X1950 Pro AGP support on 7.9?

JohnDoe47 · Sep 10, 2007, 09:15 PM

Have ATi finally got this problem sorted because I can't seem to find it in the "Issues Solved" section

Lazy arses. I ain't gonna uninstall my 7.6's to find out those noobs still haven't fixed a HUGE issue.

OMG I JUST SPOTTED IT !! Those noobs still haven't fixed the bloody issue. Grrr !!

" Caution: Installing the Catalyst software suite 7.8 or 7.9 on a system containing the ATI Radeon™ X1950 AGP series of product may result in either the desktop failing to be drawn properly or the operating system failing to boot. It is recommended to continue using Catalyst 7.7 for this product at this time."

Idiot's, Catalyst 7.7 doesn't work for me or for the technical support team at HIS Graphics (Yes I managed to get in contact with them).

RoyBatty · Sep 10, 2007, 09:20 PM

I'm using them with X1950 GT AGP and everything is fine so far.

Dark Lord · Sep 10, 2007, 09:20 PM

considering everything went to hell for me with the 7.8s, ill pass on the 7.9s.

JohnDoe47 · Sep 10, 2007, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RoyBatty

I'm using them with X1950 GT AGP and everything is fine so far.

Have you checked to see your AGP texture acceleration is Fully ON? Last time i got the 7.8's to work for about 30 minutes and then all hell broke out

RoyBatty · Sep 10, 2007, 09:32 PM

I checked the dxdiag and Smartgart settings - everything is enabled, played Far Cry for a while and no problem.

JohnDoe47 · Sep 10, 2007, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by RoyBatty

I checked the dxdiag and Smartgart settings - everything is enabled, played Far Cry for a while and no problem.

Lucky, maybe because the GT chip is slightly different but i'm not going to risk it.

RoyBatty · Sep 10, 2007, 09:43 PM

The GT has exactly the same GPU as the Pro, the only difference is lower frequency (500 vs. 575).

JohnDoe47 · Sep 10, 2007, 09:44 PM

hmm, I still think ati are a bunch of noobs, their 3rd driver release without any support for the X1950 AGP series. Yes 7.7 doesn't work...for me anyways.

clozak · Sep 14, 2007, 02:10 AM

Yup, with 7.8 no AGP texture acceleration. With 7.9 no anything including reboot. I can run 1280 x 1024 on Bioshock with 30FPS with 7.7. Pisses me off though because I am missing out on the optimizations. I want a hot fix for my sapphire 1950 Pro AGP on my AN7 NF2. Your call (business decision) AMD...

Fig · Sep 18, 2007, 05:26 PM

Thought there was something wrong with my card

either my card works alot better on 8 or I junk my system. I'm using 7.7.

letterboy1 · Sep 19, 2007, 08:47 PM

I have the HIS X1950 Pro AGP 512 MB and had similar issues.
Cat 7.8 failed to draw the desktop properly on the first reboot, but on the second reboot it worked fine and has worked ever since.
Cat 7.9, can't even reboot after installing . . . have to boot into safe mode and uninstall drivers and go back to 7.8.

Dyre Straits · Sep 20, 2007, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Fig

Thought there was something wrong with my card

either my card works alot better on 8 or I junk my system. I'm using 7.7.

That's really quite drastic just on account of drivers. If the 7.7s are working, why are newer drivers so urgent?

clozak · Sep 21, 2007, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

That's really quite drastic just on account of drivers. If the 7.7s are working, why are newer drivers so urgent?

Becasuse of missing Bioshock and ETQW optimizations... It's like driving a sports car on regular unleaded fuel. You still get from point A to point B with the aformentioned gas, but the experience and performance are not what you would have versus having premium fuel.

BirdDog · Sep 23, 2007, 10:37 AM

Im glad that im not the only one, there are having problems with the new catalyst 7,9.
i get a blue screen after the first reboot.
and i allso dont have any AGP acc. under catalyst 7,8 so im allso back on 7,7.

Im having a saphire card, but does ATI know this, and just dont care about us AGP users or?

RoyBatty · Sep 23, 2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BirdDog

Im having a saphire card, but does ATI know this, and just dont care about us AGP users or?

They know about the AGP problems. Read the release notes.

Dyre Straits · Sep 23, 2007, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BirdDog

Im glad that im not the only one, there are having problems with the new catalyst 7,9.
i get a blue screen after the first reboot.
and i allso dont have any AGP acc. under catalyst 7,8 so im allso back on 7,7.

Im having a saphire card, but does ATI know this, and just dont care about us AGP users or?

Here's the quote from ATI/AMD:

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For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit [COLOR=#0000ff]ATI Customer Care[/COLOR].

SPECIAL NOTE of CAUTION:

Caution: Installing the Catalyst software suite 7.8 or 7.9 on a system containing the ATI Radeon™ X1950 AGP series of product may result in either the desktop failing to be drawn properly or the operating system failing to boot. It is recommended to continue using Catalyst 7.7 for this product at this time.
_________________

Yes, they are aware of it and are working on it.

