"We continue to see that the Radeon 9700 Pro is performing quite well and unfortunately ATI's assertions that the 9600 XT would perform similarly to the 9700 Pro are simply untrue. Given the very low price of the Radeon 9700 Pro we'd strongly suggest buying a 9700 Pro over a Radeon 9600 XT" Thus...

My PC has sound built-in on the motherboard, I do not have a PCI sound card in the machine. How can I connect the AIW 9000 so that I can listen to TV programs on my computer? -Jack

I have been somewhat disappointed with the Radeon 9700 and 9800 pros that I have as although they are very fast, they have always had choppy frames or stuttering. The Catalyst 3.8's have completely smoothed out the rendering in games and benchmarks. They are not faster for me, just very smooth. ...

I am looking for an expensive 2 monitor card. Will be used mainly for programing and webrowsing and email. No gaming but I may add a wintv card later to import video from my dish network output or might watch a DVD movie from time to time Can anyone recommend a inexpensive card to handle two...

Hi, I recently setup a new PC and made the mistake of installing the Catalyst 3.8 drivers for my 9700PRO before installing DirectX 9. I installed DirectX afterwars but are there issues with installing things this way around? Cheers, Ross.

I'm getting a number of issues with the new Cat 3.8 drivers. Halo keeps chucking BSODs when changing resolution and just plain falls over if I actually get it running in 1024x768 on my Rad8500. I want to go back to the 3.7 drivers. Can I just uninstall the 3.8 and install the 3.7s or do I need...

I have a relatively new computer system and whenever I play 3d games (Halo, etc) my computer crashes or freezes and I have to reboot. Usually there is no error message but when I get one it points to the video card. I have: Albatron 865PE Pro w/ Pentium 4 2.4Mhz 512MB 3200 RAM On board sound...

Does anyone know of a way to get TV-Overscan enabled with CAT 3.7? (which reg key) I have reasons for not using 3.8 but I don't want to lose TV-Overscan thanks! -- Tony DiMarzio

Okay...so I am reading about crashes in NWN but do (did) any of you have problems with it slowing to a crawl.. I cant move without it being like molasses...totally unplayable for me using a 9500 pro and the catalyst 3.6,7 and 8 drivers any help would be appreciated

I installed an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 4 days ago and now I am having great difficulty accessing the web. I can connect to my local ISP and access email and newsgroups with OE6 but IE6 cannot find any web sites ( this pages cannot be displayed error).If I delete the Dialup networking icon, reboot...

Anyone else running into the 'fresh boot' or you get crappy play syndrome of olde? COD demo even 2d oldies like Red Alert and starcraft. No 'extra stuff' running at time of game play.

Anyone tried purchasing the new MMC cd from ATI? I was just at there site but in the list of software available it says there is nothing available at this time? Does anyknow where else i can get that cd. Alex

New Egg has Sapphire 9800 SE OEM non-pro cards for $166. Can anyone please explain the difference between these cards and the 9800 Pro? http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=1&submit=Go&description=9800%2Cpro Thanks Joe P.S. If this is a duplicate post - my apologies in advance.

Ive got a powercolor 9800 pro (since June), it is already bloody overclocked out of the box at 391/351 from the factory. I installed the 3.8 cats, as we all do when new drivers come out, and carried on as normal. Started getting major white dots ("artifacts" I guess!!) in Halo for example, and...

First, does the VPU Recover only work in Windows XP? Also, try disabling the secondary adapter to get rid of the long-boot. ATI processes the secondary adapter for some reason. It is causing monitor failures too. Like many here I've also tried the Cat 3.8's. What I have noticed is 2D...

I haf an ti4200 - though with my evil PC to upgrade the VGA... Damn i'm dissapointed. Will never spend 400$ again on any VGA simply not worth it. Ti4200 delivers more than enought, at 1/5 of the price... Never ever state of the art again... --

Saw this at RAGE3D - any truth to them? http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33716791 It says: First, the Catalyst 3.8's seem to be causing the core to overheat by between 8 and 12 degrees, which has caused hardware failures in the cards themselves due to overheating. This did...

Everytime my PC starts it finds my ATI TV Wonder Card and asks for the driver "atibtxbr.sys". This is a new occurance as I have had this card for a couple of years and it has always worked fine. The problem is I cannot find this sys file anywhere. Any Ideas??

Just curious as to what ppl have found to be the best software with a 9800. I used to use PowerDVD as my only player but ever since upped from a gf3 to a 9800 overlay in PDVD doesnt work well. Only way can play a disc and have it display correctly is to go full screen and then hit play otherwise if...

Hello i upgraded my computer with a Herkules 9800pro and was playing UT2003 and my FSB is 59fsb with 1024x768 no AA or what ever the name is Is not that low??? Xp2500@1833mhz @166fsb Asus a7v8x Catalyst version 038 ddr 512 pc 2700@166 Via 4in1vers 2.4.1.0