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    ATI and OpenGL (problem of mine)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by deattan, Jan 20, 2008.

  1. deattan

    deattan Notebook Geek

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    Problems again. Posting rant and whine almost on a daily basis now :p
    Lappy: AMD TL-60 (2Ghz) / 2gb ram / ATI HD2600

    Back in Vista when i had 7.9 or 7.10 catalysts i was able to play OpenGL games without noticing problems. CS 1.6 ran mighty fine and so on.

    After i changed to XP I couldn't even start 1.6 (or Eschalon) and recently when i downloaded Toribash, it runs like my granny in jello, an she's dead for god's sake.

    I've heard of Ati's poor performance with OpenGL, but I'm starting to think this is not just it since opengl games ran ok with vista. Is there anything I might have F'd up with? Any fix I could download?

    Cat's tried: 7.11, 7.12, 8.1 Various omega's based on 7.10 and 7.12.

    I would be most grateful if anyone took time to help me in this one.

    EDIT: I did a couple of checks and seems like opengl is not installed properly with the drivers. What could be the problem and how could i solve it? Installed the drivers with help of Ati Mod-tool and normally with Omegas.

    EDIT PT2: Oh, and it's a Vista Notebook (F3Ka), meaning it comes with vista installed. Probably problem with the notebook and xp so I'll probably install Vista after i finish my work.
     
    deattan, Jan 20, 2008
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