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"Paul Gardiner" <paul@no-spam-thank-you.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Sam" <srs2_11BS@bsHotmailBS.com> wrote in message
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>> For Windows 98 and ME users there are new drivers available at:
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http://ati.com/support/driver.html
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> Yes, but still no support for X800s! Do you think they will ever produce
> X800
> drivers for 98SE?
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> Cheers,
> Paul.
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I think it would be very unlikely for them to go much out of their way to
provide dedicated X800 Win 98SE support because the kind of hardware that
you plug an X800 into, would be more than capable of running a modern OS
such as XP or at least 2000 without a problem and given XP is extremely good
at running programs under Win 98 compatibility mode, why would anyone bother
putting Win 98SE on such a new machine. If users can afford an X800 to begin
with, they can almost certainly afford a new OS.
If enough people request it then something may get done otherwise your best
bet may be to upgrade your OS and any hardware you may have which won't work
under the new OS. I've not tried but has it been confirmed that the current
drivers don't work with an X800? Although the release notes for them say
they're designed to support the following ATI desktop product family.... and
it doesn't list the X800, that may be just because they're not optimised for
such a modern card but they'll still work together OK.
Paul (another one)