Need Help with ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 Driver Suggestion

Greaser · Dec 16, 2007, 02:43 AM

[COLOR=white]Hey all, I’m wondering if anyone can recommend what updated drivers to use for a Radeon Mobility 9700 graphics card. Here are my specs: (please read rest of post to see what has been happening....)[/COLOR]

[COLOR=white]Hypersonic GX7 Laptop (3 1/2 years old)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=white]Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz Processor [/COLOR]
[COLOR=white]ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 AGP (0x4E50) w/ 256MB [/COLOR]
[COLOR=white]1 GB Ram[/COLOR]
[COLOR=white]Intel 865PE+ICH5 Chipset Socket 478 Mobile Motherboard[/COLOR]
[COLOR=white]Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Sound card (PCMCIA slot)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=white]Realtek AC97 Audio (onboard sound)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=white]Windows XP Home [/COLOR]

[COLOR=white]I had been running all my games with no issues, using the Omega 3.8.330 (Catalyst 7.1) drivers. I just recently tried to play Red Orchestra, after not playing for awhile, and I started crashing to desktop with CreateTexture errors, among many other errors. I tried updating my video drivers (tried Omega 3.8.413 - based on Catalyst 7.9.1 - and the ATI Catalyst 7.11 drivers), ran Crap Cleaner, did a Registry clean, among other things and the only thing that happened was I then started crashing in every game I played. LOTR online started crashing and I’ve never had a problem with that. I tried installing and running Half Life 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and they both crashed. So, I finally decided to do a fresh install of Windows XP and start over. I want to try to get this right the first time so I’m looking for any advice. I read on the ATI site that there have been problems with AGP and Catalyst drivers higher than version 7.7; but I continued having problems when I uninstalled the higher versions and went back to the Omega 3.8.330 drivers (Catalyst 7.1); so now I’m confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! (Can you believe I got so frustrated that I actually started thinking about an XBOX 360.....I hope it doesn't come to that.)[/COLOR]

Vikingod · Dec 21, 2007, 04:43 PM

Given the age of the card, it might be in your best interests to run an older driver.

Dec 16, 2007, 02:43 AM	#1
Greaser DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Need Help with ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 Driver Suggestion [COLOR=white]Hey all, I’m wondering if anyone can recommend what updated drivers to use for a Radeon Mobility 9700 graphics card. Here are my specs: (please read rest of post to see what has been happening....)[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Hypersonic GX7 Laptop (3 1/2 years old)[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz Processor [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 AGP (0x4E50) w/ 256MB [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]1 GB Ram[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Intel 865PE+ICH5 Chipset Socket 478 Mobile Motherboard[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Sound card (PCMCIA slot)[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Realtek AC97 Audio (onboard sound)[/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Windows XP Home [/COLOR] [COLOR=white]I had been running all my games with no issues, using the Omega 3.8.330 (Catalyst 7.1) drivers. I just recently tried to play Red Orchestra, after not playing for awhile, and I started crashing to desktop with CreateTexture errors, among many other errors. I tried updating my video drivers (tried Omega 3.8.413 - based on Catalyst 7.9.1 - and the ATI Catalyst 7.11 drivers), ran Crap Cleaner, did a Registry clean, among other things and the only thing that happened was I then started crashing in every game I played. LOTR online started crashing and I’ve never had a problem with that. I tried installing and running Half Life 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and they both crashed. So, I finally decided to do a fresh install of Windows XP and start over. I want to try to get this right the first time so I’m looking for any advice. I read on the ATI site that there have been problems with AGP and Catalyst drivers higher than version 7.7; but I continued having problems when I uninstalled the higher versions and went back to the Omega 3.8.330 drivers (Catalyst 7.1); so now I’m confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! (Can you believe I got so frustrated that I actually started thinking about an XBOX 360.....I hope it doesn't come to that.)[/COLOR] Last edited by Greaser; Dec 16, 2007 at 09:22 PM.

Dec 21, 2007, 04:43 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Given the age of the card, it might be in your best interests to run an older driver.