

sell the trash and get a 6800.

as they say..

go home happy.
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Hey, this may not help out all but it sure would beat the above "i love u so much nvidia i cant seem to think straight. please can i give you my soul" post above.

My card would not act right either. I had a 9700 previosly. Benchies proved no better with my new card vs my old one. What I did find out was with all the tweaking in the BIOS, I set something I shouldn't have. Not sure what it is to this day but if your system is at all OC'd. Set everything back to default and try again. This fixed my problem.
 
Pkirk618 said:
Hey, this may not help out all but it sure would beat the above "i love u so much nvidia i cant seem to think straight. please can i give you my soul" post above.
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I see where this thread is headed.
 
yeah, my post is really no better than his. But damn it, he started it :D

and you my popcorn eating friend love it dont you?
 
are the only problems you are having with WoW?


maybe some answers to be had on that side,
gl,
-P
 
No, ATI drivers don't suck. Since ATI started the Catalyst program the quality has improved and is now at least on the same level as Nvidia's. In fact they are updated more frequently where as Nvidia users often have to resort to untested leaked beta drivers while waiting for a new official, supported release to fix their problems.

I can't remember a single game that didn't work flawlessly on my last two ATI cards and the drivers have always installed without problems.

Which control panel did you try to install? Note that the new Control Center requires the .net Framework. You may want to try the classic control panel instead. Also make sure you update the CHIPSET drivers before trying to install the ATI drivers. If you didn't, you need to remove the ATI drivers then install the chipset drivers from Nvidia.

Finally I suggest you make a post over at Rage3D. But I advise you change the tone of the post otherwise some of the more fanatic ATI users there will eat you alive :eek:
 
I can play WOW on my 800XT-PE, 9800XT, and my friends 850XT all using Cat 5.3s, so dontt fault the driver fault the person in fornt of your moniter.
 
You have something wrong with your system, either corrupted drivers, memory, hard drive or a windows problem. It's kinda immature to bash the drivers, especially when they have been proved to be good solid drivers.

The fact that you cannot get the catalyst 5.3s to install all the way is an indication that you have problems elsewhere.

Do some research first and try a few things before you start a NVidia vs ATI reaction.
 
Marcdaddy said:
I can play WOW on my 800XT-PE, 9800XT, and my friends 850XT all using Cat 5.3s, so dontt fault the driver fault the person in fornt of your moniter.
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What your point? If it doesnt work right out of the box then it is a peice of shit in my mind. I have done more testing and it does not work with any game.
There is a chance that the card is damaged somehow but I havent overclocked it or anything so we will see. I thought that maybe it was just direct x 9 games but its all games counterstrike wont even run right which leads me to believe that the actual card is damaged somehow. It could also be that I need to downgrade my directx to 9.0b

Instead of just trying to say you are smarter than me why dont you post a solution? That would really make you smarter than me huh?
 
Tjhe drivers are installed fine, I put my cpu to default, im gonna try a bunch of other things and hope itll work.
 
It could be a bad card, it does happen with any make or type. You must be frustrated as hell, I would be.

What's you power supply like? The rest of you system specs look like quality products so I would expect your PSU is good to. Try switching the power connector to a different availabe one.

If you have two streams with connectors, use one that isn't being taxed by other components.
 
You probably have a bad card that's all. My 9800 XT ran flawlessly at AGP 8X and fastwrite on. It ran Stress Test II WoW perfectly fine also. But I went with the 6800 Ultra at the end :) If you're really frustrated just get a 6800 GT.
 
Well we shall see if it I fixed anything I ran my ram lower than its rated speed, the CPU is at stock, reformatted and installed service pack and all the updates, installed my nforce drivers, installed my catalyst drivers and am now installing WOW. If this doesnt work im going to assume my card is dead.
 
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