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ATI
NVidia is causing the same amount of problems
-- Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-) "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
At least they're being competitive...
"Jane C" wrote in message news NVidia is causing the same amount of problems -- Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-) "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
I'm not sure that this would qualify as healthy competition though
-- Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-) "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message ... At least they're being competitive... "Jane C" wrote in message news NVidia is causing the same amount of problems -- Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-) "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers?
Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
Thanks for the responses.
"Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
best drivers to use right now are the ones from the vista install dvd
i'm running 2 with nvidia and 1 with ati. stock vista video drivers run games and play video fine. all the problems i've heard so far are from people installing ati or nvidias beta drivers from the web. so far 1 week 24/7 running games and playing dvd movies and no video related problems with the stock vista drivers from MS. no bsod's from the os either. "biggdave" wrote: Thanks for the responses. "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
I don't have the dvd, I d'loaded vista 64 and 32, tried both versions, same
issues. "MrCoffee" wrote in message ... best drivers to use right now are the ones from the vista install dvd i'm running 2 with nvidia and 1 with ati. stock vista video drivers run games and play video fine. all the problems i've heard so far are from people installing ati or nvidias beta drivers from the web. so far 1 week 24/7 running games and playing dvd movies and no video related problems with the stock vista drivers from MS. no bsod's from the os either. "biggdave" wrote: Thanks for the responses. "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
the download is a dvd iso file that you burn to a dvd so if you downloaded
vista you have the dvd. i haven't tried the 64 bit version of vista because i don't run any software that would benefit from 64 bit over 23 bit. the stock drivers that install from the vista install are the most stable drivers out right now. if you download the ati beta or the nvidia beta drivers thats what your getting a rc1 os with beta video drivers. all i've heard from people who've tried to run other driver's they have down loaded are bsods and bugs. did you verify that your download was good by doing a checksum? could be that you have a bad copy "biggdave" wrote: I don't have the dvd, I d'loaded vista 64 and 32, tried both versions, same issues. "MrCoffee" wrote in message ... best drivers to use right now are the ones from the vista install dvd i'm running 2 with nvidia and 1 with ati. stock vista video drivers run games and play video fine. all the problems i've heard so far are from people installing ati or nvidias beta drivers from the web. so far 1 week 24/7 running games and playing dvd movies and no video related problems with the stock vista drivers from MS. no bsod's from the os either. "biggdave" wrote: Thanks for the responses. "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
i would run 32bit if i where you.
64 bit support is even more sparce than 32 bit right now on vista. nforce 3 boards have a few problems that i remember also even with xp maybe check the msi forums for a bios update. vista will run ok on 1 gig of ram for surfing and office tasks. 2 gig is better for games and 3d apps. also i've noticed on a older machine that vista would not boot sometimes and i traced it down to unused devices that where turned on in the bios, namely the game port, so turn off stuff in your bios that your not using. the only drivers i've had to touch to get vista rolling on any install so far where the sound drivers. "MrCoffee" wrote: the download is a dvd iso file that you burn to a dvd so if you downloaded vista you have the dvd. i haven't tried the 64 bit version of vista because i don't run any software that would benefit from 64 bit over 23 bit. the stock drivers that install from the vista install are the most stable drivers out right now. if you download the ati beta or the nvidia beta drivers thats what your getting a rc1 os with beta video drivers. all i've heard from people who've tried to run other driver's they have down loaded are bsods and bugs. did you verify that your download was good by doing a checksum? could be that you have a bad copy "biggdave" wrote: I don't have the dvd, I d'loaded vista 64 and 32, tried both versions, same issues. "MrCoffee" wrote in message ... best drivers to use right now are the ones from the vista install dvd i'm running 2 with nvidia and 1 with ati. stock vista video drivers run games and play video fine. all the problems i've heard so far are from people installing ati or nvidias beta drivers from the web. so far 1 week 24/7 running games and playing dvd movies and no video related problems with the stock vista drivers from MS. no bsod's from the os either. "biggdave" wrote: Thanks for the responses. "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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ATI
thanks for the info
"MrCoffee" wrote in message ... i would run 32bit if i where you. 64 bit support is even more sparce than 32 bit right now on vista. nforce 3 boards have a few problems that i remember also even with xp maybe check the msi forums for a bios update. vista will run ok on 1 gig of ram for surfing and office tasks. 2 gig is better for games and 3d apps. also i've noticed on a older machine that vista would not boot sometimes and i traced it down to unused devices that where turned on in the bios, namely the game port, so turn off stuff in your bios that your not using. the only drivers i've had to touch to get vista rolling on any install so far where the sound drivers. "MrCoffee" wrote: the download is a dvd iso file that you burn to a dvd so if you downloaded vista you have the dvd. i haven't tried the 64 bit version of vista because i don't run any software that would benefit from 64 bit over 23 bit. the stock drivers that install from the vista install are the most stable drivers out right now. if you download the ati beta or the nvidia beta drivers thats what your getting a rc1 os with beta video drivers. all i've heard from people who've tried to run other driver's they have down loaded are bsods and bugs. did you verify that your download was good by doing a checksum? could be that you have a bad copy "biggdave" wrote: I don't have the dvd, I d'loaded vista 64 and 32, tried both versions, same issues. "MrCoffee" wrote in message ... best drivers to use right now are the ones from the vista install dvd i'm running 2 with nvidia and 1 with ati. stock vista video drivers run games and play video fine. all the problems i've heard so far are from people installing ati or nvidias beta drivers from the web. so far 1 week 24/7 running games and playing dvd movies and no video related problems with the stock vista drivers from MS. no bsod's from the os either. "biggdave" wrote: Thanks for the responses. "Biggdave" wrote in message ... Is it me or are only ATI people having problems with their video drivers? Because Vista can't figure out how to use my card, most things graphical don't work. (aero, live thumbnails, DVD maker). I'm frustrated, this shouldn't be so difficult, there also should be a way to override Vista's settings. Maybe it's time to go back to Nvidia. Specs AMD x2 3800 ATI X700 Pro 256 AGP MSI NEO Platinum MB (Nvidia 3 chipset) 1 gb OCZ Gold Ram Vista 5600 64 bit |
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