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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=561
ATI updates drivers
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
June 24th 2002
The wait for X-compatible TV drivers for your card continues
ATI has announced the release of the latest drivers for Classic and X for retail PCI
and AGP cards. The installer works on Mac OS 9.2.1 or higher, including X.1 or higher.
Notably, this includes X.1.5.
ATI cards supported by these drivers include Rage 128 models like the Rage Orion,
XClaim VR 128 and Nexus 128, the Radeon Mac Edition, Radeon 7000 Mac Edition and
Radeon 8500 Mac Edition.
The release notes indicate that various performance and reliability improvements have
been made for existing and upcoming titles (Max Payne, WarBirds III, Diablo II, Unreal
Tournament, etc.).
However, X-specific TV drivers are still not available and likely won''t be until
after Jaguar is released (MOSR pegs X.5 it for the end of August).
Analysis: After years of abuse, ATI is finally taking us seriously. We''ve had more
updates and products in the last year than perhaps the previously two or three
combined. An exaggeration? Perhaps, but the updates have been more plentiful and
timely.
The lack of X-specific TV drivers for ATI cards is however a serious problem. This
lack of drivers is probably related to the still incomplete nature of X -- i.e.
scanner, web cam, 2D acceleration, etc. support.
Post your comments at:
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