Computer Hope
Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: SyneWave on January 19, 2007, 06:18:55 AM
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When I bought my NEW computer last 2005 Nov. I thought I would treat myself to a decent graphic card so that we could play games without the hassle.
NEW Computer: Pentium 4. 3.0gHz, 512 ram. Windows ME
NEW Graphic card. (Box says LINK3D)
Card = CP Technology Co Ltd.
MOBILITY/RADEON 9200/9250
128mb.
It came with a CD which self installs the correct driver for my OS. (?)
BUT having bought an relatively old game for Christmas, (Call of Duty), I was very disappointed that it wouldn't play. The graphics are all spikey across the screen and I cannot make anything out.
SO, I contacted Activision and spoke with a really nice chap, who suggested that it be a problem with the driver. Also, Mobility suggests a Laptop, which I do not have.
Along I troll to ATI's site and post of a ticket. Got a reply which tells me to find out what card I actually have. On the control panel for the card it clearly states MOBILITY/RADEON. So far since reposting the answer back to ATI they have not responded.
You are my last hope before I sell the card......
If you are familiar with these, you might also know that they use CATALYST for some part of the driver. But when I run the download to install it says I do not have the required Hardware?? or doah !!
Also, I am not sure if I uninstalled the generic driver which is for the onboad graphic chip. I did find S3 stuff, which I dumped, then dumped the Radeon driver, got back to a failsafe screen, then reloaded the Radeon stuff. Everything seemed to be OK, except when it went to standby, it upset the desktop when it came back to life.
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SO what do I want?
1/ To know what my card actually is
2/ A driver that will make this game work.
Coffee time......
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DLoad and run Everest Home and it will tell you every component in that machine.
I suspect they didn't sell you what you asked for but let's wait for the Everest report before jumping to any conclusions.
patio. 8-)