Win9x/ME 9039 quick-tests.....

Rayder · Jun 17, 2002, 11:05 PM

Out of 50+ games that I quick-tested*, I only had 2 problems that I've found so far, Whiplash(or Fatal Racing, depending on how you got it

) shows a garbled screen in SVGA. Rollcage 2(Death Track Racing, according to the packaging) will run fine, but when you exit...it won't re-run until you reboot. It seems to kill any hardware acceleration, according to DXdiag, for all games until you reboot. It only does that in Win98se, not WinXP, which, of course, use a different set of drivers. Aside from those problems, they seem fine. For me, the 9016 drivers are still the best, a little slower, but I had zero problems with those, and to me, that's what counts. Naturally, I reported these "bugs" to ATI.

I'm a gamer, compatibility is MUCH more important to me than an extra couple frames per second, I consider anything over 30fps to be good enough. For now, I'm gonna revert back to the ones that worked for me and wait for the next driver release.

* Quick-testing is when I run a game for a couple minutes to verify compatibility and watch for changes in operation and performance.

PC Specs:
Abit KT7A (no RAID) motherboard revision 1.1
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.33ghz (266 FSB)
768megs PC133 RAM (3-256 meg sticks)
Radeon 64DDR VIVO (7200) (9039 "Catalyst" ATI drivers)
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 MP3+
10/100 Ethernet LAN card (firewalled/networked)
Win98se (fully updated)
IE6
100gigs of harddrive
1 - Toshiba DVD-ROM 16x
1 - Plextor CDRW 24x10x40
19inch KDS Monitor (1600x1200@75hertz Max resolution)
Stereo speakers with subwoofer
400watt Antec Power Supply

HsuGotaQ · Jun 18, 2002, 01:15 AM

Wooooo... Whiplash... what a game... man another one of those 'feeling old' things.

great great memories

Rayder · Jun 18, 2002, 04:12 AM

Yeah, it would be cool if they made an updated version to Whiplash using todays graphic power. If they DID make a newer version of it, I don't know about it. Was there one? I'd go get it in a heartbeat, I LOVE racing games.

BTW, I was able to revert to the 9016 drivers(my preferred set) without reverting any of the other stuff(capture driver, multimedia etc.) All games WORK again. Yay.

Jun 17, 2002, 11:05 PM	#1
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	Win9x/ME 9039 quick-tests..... Out of 50+ games that I quick-tested, I only had 2 problems that I've found so far, Whiplash(or Fatal Racing, depending on how you got it ) shows a garbled screen in SVGA. Rollcage 2(Death Track Racing, according to the packaging) will run fine, but when you exit...it won't re-run until you reboot. It seems to kill any hardware acceleration, according to DXdiag, for all games until you reboot. It only does that in Win98se, not WinXP, which, of course, use a different set of drivers. Aside from those problems, they seem fine. For me, the 9016 drivers are still the best, a little slower, but I had zero problems with those, and to me, that's what counts. Naturally, I reported these "bugs" to ATI. I'm a gamer, compatibility is MUCH more important to me than an extra couple frames per second, I consider anything over 30fps to be good enough. For now, I'm gonna revert back to the ones that worked for me and wait for the next driver release. Quick-testing is when I run a game for a couple minutes to verify compatibility and watch for changes in operation and performance. PC Specs: Abit KT7A (no RAID) motherboard revision 1.1 AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.33ghz (266 FSB) 768megs PC133 RAM (3-256 meg sticks) Radeon 64DDR VIVO (7200) (9039 "Catalyst" ATI drivers) Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 MP3+ 10/100 Ethernet LAN card (firewalled/networked) Win98se (fully updated) IE6 100gigs of harddrive 1 - Toshiba DVD-ROM 16x 1 - Plextor CDRW 24x10x40 19inch KDS Monitor (1600x1200@75hertz Max resolution) Stereo speakers with subwoofer 400watt Antec Power Supply

Jun 18, 2002, 01:15 AM	#2
HsuGotaQ Hydrogenated Dumbass Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canuckland Posts: 755 Rep Power: 0	Wooooo... Whiplash... what a game... man another one of those 'feeling old' things. great great memories

Jun 18, 2002, 04:12 AM	Thread Starter #3
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	Yeah, it would be cool if they made an updated version to Whiplash using todays graphic power. If they DID make a newer version of it, I don't know about it. Was there one? I'd go get it in a heartbeat, I LOVE racing games. BTW, I was able to revert to the 9016 drivers(my preferred set) without reverting any of the other stuff(capture driver, multimedia etc.) All games WORK again. Yay.