ATi hits the front

[Gabrielle]

I'm cheap, I'll wait for the next great thing to drop in price. I do need a new video card.

[metadigital]

Yes but the problem with ATI was their drivers, seeing as they are constantly breaking older games with each driver release. After a couple of years of ATI I swore that I'd never go back until they started doing decent driver testing rather than pumping out updates every month for PR's sake like they do at present.

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Good reports about the new driver (6.2), apparently c. 40% speed up on OpenGL (Doom 3 type games) and a good 10%-ish on DirectX.

[DemonKing]

Good reports about the new driver (6.2), apparently c. 40% speed up on OpenGL (Doom 3 type games) and a good 10%-ish on DirectX.

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That's the problem with ATI drivers - they're all about increasing FPS in the hot games of the moment, but sometimes they make older games unplayable.

 

I remember at one stage the recommended drivers from ATI were different for three of my favourite titles at the time (KOTOR, Thief 3 and BF:Vietnam). Fine if you only play one game at a time but I like to chop and change as the mood takes me.

[metadigital]

Hmmm. I don't think Windows allows for different hardware configurations that have their own (video) drivers ...

 

Then again, I believe they are trying to address these issues with their newer releases. I hope.

[Wild Storm]

*Needs a PCI express slot* <_<

[metadigital]

*don't forget the two 12 volt rails from the PSU*