funnyperson1
10-20-01, 04:37 PM
for all you people doubting here is the deal from anandtech:
The first compatibility issue was the Black & White issue at 1600 x 1200 x 32, however the game worked fine at all other resolutions. Secondly, Madden 2002 would not run at all on the Radeon 8500.[B] ATI is aware of this issue and is promising a fix in the next version of their drivers which is due out later this month. [/]
While we tested all of the games on a Pentium 4 2.0GHz platform under Windows 2000, we verified compatibility with Athlon platforms and the Windows XP OS. The card ran fine on an EPoX KT266A motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ and it also ran fine with the supplied drivers under Windows XP. We have not completed extensive compatibility or stability testing under either of those situations but it was important to let you all know that in our limited experience, everything has been working fine. The card and drivers we tested showed worlds of improvement over the original Radeon 8500 silicon and drivers we previewed just two months ago; there were no more random crashes or issues with games.
The first compatibility issue was the Black & White issue at 1600 x 1200 x 32, however the game worked fine at all other resolutions. Secondly, Madden 2002 would not run at all on the Radeon 8500.[B] ATI is aware of this issue and is promising a fix in the next version of their drivers which is due out later this month. [/]
While we tested all of the games on a Pentium 4 2.0GHz platform under Windows 2000, we verified compatibility with Athlon platforms and the Windows XP OS. The card ran fine on an EPoX KT266A motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ and it also ran fine with the supplied drivers under Windows XP. We have not completed extensive compatibility or stability testing under either of those situations but it was important to let you all know that in our limited experience, everything has been working fine. The card and drivers we tested showed worlds of improvement over the original Radeon 8500 silicon and drivers we previewed just two months ago; there were no more random crashes or issues with games.