Upcoming Catalyst 9.3 last to support R500 and below

http://www.pcper.com/#NewsID-6855

Enjoy!

It better, the lowered frames pissed me off. From what I've seen, 9.3 should bring the frames back atleast to what they were before, as for more, we'll have to see.

ATI needs to support they're multiGPUs alot more, they've ignored the 4870 X2 quad for 6-8 months, where it performs like the 295 GTX quad which is still in immature drivers.

I agree,especially about HD 4870X2 CROSSFIRE X,they have to work on it,it doesnt perform alot higher than single HD 4870X2,i hope it gets better.

Its been obvious for a while that the newer drivers were not relevant to the older architecture, its better late than never that they stopped the pretence that they were.
What we really need now are a set of definitive drivers for the different chips. Three or so different drivers for each chip should do it, just in case there are conflicts etc, its good to have alternatives to try.

Mactronix

either way, it's time to kill them off. anyone still running these cards most likely doesn't know or care that there are newer drivers available.

After 3 years (the 19xx series) , if they dont have all the fixes available by now its too late. What I am wondering is, how will this effect those cards on newer games? Ones they can handle?

OK, heres what Ive found. It looks as tho the older cards will get support, but only in quarterly driver installments, if merited. http://www.extremetech.com/article [...] 476,00.asp

Good now I can see a increase in performance with my lan rig thats using a x1900XT. Not that call of duty 2,4,5 is demanding just like to see more frames without raising the clocks.

lol

For me, it depends on the price. I see deals on my local CL every now and then for good cards/hardware. If I saw an x1950XT for $40 or so, I might be tempted. Its not much slower then the 8800GS, and as already mentioned not really a bad card. Someone earlier was selling a 7800GS (AGP) for $40, I nearly bought it for an old S754 rig I retired. Someone else is selling a 9800pro (AGP) for $20. Good cards, and in my opinion, good prices as well.

Theres 1 card I'm never going to throw out (unless its already lost) my 9500 PRo which could softmod to 9700 Pro using Omega drivers

I doubt that any real advances have been made with old cards driver wise for ages so yeah it's better to just let them die and concentrate on improving cards that are in general use.