About the Catalyst 8.9 Beta

-Shockwave- · September 17th, 2008, 01:48 AM

Hey guys. I was "attempting" to install the 8.9 beta but the installer seems to not think I have any hardware on my PC that this driver can use.

My PC specs:

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OS: Windows XP Home Edition, 32-bit, Service Pack 3
CPU: Single core AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 2.2 Ghz
Video: ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro AGP, 512MB DDR2 Memory
RAM: 1GB Kingston Dual channel Memory
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I also tried to go to the device manager and to update driver on video card but the file is still not seen as something I can select for the video card. Maybe I'm doing something wrong and not knowing it, but other than that I think the driver is not compatible with this card.

Any help would be nice.

**Regeneration** · September 17th, 2008, 01:59 AM

-Shockwave- · September 17th, 2008, 02:06 AM

Yep. I listed that in my specs. Not the profile specs, but the specs in the post.

**Regeneration** · September 17th, 2008, 03:16 AM

For some reasons, AMD removed support for AGP products. You will have to wait for the Catalyst 8.9 AGP Hotfix.

-Shockwave- · September 17th, 2008, 04:59 AM

Thanks. That makes sense since I had to use the 8.8 hotfix and it worked.

**Regeneration** · September 17th, 2008, 05:05 AM

We need to ask AMD what's going on with this issue. They are releasing AGP hotfixes for too long, it should be fixed.

-Shockwave- · September 17th, 2008, 05:22 AM

I'm more worried about the lack of OpenGL extensions that seem to be missing in more and more of the newer ATI drivers. Nvidia cards use about 60-80 more OGL extensions and with me stuck with this ATI card for a while, it's causing me problems with some games/emulators.

If I could get just one solid driver version with all the OGL extensions needed to run the games/emulators I play, I can just stick with one driver and not update anymore. As it is now, I'm hoping to see more extensions in new drivers versions so I have to update.

Funerall · September 17th, 2008, 08:47 AM

How can we ask question to AMD or inform issues?

**Regeneration** · September 17th, 2008, 08:52 AM

By using this link.

-Shockwave- · September 17th, 2008, 09:09 AM

I made a report for the hell of it, it's not like they're going to actually fix anything from feedback that they "claim" they want and need, but it was worth a shot.