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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:40:43 +0100, Shawk <shawk@gmx.co.uk.3guesses>
wrote:

>Le 05/01/2011 09:14, John Lewis a �crit :
>> On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 01:20:06 -0000, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
>> <no-spam@never.spam>  wrote:
>>
>>> There is a known problem with Quake 3 engine games
>>> which use the OpenGl method in that ATI Catalyst drivers
>>> will not work particular since Cat 10.5 .
>>>
>>> The most suggested fix found on the Net is to replace the file
>>> atioglxx.dll with a version from Cat 10.4 or earlier.
>>> This atioglxx.dll is in XP&  VISTA in ' Windows\System32 '
>>> In Windows 7 its in 'Windows\SysWOW64'
>>> Its the same for 32&  64 bit versions.
>>> Or to install a pre 10.5 version of the Cat Drivers....(hardly satisfactory)
>>>
>>> I've been using this method OK until recently when I found the
>>> latest Catalyst 10.12 still wouldn't work in XP with an older
>>> atioglxx.dll&  not well in Win 7.
>>>
>>> Much further Net searching yielded the following fix:
>>> The problem occurs at the start up of these games which can not cope
>>> with modern complexities in the ATI OpenGl driver.
>>> By going into the games Folder&  making a copy of the main EXE file
>>> then renaming that to QUAKE3.EXE that should now run OK.
>>> The quake3.exe name fools the drivers into using a configuration the engine
>>> can work with.
>>> The using old  'atioglxx.dll' tactic is now not needed. Indeed the lastest
>>> version
>>> will give better results.
>>>
>>> Games affected:
>>> GLQuake
>>> Quake II
>>> Heretic II
>>> Sin 1
>>> Kingpin: Life of Crime
>>> Soldier of Fortune 1
>>> Soldier of Fortune 2
>>> Anachronox
>>> Call of Duty 1&  UO
>>> Return to Castle Wolfenstein Single Player
>>> Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
>>> Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
>>> Medal of Honor Allied Assault&  the two expansions
>>> KOTOR (sometimes)
>>> Star Trek Voyager Elite Force
>>> Star Trek Voyager Elite Force 2
>>> Heavy Metal FAKK2
>>> Daikatana
>>> (\__/)
>>> (='.'=)
>>> (")_(")  mouse (sooo ! Old)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>> The problem occurs at the start up of these games which can not cope
>>> with modern complexities in the ATI OpenGl driver.
>>
>> Huh. What "modern complexities" ?
>>
>> How  inconvenient, when a comprehensive OpenGL driver fix on ATi's
>> part would probably.....
>
>Translation ... I hate ATI
>
>
>> Nvidia latest driver 260.99 with a GTX460 on XP32 SP3 has no problem
>> at all with the.....
>
>Translation... I love NVidia
>
>Its nice when you've been away a long time to come back and find 
>nothings changed.... thanks John.
>

Got your knickers in a twist, I see.

I have genuine PRACTICAL reasons for staying with nVidia. How about
your own PRACTICAL reasons for ATi ? 

John Lewis