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Article #93587Re: Driver Question. Is this advice right?
From: N
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:01
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:01
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The Berzerker wrote: >>Ok, here's my Question. They are telling me to download the 5.6 Catalyst, >>but my driver version is 6.14. Is the castalyst version supposed to be >>different from the driver version? Or do I have the latest drivers >>already? >> >>here's my rig >> >>Radeon 9600 pro (256 MB) >>P4 3.06ghz (2 CPU's) >>512MB RAM >>298MB used, 949 available (page file) > > > Yes, update your drivers. That version number (6.4) is not related in a way > that you could simply compare the two. > > Take the others guys advice and use the latest Omega Drivers. It sounds like > you probably haven't updated your drivers in a while, so it may not only fix > your level problem, but also give you a nice performance increase. > > No luck in fixing the problem, I guess i'm going to have to uninstall and reinstall then overwrite the pak files. Damit. What kind of performance increase can I expect?
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