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New Radeon8500 drivers also work on "old" Radeons
Just tried the newest ATI Win2k drivers for the 8500 (5.13.3286) on my Radeon64DDR and from what I've tested so far I can recommend them: they're faster for most things (but especially for 3DMark2k1, of course 
) and no problems up to now, TVout works (didn't try VideoIN), Direct 3D and OGL is fine - image-quality seems to be a bit up overall and they have fixed the QIII-cheat. Win2k speed is said to be on par with 98 now.
Here's my 3DMark2001 score with these:
So if you're looking for better drivers for your old Radeon you might want to give these a chance - simply do a manual install as the included installer only looks for Radeon8500 and will refuse to install on older cards.
) and no problems up to now, TVout works (didn't try VideoIN), Direct 3D and OGL is fine - image-quality seems to be a bit up overall and they have fixed the QIII-cheat. Win2k speed is said to be on par with 98 now.Here's my 3DMark2001 score with these:
So if you're looking for better drivers for your old Radeon you might want to give these a chance - simply do a manual install as the included installer only looks for Radeon8500 and will refuse to install on older cards.
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