Mobility Radeon 9700 + Cat 05.9 + Quake4 = OpenGL error (help)

XClaude · Oct 25, 2005, 01:02 AM

Hi,

I just bought Quake 4 and is dying to play it.(don't care, i'll take low setting or whatever)

Problem is, I launch it. It gives me an error everytime I try to launch it. Screen goes black blinked like 3x and then gives me the error on the right of the following screenshot.

I uninstalled my old driver. Used Driver Cleaner as well. Then reinstal fresh the newest mobility cat offered here. Unfortunately, the problem didn't go away... can someone PLEASE help?

Sorry about the size, but photobucket auto resize... The texts are readable though.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 25, 2005, 03:03 AM

try useing the latest drivers Cat 5.10 other then that I dunno

XClaude · Oct 25, 2005, 03:45 AM

ack, i'm on 5.10 now and I have no widescreen.... I'm at 1400xXXXX right now... has 2 black bars on the sides. My OTHER games aren't widescreen anymore.(ie Guild Wars) Quake 4 STILL won't load.

I kept on running into these widescreen issues what's why I stuck w/ 5.8 for a while...

lokken · Oct 25, 2005, 10:57 AM

Hi.
As i've just said on other thread, Omega just released his own drivers based on Cats 5.10a. Taking a look at the changelog, he just included custom laptop resolutions and specific code for widescreens.

Also, the official Cats 5.10*a* are a hotfix specifically aimed for Q4, so the newer omegas should perform also better for Q4. Give them a try

Regards

L

enigma59 · Oct 27, 2005, 03:37 AM

I had a similar problem with quake 4 not starting up on catalyst 5.10 and up, even omega modded 5.10a drivers

to fix it i disabled triple buffering for opengl

Oct 25, 2005, 01:02 AM	#1
XClaude DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 0	Mobility Radeon 9700 + Cat 05.9 + Quake4 = OpenGL error (help) Hi, I just bought Quake 4 and is dying to play it.(don't care, i'll take low setting or whatever) Problem is, I launch it. It gives me an error everytime I try to launch it. Screen goes black blinked like 3x and then gives me the error on the right of the following screenshot. I uninstalled my old driver. Used Driver Cleaner as well. Then reinstal fresh the newest mobility cat offered here. Unfortunately, the problem didn't go away... can someone PLEASE help? Sorry about the size, but photobucket auto resize... The texts are readable though.

Oct 25, 2005, 03:03 AM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	try useing the latest drivers Cat 5.10 other then that I dunno __________________

Oct 25, 2005, 03:45 AM	Thread Starter #3
XClaude DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 0	ack, i'm on 5.10 now and I have no widescreen.... I'm at 1400xXXXX right now... has 2 black bars on the sides. My OTHER games aren't widescreen anymore.(ie Guild Wars) Quake 4 STILL won't load. I kept on running into these widescreen issues what's why I stuck w/ 5.8 for a while...

Oct 25, 2005, 10:57 AM	#4
lokken DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Hi. As i've just said on other thread, Omega just released his own drivers based on Cats 5.10a. Taking a look at the changelog, he just included custom laptop resolutions and specific code for widescreens. Also, the official Cats 5.10a are a hotfix specifically aimed for Q4, so the newer omegas should perform also better for Q4. Give them a try Regards L

Oct 27, 2005, 03:37 AM	#5
enigma59 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I had a similar problem with quake 4 not starting up on catalyst 5.10 and up, even omega modded 5.10a drivers to fix it i disabled triple buffering for opengl