radeon 9600SE

m1tk0 · 08-21-05, 07:02 PM

hi guys, i have a 9600SE vid card, my motherboard is an ABIT NF7-S

i was wondering what would be a good driver for me

thx

RJARRRPCGP · 08-21-05, 07:05 PM

I dunno, but I can tell you right now that a Radeon 9600 SE won't be as good as a Radeon 9600 Pro. The RAM clock speeds suck. That's why it benchmarks badly.

m1tk0 · 08-21-05, 07:12 PM

oh i know, but i mean thats what i have, and i just reformated cuz there was something wrong with my comp, it kept freezing and felt real real slow, i though it might have been some of my drivers.

i was wondering which vid driver to get

hafa · 08-21-05, 07:17 PM

Go to the ATI site and download the catalyst 5.8 drivers. These will work with all Radeon series cards.

RJARRRPCGP, he was asking for drivers, not whether or not a PRO was a better card. Please restrict your replies to relevent aspects in order to provide assistance as requested.

m1tk0 · 08-21-05, 07:19 PM

well yea i know about those, but i was wondering if there are any other ones that are better

ive heard of omega drivers and whatnot or are the ATI original drivers the best

hafa · 08-21-05, 07:31 PM

The 5.8 suite is quite new and optimized for older cards such as yours. I'd recommend it over older 3rd party drivers at this time.

JigPu · 08-21-05, 10:47 PM

Third party drivers may offer slight performance or quality increases over the stock ATI drivers, though it's nothing huge. Sticking with ATI's catalyst drivers should be fine.

JigPu

RJARRRPCGP · 08-22-05, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by m1tk0

oh i know, but i mean thats what i have, and i just reformated cuz there was something wrong with my comp, it kept freezing and felt real real slow, i though it might have been some of my drivers.

i was wondering which vid driver to get

Drivers? I dunno. Because I only tested it with W1zzard Catalyst 4.7 or 4.4. Maybe Catalyst 3.2 also, because they were known to perform good with my Radeon 9000 Pro 64 MB, which I still have.

DragoXT · 08-23-05, 11:52 AM

I had catalyst 5.6 on my 9600se and it worked great. I tend to stay away from the latest stuff since sometimes bugs are found then they quickly make a new driver to fix that problem.

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m1tk0 Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ottawa, CA	radeon 9600SE hi guys, i have a 9600SE vid card, my motherboard is an ABIT NF7-S i was wondering what would be a good driver for me thx
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08-21-05, 07:12 PM	Thread Starter #3
m1tk0 Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ottawa, CA	oh i know, but i mean thats what i have, and i just reformated cuz there was something wrong with my comp, it kept freezing and felt real real slow, i though it might have been some of my drivers. i was wondering which vid driver to get
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08-21-05, 07:17 PM	#4
hafa Premium Member #24 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A tiny dot in the middle of the Pacific	Go to the ATI site and download the catalyst 5.8 drivers. These will work with all Radeon series cards. RJARRRPCGP, he was asking for drivers, not whether or not a PRO was a better card. Please restrict your replies to relevent aspects in order to provide assistance as requested. __________________ . HTPC: Core i3 540/8GB/300GB Raptor/GTS450-1GB/W7P-64 ~\|~ File Server: (Green) AMD 4850E/4GB/6TB RAID/Windows Server 2008 ~\|~ Notebook/Workstation: M780 Toshiba Convertible Tablet/i7 M620/8GB/128GB Crucial M4 SSD /7200RPM 750GB/W8 Pro Putting the YO back in YOU(')R(E)... \| Who is this "u" person, anyway?
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08-21-05, 07:19 PM	Thread Starter #5
m1tk0 Registered Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ottawa, CA	well yea i know about those, but i was wondering if there are any other ones that are better ive heard of omega drivers and whatnot or are the ATI original drivers the best
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08-21-05, 07:31 PM	#6
hafa Premium Member #24 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A tiny dot in the middle of the Pacific	The 5.8 suite is quite new and optimized for older cards such as yours. I'd recommend it over older 3rd party drivers at this time. __________________ . HTPC: Core i3 540/8GB/300GB Raptor/GTS450-1GB/W7P-64 ~\|~ File Server: (Green) AMD 4850E/4GB/6TB RAID/Windows Server 2008 ~\|~ Notebook/Workstation: M780 Toshiba Convertible Tablet/i7 M620/8GB/128GB Crucial M4 SSD /7200RPM 750GB/W8 Pro Putting the YO back in YOU(')R(E)... \| Who is this "u" person, anyway?
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