Running OpenGL on Radeon X2300

megaDude · Sep 1, 2009, 11:59 PM

Hello everyone, I would like to wish myself welcome to this community.

About 2 years ago I bought a asus laptop(running Vista, which i hate) with the ATI Mobility Radeon x2300 graphics cards, which unebknownst to me, did not support OpenGl, so i was quite shocked and annoyed to find out that my Epsx emulator could not run properly because the driver I was currently using required OpenGl(i got hold of a number of D3D drivers now though, so now I can run my mega sweet wipEout) and that the process of acquiring a driver for said graphics card that does support OpenGl seems impossible, since the ATI site just tells me to go to asus.com to look for drivers, which are not there in the first place. So I gave it up, I did quite nicely without openGl support at that time, but as of tommorow I am going to read a computer graphics course, and of course the API the teacher choose to teach has to be OpenGl(is api the right term for nominating libraries?) so here I am again, totaly stuck on trying to find myself that elusive driver. It seems that it is possible though:

ati mobility radeon x2300 benchmark

As you can see, there are clearly one user that somehow got openGl running on its x2300. I WANNA OpenGl TOO!

So I thought I would ask you guys here, what can I do to get my x2300 openGl compatible? I was thinking of downloading the nifty feature you provide(AMM) and try maybe an older driver or something along those lines, but I am not very suave regarding this kind of buisness, so I would really apreaciate if someone provided me with some nice tips or guides on this matter.

Super thank you for your time.

BTW, i got Gore Riders on diablo 2, if someone help me out of this %¤/&% pickle(seriously I am so bloody angry right now, I just want to get down and cracking with my C, but instead im stuck browsing the internet for a driver that afaik does not even exist!) i'll gladly throw out those to the person that helped me(if you dont play diablo 2 you will just have to take my word for it that they are really cool(if you dont play diablo 2, do)).

skychimp · Sep 17, 2009, 07:49 AM

I am currently testing this solution : http://www.gamingheaven.net/driverhe...hd-4650-a.html .

I am running xp64 but it seems like x86 users managed to get this fix to work

_edit_

Failed with xp64... But it would probably succeed on xpx86

Nachbrenner · Sep 19, 2009, 08:50 AM

In a 64 bit OS everything must be done twice.

Put a copy of that key in the Wow6432Node

tgorecki · May 4, 2011, 07:16 PM

Hi

I have an ATI Radeon Mobility X2300 graphics card in my ASUS F3JR laptop.

I am having an issue where the driver does not give me OpenGL support. It says 'Open GL Version Not Available' in the Catalyst Control Center and an application I am using which requires OpenGL support tells me that OpenGL support is not available.

I have installed the latest driver available from ASUS' website and this does not help.

1. What do you think is the best way to resolve this issue?
2. Should I try using the Mobility Modder software to install a legacy driver?
3. Which driver should I try to install? ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver OR ATI Catalyst? Display Driver ?
4. I am concerned that these two above drivers don't say they support the ATI Radeon Mobility X2300. Why is this and should I be concerned?

Thank you for any help you can provide me with.

shaman9876 · May 4, 2011, 09:06 PM

NVM wrong post

Sep 1, 2009, 11:59 PM	#1
megaDude DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Running OpenGL on Radeon X2300 Hello everyone, I would like to wish myself welcome to this community. About 2 years ago I bought a asus laptop(running Vista, which i hate) with the ATI Mobility Radeon x2300 graphics cards, which unebknownst to me, did not support OpenGl, so i was quite shocked and annoyed to find out that my Epsx emulator could not run properly because the driver I was currently using required OpenGl(i got hold of a number of D3D drivers now though, so now I can run my mega sweet wipEout) and that the process of acquiring a driver for said graphics card that does support OpenGl seems impossible, since the ATI site just tells me to go to asus.com to look for drivers, which are not there in the first place. So I gave it up, I did quite nicely without openGl support at that time, but as of tommorow I am going to read a computer graphics course, and of course the API the teacher choose to teach has to be OpenGl(is api the right term for nominating libraries?) so here I am again, totaly stuck on trying to find myself that elusive driver. It seems that it is possible though: ati mobility radeon x2300 benchmark As you can see, there are clearly one user that somehow got openGl running on its x2300. I WANNA OpenGl TOO! So I thought I would ask you guys here, what can I do to get my x2300 openGl compatible? I was thinking of downloading the nifty feature you provide(AMM) and try maybe an older driver or something along those lines, but I am not very suave regarding this kind of buisness, so I would really apreaciate if someone provided me with some nice tips or guides on this matter. Super thank you for your time. BTW, i got Gore Riders on diablo 2, if someone help me out of this %¤/&% pickle(seriously I am so bloody angry right now, I just want to get down and cracking with my C, but instead im stuck browsing the internet for a driver that afaik does not even exist!) i'll gladly throw out those to the person that helped me(if you dont play diablo 2 you will just have to take my word for it that they are really cool(if you dont play diablo 2, do)). Last edited by megaDude; Sep 2, 2009 at 12:08 AM.

Sep 17, 2009, 07:49 AM	#2
skychimp DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 0	Re : Running OpenGL on Radeon X2300 I am currently testing this solution : http://www.gamingheaven.net/driverhe...hd-4650-a.html . I am running xp64 but it seems like x86 users managed to get this fix to work _edit_ Failed with xp64... But it would probably succeed on xpx86 Last edited by skychimp; Sep 17, 2009 at 06:28 PM.

Sep 19, 2009, 08:50 AM	#3
Nachbrenner DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 80 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Running OpenGL on Radeon X2300 In a 64 bit OS everything must be done twice. Put a copy of that key in the Wow6432Node

May 4, 2011, 07:16 PM	#4
tgorecki HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: Running OpenGL on Radeon X2300 Hi I have an ATI Radeon Mobility X2300 graphics card in my ASUS F3JR laptop. I am having an issue where the driver does not give me OpenGL support. It says 'Open GL Version Not Available' in the Catalyst Control Center and an application I am using which requires OpenGL support tells me that OpenGL support is not available. I have installed the latest driver available from ASUS' website and this does not help. 1. What do you think is the best way to resolve this issue? 2. Should I try using the Mobility Modder software to install a legacy driver? 3. Which driver should I try to install? ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver OR ATI Catalyst? Display Driver ? 4. I am concerned that these two above drivers don't say they support the ATI Radeon Mobility X2300. Why is this and should I be concerned? Thank you for any help you can provide me with.

May 4, 2011, 09:06 PM	#5
shaman9876 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA, WI Posts: 80 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	Re: Running OpenGL on Radeon X2300 NVM wrong post