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Vista x64 and ati x1300
Nick Niles
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Join date: 9 Aug 2006
Posts: 6
01-07-2007 21:26
Hi all i get a Unsupported Video Card message when i try to run SL only started after this last update, any one know what is going on? It was running ok with a nividia 7300, but now that i got this new card it does not work. Befor you tell me to get the 64 bit drivers i have. thanks all!
Thili Playfair
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Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,417
01-07-2007 21:32
Vista and ati AND SL, you must enjoy pain :P

Ati has no openGL support as of yet, not much you can do with Vista + Ati + SL = fail

Only Nvidia has beta openGL on their drives so far.

Ati >
The following ATI features are not supported in the Catalyst® Vista RTM driver for the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system:
 · CrossFire™
 · Catalyst® Control Center Video aspect page
 · OpenGL
 · VIVO support
 · The capture driver for these products is not being updated at this time
Nick Niles
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Join date: 9 Aug 2006
Posts: 6
01-07-2007 21:37
so i need to go back to the nvidia card?
the new drivers page says it supports Opengl, is there any way i could get this card to work?
Thili Playfair
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Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,417
01-07-2007 21:39
go back, Ati so called driver is just old beta one with a new control panel, thats pretty much what they added since vista came out.

Ati Vista drivers 64bit v8.31.100.3.2.1 release notes
Nick Niles
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Join date: 9 Aug 2006
Posts: 6
01-07-2007 21:44
I wish i did not have to go back to the old card it only had 128m MB of ram, this new one has 512.
Thili Playfair
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Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,417
01-07-2007 21:51
Yuh, im still wondering why Ati hasnt done one beta openGL yet, nothing since Vista started appearing, nvidia has had several versions , ati hello? that was the reason i abandoned Ati, way to slow with drivers for me -.-; (that and the annoying "roll back to this version to play this and that game, tho thats rare thank you very much noadays :>;)