[PLUG] ATI Radeon graphic card quirks in eng. applications

Paul Johnson baloo at ursine.ca
Fri Aug 15 02:55:03 UTC 2003


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On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 01:59:26AM -0700, Derek Loree wrote:
> > I'm wondering if this is related to my problems with Unreal Tournament
> > and this card.  After a few minutes, textures start getting messed up
> > pretty badly most of the time, about one out of five or so gos at it
> > gets it right.
> 
> That sounds like a bad card.  Drivers just don't change and then fix
> themselves, bad hardware is the most likely cause of inconsistent
> behavior.  In this case, a section of video memory is probably bad.

I've been thinking the same.  The weather this summer has really,
really sucked and I think it's taken a toll on my system.

On the other hand, I noticed that there's an ati and a radeon driver.
I had been using ati, I'm trying radeon when I get home...

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