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

[Paul Johnson]

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 02:54:16AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> 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...

Though I can play SimCity 3000 Unlimited, America's Army: Operations,
just fine on it...it seems to be UT specific, strangely enough.

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