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Article #93590Re: Driver Question. Is this advice right?
From: N
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:58
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:58
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Marcus Torrent wrote: > N wrote: > >>I was late to join the Doom 3 bandwagon and just recently picked up >>the game. It's been fun until today. I got to the end of Alpha Lab 4 >>(?), killed the big spider thing and exited the level. After the >>little screen shot comes up describing the next level, where the >>little bar >>of the top would show the progress in loading the next level, the >>screen goes back to the main menu. > > > If drivers do not help you: to upgrade or downgrade then I guess it is > the known ATIs Fast Writing setting what is enable by default in theirs > driver and disable in Omega drivers, and why Omega drivers works and > ATI's own not. > > So, Fast Writing sounds like you get huge speed or this is important > setting and _need_ to be enable. But in seriously it is a relic in > dinosaurus dynasty when ppl had only AGP X1 speed. By 3DMarkxx benchmark > you can get 2 - 4 marks better number when Fast Write is enable but in > ATIs case it is better to disable. > > This blank screen what you get is like "you lost video signal". Right? > Or in other way you got delay, black screen, back to Desktop and then > some pop-up window tell that ATI's genius corretion stealth or something > is protecting you and after pressing this you can get back to your game. > I do not remember its name. You can let it be enable. It is better evil > than crass directly to Desktop. I'm not sure what you mean. I get the load screen for the next level, but the little progress bar never starts, it kicks over to the main (begining) level. > > Where to find then this Fast Write? Some BIOS had this setting but now I > am talking ATI display menus. I have know 6800 GT and cannot help the > right place. But I have had 9600 Pro (Club 3D shit) and I remember very > good this ATI bug. I waste 3 month to correct it. I played and cryed why > any game didn't work. After this Fast Write to disable games worked > fine - in 9600 Pro poor speed of course. > >
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