Fig · Sep 24, 2007, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

That's really quite drastic just on account of drivers. If the 7.7s are working, why are newer drivers so urgent?

It's probably not just because of the drivers but my PC has very poor performance right now. I think it's the VIA chipset that my ASUS mobo uses.

~~==SANAFABICH==~~ · Sep 28, 2007, 05:51 PM

Wow, I just bought a Sapphire radeon x1950pro 512MB AGP, and ran into this problem when installing cats. 7.9. So, Now I'm using the default ones that came in the CD (7.6). Should I install 7.7 in the mean time? is it worth it? Also, I played the first minutes of HL2: Lost Coast, and performance wasn't as good as I expected, I would say less than 40 FPS. Why is this? My rig in a nutshell: Sempron @1800 MHz, 1 GB RAM@400.

CDsDontBurn · Sep 29, 2007, 04:58 AM

glad i don't update drivers as much anymore. i'm still running on the 7.3s lol. although, i do have the 7.6s already downloaded for any such event.

i'm actually surprised that there are this many of us using the AGP flavor of the card

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Sep 10, 2007, 09:15 PM	#1
JohnDoe47 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 319 Rep Power: 0	X1950 Pro AGP support on 7.9? Have ATi finally got this problem sorted because I can't seem to find it in the "Issues Solved" section Lazy arses. I ain't gonna uninstall my 7.6's to find out those noobs still haven't fixed a HUGE issue. OMG I JUST SPOTTED IT !! Those noobs still haven't fixed the bloody issue. Grrr !! " Caution: Installing the Catalyst software suite 7.8 or 7.9 on a system containing the ATI Radeon™ X1950 AGP series of product may result in either the desktop failing to be drawn properly or the operating system failing to boot. It is recommended to continue using Catalyst 7.7 for this product at this time." Idiot's, Catalyst 7.7 doesn't work for me or for the technical support team at HIS Graphics (Yes I managed to get in contact with them).

Sep 10, 2007, 09:20 PM	#3
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	considering everything went to hell for me with the 7.8s, ill pass on the 7.9s. __________________

Sep 10, 2007, 09:44 PM	Thread Starter #8
JohnDoe47 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 319 Rep Power: 0	hmm, I still think ati are a bunch of noobs, their 3rd driver release without any support for the X1950 AGP series. Yes 7.7 doesn't work...for me anyways. Last edited by JohnDoe47; Sep 10, 2007 at 10:04 PM.

Sep 18, 2007, 05:26 PM	#10
Fig DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kingston, MA Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	maybe 8.0? Thought there was something wrong with my card either my card works alot better on 8 or I junk my system. I'm using 7.7.

Sep 29, 2007, 04:58 AM	#19
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	glad i don't update drivers as much anymore. i'm still running on the 7.3s lol. although, i do have the 7.6s already downloaded for any such event. i'm actually surprised that there are this many of us using the AGP flavor of the card . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Sep 10, 2007, 09:20 PM	#2
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	I'm using them with X1950 GT AGP and everything is fine so far.

Sep 10, 2007, 09:32 PM	#5
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	I checked the dxdiag and Smartgart settings - everything is enabled, played Far Cry for a while and no problem.

Sep 10, 2007, 09:43 PM	#7
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	The GT has exactly the same GPU as the Pro, the only difference is lower frequency (500 vs. 575).

Sep 14, 2007, 02:10 AM	#9
clozak DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Yup, with 7.8 no AGP texture acceleration. With 7.9 no anything including reboot. I can run 1280 x 1024 on Bioshock with 30FPS with 7.7. Pisses me off though because I am missing out on the optimizations. I want a hot fix for my sapphire 1950 Pro AGP on my AN7 NF2. Your call (business decision) AMD...

Sep 19, 2007, 08:47 PM	#11
letterboy1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Columbus, GA. USA Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	I have the HIS X1950 Pro AGP 512 MB and had similar issues. Cat 7.8 failed to draw the desktop properly on the first reboot, but on the second reboot it worked fine and has worked ever since. Cat 7.9, can't even reboot after installing . . . have to boot into safe mode and uninstall drivers and go back to 7.8.

Sep 23, 2007, 10:37 AM	#14
BirdDog DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Im glad that im not the only one, there are having problems with the new catalyst 7,9. i get a blue screen after the first reboot. and i allso dont have any AGP acc. under catalyst 7,8 so im allso back on 7,7. Im having a saphire card, but does ATI know this, and just dont care about us AGP users or?

Sep 28, 2007, 05:51 PM	#18
~~==SANAFABICH==~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Wow, I just bought a Sapphire radeon x1950pro 512MB AGP, and ran into this problem when installing cats. 7.9. So, Now I'm using the default ones that came in the CD (7.6). Should I install 7.7 in the mean time? is it worth it? Also, I played the first minutes of HL2: Lost Coast, and performance wasn't as good as I expected, I would say less than 40 FPS. Why is this? My rig in a nutshell: Sempron @1800 MHz, 1 GB RAM@400.