Radeon driver issues

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Runs fine in 1280x1024 as well. Top board.


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Where did you get it new for £20???

"Barnaby" <behoff@nospamplease.no> wrote in message
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> Just got a boxed new Radeon 9800 128MB few days ago exclusively to play
> T S.
> This really was a crucial upgrade as I had a Voodoo 3000 before which
> was still fine for RTCW.
>
> Haven't come across any problems with this although the retail drivers
> cd is probably quite old and during install Thief said drivers are below
> the minimum recommended version and it might not run properly.
>
> Graphics are fantastic and it runs tops with all maxed (except bloom of
> course) without any hiccups on 1024x768 which is really high enough I
> think, haven't actually tried any higher yet.
> All this on 1470MHZ OC AMD Thunderbird from 2001(before Athlon XP) with
> 512MB Ram, 4X AGP. Just to prove you don't need a 2.5+ Gig processor and
> a GB of memory to run it.
>
> Be sure to disable real-time virusscanning though, software firewall and
> other non-essential stuff when playing offline like Webwasher etc.
>
> This left me wondering if it's an issue with XP -it's obviously using
> more resources but also the display related issues people experience
> with the Catalyst drivers- I'm running 2000Pro SP2.
>
> Well, this underspecced machine is probably a testimony to what a good
> card the 9800Pro is.
>
> Happy taffing, will post impressions of the game later. Like it more
> than I thought I would but still find TMA better. Great graphics aren't
> everything, but already feel I've got my moneys worth.
> And it's only ~ £20.00 mailorder, another argument over Xbox. And you
> can edit files.
>
> Good night fellow gamers,
> Barnaby
>
>
>
>
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"Paul Harris" <paul@NO-SPAMstudham74.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Where did you get it new for £20???
>

I was talking about the game, PC DVD version.

It's £21.99 at amazon.co.uk or £16.99 at play.com incl. postage, can't beat
that. I had difficulty registering with play.com though and in the end went
for ordering from amazon.

Barnaby

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> > Where did you get it new for £20???
> >
>
> I was talking about the game, PC DVD version.

Ah right