Bye Nvidia, hello Ati

[Kruno]

As usual I was spoiled. My parents said I can buy anything for any amount of money.

So I ordered a Radeon 9700 Pro. :)
My bro will have my Geforce 3. Now I would like some sites where I can download Ati drivers (best ones) along with best Ati tweak utility.

I have become a fanATIc. ;)
This doesn't mean I hate my Geforce 3 as it still performs well in games. It was a very good card.

It costs $800 AUD and it is a new card in Australia, there is no Radeon 9700 satndard, only R300 Pro and a Radeon 9000 Pro. That's it.

Also got 25 black cds and a black mouse pad made for optical mice (black absorbs infrared nicely).

Nice deal as well. :)

PS I am so excited I am all.shaky, twitchy and uncalm. I will not be able to sleep tonight.
The card comes in tomorrow.

[AGP64]

This thread by G.I. Bro who just got his R9700 should help you start feeling all warm about your just bought jewel :p

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33653261

[Kruno]

Looks great, my main reason isn't for pure gaming though as I run LOTS of 2D games. :)

Very little 3d games I play. :)

I also watch lots of movies and DVDs. :)

[-=DVS=-]

Prepare to be blown away with stellar AA performance and annoying gliches in ATI drivers :D :p

[demonized]

Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
As usual I was spoiled. My parents said I can buy anything for any amount of money.



Your money or their money? if its their money, how did you do it?
what school of hypnotism did you go to?;)

[Fotis]

Let me just say you wont be disapointed K.I.L.E.R!!;)
Do a clean install of your card or else you're going to have problems.Use catalyst 2.5 which work great for me.Rage3dtweaker and powerstrip are good overclocking utilities.
A more powerful cpu would help so show the real potential of your new card.
I currently play NOLF2,AOM,Mohaa,Empire Earth,Jedi knight2,Max Payne and Syberia with 6xfsaa&16xaniso and all is well.The 2d and DVD quality is also great.

[Kruno]

Thanks

Originally posted by Fotis
Let me just say you wont be disapointed K.I.L.E.R!!;)
Do a clean install of your card or else you're going to have problems.Use catalyst 2.5 which work great for me.Rage3dtweaker and powerstrip are good overclocking utilities.
A more powerful cpu would help so show the real potential of your new card.
I currently play NOLF2,AOM,Mohaa,Empire Earth,Jedi knight2,Max Payne and Syberia with 6xfsaa&16xaniso and all is well.The 2d and DVD quality is also great.

Your money or their money? if its their money, how did you do it?
what school of hypnotism did you go to?

Their money. :p
My dad goes with me to purchase it. :)

[Bigus Dickus]

Unfortunately, the 9700 doesn't have any blurring capabilities. I'd suggest turning off AF and trilinear filtering. You can still run in low resolutions though.

Perhaps if you spread a thin layer of vaseline on your monitor, it will improve the IQ enough to be acceptable?

j/k :D

[PreservedSwine]

Originally posted by -=DVS=-
Prepare to be blown away with stellar AA performance and annoying gliches in ATI drivers :D :p

LOL:D

[sbp]

{comes into thread and razzes K.I.L.E.R} :p

[Kruno]

Does bilinear + 16x AF look great? Any reason I want to use trilinear in combination with it?

[Gator]

for driver updates and utlities for ATI cards, I recommend www.Rage3d.com
one thing they have that really facinates me is the Directx9 drivers, control panel, and DX9 download links. You'll have to tell us all how the new stuff is (of course games don't really support it yet, but I'm sure you'd see some improvement over DX8)

now my only question for you, what is the SPECIFIC motherboard you have. Did you check to make sure it works well with the R9700? I've heard of a few people having problems, and all your sig says is that you have an i845 board.

[Kruno]

Dude, I will check if it works well after I get it. :p

I have a 4B2AE i845 mobo.

[saturnotaku]

Don't expect any sympathy when you come crawling back to NVIDIA. :p

Congrats on the new purchase - you should see a big improvement in performance over the GeForce3. But as has been suggested, make sure you do a clean Windows reinstall and get those 2.5 Catalyst drivers. :)

[Kruno]

I downloaded the Rage3d tweaker and the newer drivers and control panel along with Omega's new drivers. :)
I love Omega's drivers. :)


Nvnews is still my home among the web. :D

Clean windows install a must?
I can manually clean out every reg key with the words "Nv" in it. :)

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by K.I.L.E.R
I downloaded the Rage3d tweaker and the newer drivers and control panel along with Omega's new drivers. :)
I love Omega's drivers. :)


Nvnews is still my home among the web. :D

Clean windows install a must?
I can manually clean out every reg key with the words "Nv" in it. :)

you know that nvidia has secret registry entries that screw up ATI installations incase people switch over :p

[Kruno]

LMFAO!!! A format is in place anyway considering I have so much guck on my HD it isn't funny. All these loose files that add up to over 6Gb and have no uninstall feature to get rid of such programs.