Newbie seeks sound advice

anthonio · Jul 22, 2005, 09:54 PM

Hi Guys n Gals

I bought a Radion 8500LE (4X AGP 64MB DDR ) graphics card on E BAY (probably not wise ) Anyway the thing is I got no software or installation disks .I am not terribly well informed about these things as this is a new hobby for me.

So can anyone point me in the right direction to get this card installed in a UWAVE 3 (an oem version of FIC AZ31 mo bo) with Socket A Athlon I .8 XP AND Windows XP -SP2 .
Any good clear advice welcome .

Ðamage™ · Jul 22, 2005, 10:00 PM

Yes there are new drivers for that specific card anthonio, Visit www.ati.com and download the 5.7 catalyst driver set and install. Make sure before you've installed your ati drivers that you also install your motherboard chipset drivers first. You should (rule of thumb) install the motherboard drivers first > reboot, then install your vga drivers.

Good Luck and welcome to Driverheaven.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 23, 2005, 06:32 AM

Heres good clear advice: Don't buy 8500LE's on eBay

The Catalyst series of card's aren't specific to any card, but they install on any card from the 7000's up (IIRC), and use a unified driver. So downloading the Catalysts, you can't go wrong

Also, be warned that there are options when installing video drivers. The stock ATI Driver has 2 versions: Catalyst Control Center and standard Control Panel. In short: The CP isn't as pretty but its brutally fast and clean, whereas the CCC is (in some cases) slower and slightly buggier (IMO its fine and keeps improving), and it looks alot prettier. I would suggest the CCC as it does have alot of wizards for setting up your card right, for someone who isn't too well educated on this it makes it a hell of alot easier.

There are also tools like ATI Tool or ATI Tray Tools that add functionality to the stock drivers like overclocking and such, which may help out if you decide to go that route.

There are also "modded" driver sets, not supported by ATI (I doubt your card still is anyway) such as the Omega drivers, NGO drivers, DNA drivers, et all, which, once you get comfortable using things like Driver Cleaner and such, give you more tweaking options and better performance for specific information.

Browsing this forum should yield alot of information about this stuff, so take the time and learn as much as you can.

For now, the stock Catalysts would be a good place to start, and I hope I provided some helpful info there about the drivers.

Welcome to DH

anthonio · Aug 9, 2005, 12:32 PM

Thanks for all that info .
The card seems to be working fine for now and later I will experiment with more advanced options .This PC build is the first one I have done .I am now going to upgrade my old 700GHZ P2 COMPAQ P.C machine to a P4 with new MSI Mobo and processor (P4 Prescott 3.0 ghz-800fsb).....i STILL HAVE TO GET THE MEMORY MODULES AND THE HARDDRIVE .THEN I WILL LOOK OUT FOR A COOL GRAPHICS CARD.AND TFT MONITOR ........... ANY IDEAS WHAT TO GO FOR???
I AM NOT INTO GAMES BUT I AM INTO PHOTOGRAPHY AND MOVIES SO A GOOD CLEAN IMAGE IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING .

BE WELL AND THANKS FOR THE ADVICE .

H3X4D3C1M4L · Aug 9, 2005, 05:02 PM

Well if you're not a gamer then you don't need a powerful video card, any old integrated graphics will do for those hehe.

I'm interested in your 700GHZ P II....what production batch was that?

I'm only kidding!

If you have a change of heart towards games, however, you'd do good to get at least an X800XL if you can afford it

daedal · Aug 9, 2005, 05:34 PM

As far as memory and such is concerned, it heavily relies on the budget you have.

Jul 22, 2005, 09:54 PM	#1
anthonio DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Newbie seeks sound advice Hi Guys n Gals I bought a Radion 8500LE (4X AGP 64MB DDR ) graphics card on E BAY (probably not wise ) Anyway the thing is I got no software or installation disks .I am not terribly well informed about these things as this is a new hobby for me. So can anyone point me in the right direction to get this card installed in a UWAVE 3 (an oem version of FIC AZ31 mo bo) with Socket A Athlon I .8 XP AND Windows XP -SP2 . Any good clear advice welcome . Last edited by redsolar; Jul 25, 2005 at 08:03 PM.

Jul 22, 2005, 10:00 PM	#2
Ðamage™ DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 545 Rep Power: 0	Yes there are new drivers for that specific card anthonio, Visit www.ati.com and download the 5.7 catalyst driver set and install. Make sure before you've installed your ati drivers that you also install your motherboard chipset drivers first. You should (rule of thumb) install the motherboard drivers first > reboot, then install your vga drivers. Good Luck and welcome to Driverheaven. __________________ [COLOR=black][COLOR=red]ATi[/COLOR] Bios Flashing: The Proper Way.[/COLOR][COLOR=red][/COLOR] [COLOR=red]How to properly Install a VGA/CPU Cooler.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]How to uninstall\install your ATi vga drivers properly[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]*It's not who we are, but what we do in life that defines us.*[/COLOR]

Aug 9, 2005, 05:34 PM	#6
daedal Uber Coffee Drinker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gatineau, Quebec Posts: 2,250 Rep Power: 0	As far as memory and such is concerned, it heavily relies on the budget you have. __________________

Jul 23, 2005, 06:32 AM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Heres good clear advice: Don't buy 8500LE's on eBay The Catalyst series of card's aren't specific to any card, but they install on any card from the 7000's up (IIRC), and use a unified driver. So downloading the Catalysts, you can't go wrong Also, be warned that there are options when installing video drivers. The stock ATI Driver has 2 versions: Catalyst Control Center and standard Control Panel. In short: The CP isn't as pretty but its brutally fast and clean, whereas the CCC is (in some cases) slower and slightly buggier (IMO its fine and keeps improving), and it looks alot prettier. I would suggest the CCC as it does have alot of wizards for setting up your card right, for someone who isn't too well educated on this it makes it a hell of alot easier. There are also tools like ATI Tool or ATI Tray Tools that add functionality to the stock drivers like overclocking and such, which may help out if you decide to go that route. There are also "modded" driver sets, not supported by ATI (I doubt your card still is anyway) such as the Omega drivers, NGO drivers, DNA drivers, et all, which, once you get comfortable using things like Driver Cleaner and such, give you more tweaking options and better performance for specific information. Browsing this forum should yield alot of information about this stuff, so take the time and learn as much as you can. For now, the stock Catalysts would be a good place to start, and I hope I provided some helpful info there about the drivers. Welcome to DH

Aug 9, 2005, 12:32 PM	Thread Starter #4
anthonio DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for all that info . The card seems to be working fine for now and later I will experiment with more advanced options .This PC build is the first one I have done .I am now going to upgrade my old 700GHZ P2 COMPAQ P.C machine to a P4 with new MSI Mobo and processor (P4 Prescott 3.0 ghz-800fsb).....i STILL HAVE TO GET THE MEMORY MODULES AND THE HARDDRIVE .THEN I WILL LOOK OUT FOR A COOL GRAPHICS CARD.AND TFT MONITOR ........... ANY IDEAS WHAT TO GO FOR??? I AM NOT INTO GAMES BUT I AM INTO PHOTOGRAPHY AND MOVIES SO A GOOD CLEAN IMAGE IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING . BE WELL AND THANKS FOR THE ADVICE .

Aug 9, 2005, 05:02 PM	#5
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Well if you're not a gamer then you don't need a powerful video card, any old integrated graphics will do for those hehe. I'm interested in your 700GHZ P II....what production batch was that? I'm only kidding! If you have a change of heart towards games, however, you'd do good to get at least an X800XL if you can afford it