I have a 9700 Pro and the active heatsink is just too noisy. Are there any suitable passive (albeit larger) heatsink replacements? Not using anything in PCI slots 1 or 2 so a larger heatsink would not be a problem. If not then which is the fastest Radeon with a passive instead of active heatsink?

From Avault:- " ATI has issued the final release in the 3.X series of Catalyst drivers. The next release will kick off the 4.X series. The current version upgrades the Multimedia Center to version 8.8 and the Windows driver to version 7.962. The new release also adds support for the OpenGL Shading...

I can get the game to initialise and it takes me to the main menu, when i click on new game the loading screen appears but then I get a windows error pop-up. My system is .. AMD XP 2600 (clocked to 2225Mhz) 512Mb DDR 2700 Gigabyte GA7VAXP Mobo Radeon 9800Pro 128Mb (Latest Omega Drivers 2.4.96c)

Hi all, I'm planning on getting a Sapphire 9800 Pro. Is it any better than brands like Powercolor or Club3D ? thankx ralph

I can look at my desktop on the TV, but if I start a movie (for example in Media Player), no movie is shown. The screen, which should contain the movie, stays black. I've installed the latest Hercules drivers and Control Panel. Can anybody help? Thanks !!

Hi, I am using a 9700 AIW Pro on windows 2000. The sound card is an nforce 2 ultra 400 . ATI Multimedia center 8.7 I can get sound only in TV on demand mode. If I watch TV without TV on Demand, I do not get audio. The video recorder works with sound, but live TV does not show sound. What am I...

I have omega 2.496C, is there a better 1?

Half Life 2 "download" via Valve stream. Have you guys read about or signed up for this? From the description at: http://www.ati.com/gitg/promotions/hl2offer/steam.html it sounds like you sign up, but never actually get an independent functioning copy of the game. You just get a Valve...

I have an ATI Radeon 8500 and I'm thinking of updating it and getting an ATI Radeon 9600 or 9800. All the Radeons seem to use the same drivers. So could I just stick the new card in or would I have to uninstall and reinstall the drivers too? Do the drivers customize for the particular model...

What's the deal, can or cannot the AIW 9600 use DVI with a converter? I see many reviews from companies stating that you can. Also, doesn't the AIW have a component video adapter for HDTV? According to "DesignTechnica" you don't have that option. And while we're at it this same site claims you...

Using windows XP home with new 9600XT, cat 3.10. When coming out of standby mode the PC reboots. Any idea why? Searched ATI and this group and did not find anything. Thanks Bill

hi guys, i just bought a sapphire 9600xt 256 and nothing works on my system. i have installed the latest catalyst driver and after the windows logo nothing happens (just black). i have installed windows xp new again - same shid. any ideas?

Okay. I know 3DMark2000 is old but my new ATI Radeon 9600XT seems to have a minor rendering issue in 3DMark2000. When I run 3DMark2000 in the demo loop, the rendering of the "liquid ball" in the stonehenge scene is very weird. The ball starts out with some ripple surface that ripples really face...

I am having problems playing back mpeg files with my All In Wonder 9700 Pro. I have catalyst 3.10 and mmc 8.8 installed. The problem is when playing files with mmc file player the monitor will turn off and on a few times. I had the same problem with mmc 8.7 installed. Is there a solution to...

ATI to mass produce R420 graphics chip in 1Q Charles Chou, Taipei; Chinmei Sung, DigiTimes.com ATI Technologies is expected to enter volume production of its R420 graphics chip core as early as the end of the first quarter, according to local industry sources. The R420 will be fabricated at...

When I try to convert clips recorded (one touch to timer recordings in MPEG2 (DVD quality) to MPEG4 (by right-clicking the clip in the Library), I get the dialog boxes to name the converted clip, but nothing really happens. Even a 30 second clip would stay stuck on a dialog box with "cancel"...

When I run ET, it gets to the part in the box where it says detecting Pentium III cpu. Then the screen goes black and sends me back to XP desktop. Now this system is compliant with the minimum standards(XP,256 ram,AIW VE) except that I'm at 550 not 600mhz. Is it kicking me out just because of...

It's your CPU it is too slow. LL Deja wrote: I just got my Radeon 9700 (non-pro) and expected to be able to fly in Unreal Tournament 2003, but in DM-Antalus with 8 bots and the following settings (1024x768 32bit and most of the bells and whistles turned on to High), I am getting an...

My system is admittedly kind of slow: W98SE, ASUS CUSL-2 Mobo ATA 100/134, 80Gb 7200 Main HDD, 120Gb 7200 Dedicated Video HDD, 512Mb SDRAM, I plan on capturing output from my PVR (in 50 minute pieces) and burn it to an authored DVD. I just picked up an ATI AIW 9000 Pro to replace my old ATI AIW...

Hi Everyone, I was sent to this newsgroup because I heard that people here are very helpful. I have an old RADEON 7200 card that has a powered by ATI sticker on it. On the PCB there's a white logo that says ATI RADEON GRAPHICS on it. and the PN nuber on the pcb is 109-76800-11. The problem I have...