Bootcamp on Mac Pro + X1900XT + Windows 7

[R.Youden]

I have installed Windows 7 on my Mac Pro using Bootcamp and I am pretty impressed with Windows 7. Anyway these is an issue, when I play a game on Windows it crashes the machine, the screen goes blank (I have a Dell monitor and it powers down) and I have to restart the machine. The audio crashes (if I am in a racing game the engine note stays constant).

I saw somewhere there is a issue with the X1900XT and Windows 7, is this the case?

Thanks

 

[rgarjr]

Could be the game or a lot of other things.

 

[R.Youden]

Well it turns out that the X1900XT is not supported by Windows 7 so it will only run in OpenGL 1.3 rather than 2 (from what I understand anyway). So as the X1900XT is such an "old" card I will be reverting back to the "old" operating system of Windows XP.

Nice one Microsoft...

 

[Stridder44]

Nice one Microsoft...

I don't remember Microsoft being responsible for providing drivers and support for ATI's video cards.

 

[R.Youden]

I don't remember Microsoft being responsible for providing drivers and support for ATI's video cards.

Yeah, you are probably right there, although the report I saw said Microsoft left out the drivers.

 

[Stridder44]

Yeah, you are probably right there, although the report I saw said Microsoft left out the drivers.

Ah, well have you installed the latest ATI drivers from ATI's website?