Simviation Forum - Problems with Radeon 8500

Jun 14^th, 2003 at 9:19pm

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I just bought an ATI Radeon 8500LE with 128mb of ram. Unfortunately I've noticed some problems, probably driver related. In some games (ie Jedi Outcast, Orbiter) I've noticed triangles quickly darting across the screen. I have the 3.4 drivers. Also does anyone know if there if a good tweak utility for Redeon cards. Riva Tuner doesn't support the new drivers.

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Reply #1 - Jun 15^th, 2003 at 7:34am

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like i said before,the 3.4 driver is waste! either you switch back to the 3.2 driver or you try to tweak it a bit with the control panel.

the probably best tuning software on the net is powerstrip (don't know the link,sorry),but it's not freeware!

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Reply #2 - Jun 15^th, 2003 at 10:39am

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Thanks, I'll try that. I'm still used to the Geforce cards but I saw the Radeon for half price and decided to get it.

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Reply #3 - Jun 15^th, 2003 at 4:44pm

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Well I just figured out why the card was half price. I installed and reinstalled different sets of drivers, played with the settings, and it still wont draw the images properly. Plus it started doing it with all 3d games. It's not my system so it must be the card. I going to take it back to the store and either get my money back or exchange it for an Nvidia one. Angry

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Reply #4 - Jun 16^th, 2003 at 8:50am

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..or you exchange it for a new ATI-card. highly recommended... Wink

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Reply #5 - Jun 16^th, 2003 at 10:50am

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Yeah I agree with ATI get the 9700 non pro or pro not that much difference but huge difference in price!!

I have a 9700 and its perfect.

PS. ATI I am running the new Catalyst 3.4's do other drivers run fs2002 better than these?

Thanks

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Reply #6 - Jun 16^th, 2003 at 4:51pm

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I'm sorry but from what I've seen, Nvidia cards are far superior. I'm going to trade it in for a Ti4200.

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Reply #7 - Jun 17^th, 2003 at 8:10am

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okay,a 4200 is superior to an 8500,but if you want sth. for the future,buy a 9500pro...

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Reply #8 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 10:15pm

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NOticed all the praise of the NVidia stuff. I am trying to upgrade to a GEForce FX 5600 256 meg card.....and with Direct X 9.0a and Win XP in FS 2002....it crashes the sim every time.

I have been told that the detonator drivers and Direct X 9 and Win XP and FS2002 will not work together by the card tech folks.

How is it that some of you are mentioning that it seems to be the BEST????? I am totally confused.

best,

......................john

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