Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro AGP - best drivers in your opinion?

Crube · Jan 24, 2008, 04:02 PM

Hi everyone, great to be here

I've had my Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro for a couple of weeks now and am loving it, but have had problems with the latest Omega drivers so I've decided to stick with the official Catalyst ones. I am currently using the 7.7 ones that came with the card but have noticed a slight drop in quality from the Omega ones. I know some of the recent ones have created issues for those still on AGP so I really want to use the most reliable ones if possible. Also, I've heard for the best results it's recommended that a combination of the Catalyst Drivers and ATI Tray Tools is best, rather than using the CCC. How will this improve things?

Sinth · Jan 24, 2008, 05:58 PM

The latest 8.1 hotfix drivers from ATI are working pretty well here.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 24, 2008, 09:24 PM

is there a link for the hotfix? or do the 8.1s have the hotfix already in them? i'm still using the CAT 7.6s due to fearing that something would happen to my OS or gfx card for using anything newer due to the issues they've been experiencing.

Dark Lord · Jan 24, 2008, 09:43 PM

AMD Customer Care

the 8.1 hotfix

This hotfix resolves the following issues:

Fix for problems with DirectX and Radeon AGP Graphics cards.
Crysis: DirectX 10 Performance optimizations using Crossfire

Crube · Jan 24, 2008, 11:41 PM

Cool, looks like 8.1 is the way to go

Do I download the 8.1 drivers then install the fix, or just install the fix itself?

Johnny Rico · Jan 25, 2008, 05:46 AM

You can install the hotfix alone, I'm on it for maybe a week and I didn't see any problems (x1950 Pro AGP Powercolor) but some guys on this forum have encountered some issues with it, being only a hotfix, so take care !

Sinth · Jan 25, 2008, 05:43 PM

Hofix drivers only here. I did initially install the original cat 8.1`s and I`m sure the d3d didn`t work soo I uninstalled and installed the fix only.
Played UT3 pretty much all week and have been fine.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 25, 2008, 06:14 PM

so, the 8.1 hotfix is a driver or you have to install the CAT 8.1 driver then the hotfix, or you install the hotfix and then the driver?

i'm confused...

Crube · Jan 25, 2008, 10:57 PM

I installed the hotfix alone, and all seems to be well so far

Is Tray Tools a notable improvement over CCC?

CDsDontBurn · Jan 26, 2008, 03:17 AM

i do use ATT over CCC personally. i like the fact that you have many more options over CCC when using ATT.

i'll install the hotfix when i get home

Seenu · Jan 29, 2008, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i do use ATT over CCC personally. i like the fact that you have many more options over CCC when using ATT.

i'll install the hotfix when i get home

Fore me the 8.1 hotfix driver gave lower frame rate in World of Warcraft. I did notice an improvemnet in the video quality of fogging with the 8.1 though.

So I went back to the Omega 7.12 after a thourough driver and registry clean.

clozak · Feb 3, 2008, 04:06 PM

8.1s are fine, as long as you don't have an NF2 chipset. Does not appear ATI will (be able to) fix this...for whatever reason.

Seenu · Feb 4, 2008, 07:10 AM

I did tests with the cat drivers in the last year with my 1950 agp - in World Of Warcraft the best performance was with the Cat 7.4

jamiecypher · Feb 11, 2008, 01:19 AM

I just purchased a radeon x1950 256 agp video card with the purpose of playing World of Warcraft with it... Stepping up from my Radeon 9600 XT but I can't even find a driver that will run it. I tried Omega and it reset my computer when I ran WoW. The latest Catalyst drivers didn't work for me, and when I tried to use the hotfix version it gave me some error along the lines of "Couldn't find a device to run this with"

I'm going to attempt using the driver uninstall utiliy off of Guru3d.com and maybe try to use the Omega ones again, but someone help me! Let me know if there's anything i'm doing wrong!

jamiecypher · Feb 11, 2008, 01:51 AM

I installed the Hotfix drivers after a thorough driver cleaning, and what happens now is the VPU resets like 20 times when running a game and then it ultimately system locks. I put on the Omega drivers and it randomly freezes and then gives me a screen full garbled colors on the main monitor and nothing on the left monitor. It seems the 2 drivers that are supposed to work don't work for me at all.

I enabled Fastwrite in Bios and tried doing an install of omega using it because I read it on some forum somewhere to try it. I tried to tweak it using the ati tray tools utility but every time im running with one of the drivers installed I either get crazy vpu crashes(resync clicking every 15 seconds) with the 8.1hotfix or complete loss of visible video with the omega one. I'm totally screwed here and about to just pull the board from my system and ebay it and accept my losses.

