Any bad experiences with beta drivers?

Kibo-kun

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• Aug 11, 2004

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I've been hearing a lot about ATI beta drivers lately and I've been wondering...is it potentially dangerous to use them? I just don't want my drivers to give me an error or something and mess up my card. (I doubt that would happen, but I'm being paranoid for the sake of a $500~ card. )

 

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I don't believe they will damage a card, but my system would reboot when using the 4.9betas.... I quickly uninstalled them and went back to my omega 2551.

 

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• Aug 11, 2004

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Windows wont load without the 4.8 or 4.9 beta's with my system!!! They are great.

 

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and i forgot to mention..... things like timers to shut off your monitor don't always work with betas as well. When I tried out 4.9 betas my monitor wouldn't turn off even though my os is set to turn it off after 20 minutes of inactivity.....

 

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• Aug 11, 2004

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my comp restarts with the 4.9 beta for doom3 in the desertcombat mod.

 

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hmmm, I guess I'll stick to normal drivers...including Omegas. It doesn't seem to be worth the trouble. :/ Thankies for the responses.

 

rsjrv99

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• Aug 11, 2004

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Beta's are always good to give a go at. I used to think that i shouldn't install beta's but i was wrong. If you get a beta fro ma well known company like ATi then you shouldn't have any problems with extreme instability. Give em a go.