ATI releases new Radeon ROM & drivers

[MacBytes]

Category: 3rd Party Hardware
Link: ATI releases new Radeon ROM & drivers (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20040920220640)
Posted on MacBytes.com (http://www.macbytes.com)

Approved by Mudbug

[MacPutz]

I installed this control panel only to find that Versavision is once again not included. Why do they make such a poorly supported graphics card for Built-to-Order Apples?

The only feature available for the RADEON 9800 Pro in my G5 Dual 2.0 is the OpenGL Overrides, which messed up my display when applied to Halo in a variety of configurations. Halo played and looked beter without it and I doubt this new ATI Control Panel will be of much use to those with BTO Macs. I was really hoping for screen rotation features.

Has anyone else seen a flawless graphics improvement with the use of this Control Panel? What are some practical applications for OEM cards?

[qazwsxedc30]

This is news?

[iriejedi]

This is news?


It seems to leave out the support for the 9600xt (stock card) on the release notes and down load page (although it implies it is for all retail and OEM veriosns and is NEWER then the 10.3.5 OS X files)


Hmmmm?

[neoelectronaut]

So....should I install this on my 7500-equipped eMac? It says in the release notes:

ATI Displays - Supported Cards
The current version of ATI Displays supports all retail and OEM (Apple Supplied) RADEON cards (including built-in graphics in PowerBook, iBook and eMac products). ATI Displays will work with Rage 128 retail products with limited functionality and will also identify Rage II and older products, but will not provide Mac2TV or other settings.

ATI Displays supports significant new features all RADEON cards. *Please see the ATI Displays online help for more information as feature availability varies between products. Many new advanced retail features require a FLASH ROM update. Please see ATI.COM for this required update.

The primary feature of interest to most users will be the 3D/Open GL Overrides. This is available for all RADEON products running on any Power Mac running the minimum OS version mentioned above.