Jan 24, 2008, 04:02 PM	#1
Crube DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro AGP - best drivers in your opinion? Hi everyone, great to be here I've had my Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro for a couple of weeks now and am loving it, but have had problems with the latest Omega drivers so I've decided to stick with the official Catalyst ones. I am currently using the 7.7 ones that came with the card but have noticed a slight drop in quality from the Omega ones. I know some of the recent ones have created issues for those still on AGP so I really want to use the most reliable ones if possible. Also, I've heard for the best results it's recommended that a combination of the Catalyst Drivers and ATI Tray Tools is best, rather than using the CCC. How will this improve things?

Jan 24, 2008, 09:24 PM	#3
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	is there a link for the hotfix? or do the 8.1s have the hotfix already in them? i'm still using the CAT 7.6s due to fearing that something would happen to my OS or gfx card for using anything newer due to the issues they've been experiencing. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 24, 2008, 09:43 PM	#4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	AMD Customer Care the 8.1 hotfix This hotfix resolves the following issues: Fix for problems with DirectX and Radeon AGP Graphics cards. Crysis: DirectX 10 Performance optimizations using Crossfire __________________

Jan 25, 2008, 06:14 PM	#8
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	so, the 8.1 hotfix is a driver or you have to install the CAT 8.1 driver then the hotfix, or you install the hotfix and then the driver? i'm confused... __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 26, 2008, 03:17 AM	#10
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	i do use ATT over CCC personally. i like the fact that you have many more options over CCC when using ATT. i'll install the hotfix when i get home __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 24, 2008, 05:58 PM	#2
Sinth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	The latest 8.1 hotfix drivers from ATI are working pretty well here.

Jan 24, 2008, 11:41 PM	Thread Starter #5
Crube DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Cool, looks like 8.1 is the way to go Do I download the 8.1 drivers then install the fix, or just install the fix itself?

Jan 25, 2008, 05:46 AM	#6
Johnny Rico DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	You can install the hotfix alone, I'm on it for maybe a week and I didn't see any problems (x1950 Pro AGP Powercolor) but some guys on this forum have encountered some issues with it, being only a hotfix, so take care !

Jan 25, 2008, 05:43 PM	#7
Sinth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Hofix drivers only here. I did initially install the original cat 8.1`s and I`m sure the d3d didn`t work soo I uninstalled and installed the fix only. Played UT3 pretty much all week and have been fine.

Jan 25, 2008, 10:57 PM	Thread Starter #9
Crube DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I installed the hotfix alone, and all seems to be well so far Is Tray Tools a notable improvement over CCC?

Feb 3, 2008, 04:06 PM	#12
clozak DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	8.1s are fine, as long as you don't have an NF2 chipset. Does not appear ATI will (be able to) fix this...for whatever reason.

Feb 4, 2008, 07:10 AM	#13
Seenu DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I did tests with the cat drivers in the last year with my 1950 agp - in World Of Warcraft the best performance was with the Cat 7.4 __________________ Epox NForce3-250 Chipset Mainboard (socket 939) AthlonX2 4200 @2604 - 248 FSB @HT4 3GB DDR400 memory Radeon 1950pro AGP (Visiontek) Audigy2 Platinum Antec 650 PSU

Feb 11, 2008, 01:19 AM	#14
jamiecypher DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I just purchased a radeon x1950 256 agp video card with the purpose of playing World of Warcraft with it... Stepping up from my Radeon 9600 XT but I can't even find a driver that will run it. I tried Omega and it reset my computer when I ran WoW. The latest Catalyst drivers didn't work for me, and when I tried to use the hotfix version it gave me some error along the lines of "Couldn't find a device to run this with" I'm going to attempt using the driver uninstall utiliy off of Guru3d.com and maybe try to use the Omega ones again, but someone help me! Let me know if there's anything i'm doing wrong!

Feb 11, 2008, 01:51 AM	#15
jamiecypher DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I installed the Hotfix drivers after a thorough driver cleaning, and what happens now is the VPU resets like 20 times when running a game and then it ultimately system locks. I put on the Omega drivers and it randomly freezes and then gives me a screen full garbled colors on the main monitor and nothing on the left monitor. It seems the 2 drivers that are supposed to work don't work for me at all. I enabled Fastwrite in Bios and tried doing an install of omega using it because I read it on some forum somewhere to try it. I tried to tweak it using the ati tray tools utility but every time im running with one of the drivers installed I either get crazy vpu crashes(resync clicking every 15 seconds) with the 8.1hotfix or complete loss of visible video with the omega one. I'm totally screwed here and about to just pull the board from my system and ebay it and accept my losses. Last edited by jamiecypher; Feb 11, 2008 at 03:20 AM.