blindartist

Hey guys,

Well i put an order in for a x1950 pro agp, just got the call that its in so ill be going to pick it up on monday.

Ive never set up a ati card before, i cant imagine its too much different then a nvidia card but i figured id see what you guys suggest.

Im not sure which version of the catalyst to grab, theres a bunch and then the bioshock hotfix which is 3 times the size of the normal ones (?) should i just grab that one right off, or install one of the normal ones first? As per the drivers, should i just go with the latest ones?

Also, is there anything i need to do to prep the system for the new card? im running an nvidia card right now, id assume i just need to uninstall that right?

Thanks guys

Kirill

well,yeah
uninstall your previous nvidia drivers
pull out nvidia card
put ati card in
download catalyst from here http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=F...eme&dwn_id=480
and tell us how it works for you...post screen shots with bugs aswell...

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Mac Daddy

Have the accelero Mod here for that card I am working on ... any reason why you chose the AGP version Bro ?

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blindartist

I got the agp because thats all that my computer has, and i cant afford a new computer for a good long while so i just wanted to give this one some cojones back cuz the new games these days own my 6600. But as for performence pci actually offers absolutly no performence increase over agp as the botleneck is not at the slot, new cards cant even take full advantage of what agp 8x can put out, let alone the pci-e, id imaigine when they start putting some crazy cpu's out there then the pci-e will really be worth it.

Which version of the catalyst should i get? should i go straight to the bio shock hotfix or get one of the normal version first?

Also im really hoping that there wont be any bugs lol

blindartist

anyone?

Chaos

blindartist

im not seeing a version 8.41 in the files secion, where would i find that?

Chaos

blindartist

Cool, thank you, one more question, which is better for the drivers, the NGO Optimized or the Omega driver?

blindartist

Oh wait, the catalyst comtains the drivers? im sorry to bother you this much but ive never set up a ATI card before, i extracted the contents of that catalyst 8.41 and there is a whole mess of stuff, do i only need to run the setup in the main directory, or also the ones in the drivers and ccc directories? and if more then one then in which order should the be installed?

Thank you for your help, i just dont wanna mess this up on my first go at it