Hmm, optimal drivers for playing aq2 with radeon 9800pro ?

Endy · Post by **Endy** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:08 pm

Ok, as some may know the newer Radeon cards kind of SUCK in compatibility with games running on q2 engine (like aq2) when using new drivers. My current situation is that if I want to play Doom 3 (for example) I gotta have the "new" drivers installed. If I wanna play aq2 (with more then 50 fps

) I gotta install like old (Manne gave'em to me, atleast some other kind of drivers) that Doom3 (for example) does not work with...

Ok, so my question is if someone knows a nice set of drivers who is actually working well with old games like q2 AND new games like D3...

And no uninteresting comments that the problems may occur because of my other computer speccs, I have a p4 2.6, 1024 pc3200 DRR etc. etc. blabla and before I bought the Radeon 9800pro I had an gf4 ti4200 and that worked perfectly for all games except, well, ye Doom3 B>

MrDeath · Post by **MrDeath** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:17 pm

catalyst 4.5 are the latest that will work. all later will fail. dunno why this is... drivers are fucked.

4.5 works ok with doom3, thou the new ones are faster.

becouse of this "glitch" and the prices of the new cards i'm pretty disappointed about ati atm. the 9800pro was/is a great card whatsoever.

spessu · Post by **spessu** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:00 am

I use Catalyst 4.8-03 drivers. I think they are the latest drivers that work fair with Q2. Any newer drivers will drop fps remarkably.

FragBait · Post by **FragBait** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:05 am

I'm using:

wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c.exe

Doom3 works and I get about 250 fps in aq2..

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:15 am

Using Catalyst drivers is like intetntionally hindering your graphics card from acheving its true potential... The only way to go is to use Omega drivers. I have Club3d Radeon 9800 PRO 128 mb I do about 450 fps in q2 timedemo and timerefresh can be anything from 400fps-2000fps in aq2. At the same time I get above 6000 points in 3dmark'04. Both old and new optimized.

Endy · Post by **Endy** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:29 am

Oki, thnx for the replies guys... Seems Im gonna try both some catalyst drivers and Omega Drivers (which I have heard about but not tried yet)...

What was the URL to the Omega Drivers page now again? I know I have been looking on that site at some point but don't remember the url.

and fragb8, I might just herass ju this evening to get the drivers sent from u as well

grov · Post by **grov** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:32 am

I have a HIS Radeon 9800 pro iceq and my fps drops all the time, it is suk, no hakkerdrivers works either, like omega or dna....

Post by **Den** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:08 am

9800 pro works like a charm on q2

Post by **Den** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:25 am

grov wrote:I have a HIS Radeon 9800 pro iceq and my fps drops all the time, it is suk, no hakkerdrivers works either, like omega or dna....

Try installing your mobo chipset agp drivers

and im using cat 4.9

Post by **Clown** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:26 am

I have two ATI Radeon 9800 Pros. I bought a new one because I thought the old was was broken. It turns out that it was just a problem with the drivers I was using. Catalyst 4.6 were fucking shit.

Use 4.7 and everything should be fine. I use these with Battlefield 1942, Battlefield Vietnam, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Action Quake 2. Everything runs fine.

condome · Post by **condome** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:09 am

I use DNA 2.7 4.7 drivers and its looks fine!!! So u can try this one

Drips · Post by **Drips** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:57 am

Mm i tried almost all of those, found out that 4.7 is the best for me for some reason

minchiano · Post by **minchiano** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:17 pm

I went postal and got my friend to uninstall XP/install ME on 'my' comp, since it was he who fucked it up in the first place I thought it only fair. Don't know what catalyst I was using but it was a ye olde one for the RADEON 9600 series. With the old ones I had around 200 fps and everything was peach but with the newest ones I got 27 farken fps! (note: running crusher.dm2)

In a way I kinda miss XP 'cause the comp went smoother in general but hey! I needed a quick fix of fps or I'd die or sumthn...

Post by **Clown** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:58 pm

Yeah, I just tested them just now. They had to go. I now use Catalysts 4.7. I can send them to you (anyone) if you want. Clowneh @ Quakenet.

Endy · Post by **Endy** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:24 pm

The drivers work perfect... I get like 200-300fps in a timerefresh and it never drops so much that I can feel it in the game even during the most intense firefights... It works with all other games I have as well... FINALLY, I can play again...