Problems with Catalyst 5.8 on Radeon 9250.

[Chesso]

For some reason my brother can't play cs in opengl or directx modes anymore it keep's going back to software mode. The 5.7's worked fine i remember but i would prefer to try out a modded version of them.

Can anyone recommend any for 5.7?

EDIT: Im downloading the omega ones for 5.7 to try out now.

[Exile69]

I've plenty of problems with the 5.8's. Random restarts and freezes and every time I restart and log in Windows tells me I've had an error caused by a display driver. I had no problems with the 5.7's.

[Chesso]

Yeah im thinking the 5.8's need to be recalled or something lol it would seem their not that stable or workable.

[Exile69]

Indeed. I haven't been impressed with ATI lately..

[Chesso]

Yes nVidia seem to be going fairly well as far as driver's are concerned i certainly don't have any complaints and haven't had any issues so far.

[tiamat63]

Then bump back to the 5.7's or which Omega you prefer.
However its not lately, its been since ATI's first card that their drivers have really been a downfall of their company.

[Chesso]

Yeah iv'e gotten the Omega 5.7's for my brother and they work pretty well. CS:CZ seem's to lag even on low setting's though but i think t his may be a processor and ram deficiency.

He's only on the second fastest PIII and 256mb of PC133 SDRAM. The HD is pretty old too should be getting him a new one soon as i personally can't stand the whinging noise it makes when loading stuff.