Best XP driver for Radeon 8500?

[ken257]

I just picked up a Radeon 8500 today and I was wondering what the best/most stable driver is for XP. There are so many drivers and betas around and I don't feel like playing trial and error here as I already had that prob with a AIW Radeon when they first came out around 1.5 years ago. Since that time I have been strictly NVidia but from what I have heard ATI drivers for this card are good.

[Maximus Nickus]

Go to www.omegacorner.com and download the latest ones, there not the latest drivers but they are the quickest and most stable.

They have been tweaked by Omega so they work with all games.

[Pinky]

I'm using this (http://www.aoafiles.com/dafiles/Drivers/Radeon_Drivers/Beta_Drivers/winXP6011.zip) driver with XP Pro. Others are raving about performance gains. I know in my case I got 100+ 3dMark points and the highest score yet.

[Maximus Nickus]

I had many problems with this driver and tons of artifacts.

Avoid until a better one comes out.

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by nick_cw
I had many problems with this driver and tons of artifacts.

Avoid until a better one comes out.


I had the same problems as Nick with the 6011 driver....

[Maximus Nickus]

Hey Silversinksam, never knew you were a Mod!

How did that occur? Congratulations!

[TranceBear]

The 6014's I got from M$ update did me very good.

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by nick_cw
Hey Silversinksam, never knew you were a Mod!

How did that occur? Congratulations!



Thanks Nick,


Just trying to help out in the Classified section.

I'll try my best to keep the Trolls out.

:rolleyes:

[MaxPower]

I am using the 3286 (those being the last 4 numnbers of the driver program), and i seem to be having no troubles. Are these the best out!?!?

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by MaxPower
I am using the 3286 (those being the last 4 numnbers of the driver program), and i seem to be having no troubles. Are these the best out!?!?

Max,

I'm also using the 6.13.3286 for Win XP

I found the 4.13.9008 worked the best for me using Win 98 and ME

Drivers:
http://www.warp2search.net/download.php?op=viewsdownload&sid=8

Omega for XP, 2000, 98 and Me

http://www.omegacorner.com/


***Update****
Just tried the 6014's that trance had good luck with, I got a great 3dmark2001 score (2nd best after the 6011 driver) But just like 6011, the 6014 when I went to IE gave my fonts a black blocks where the type was.

Guess I'm stuck with 3286's :(