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Reply #60 - 17.07.07 at 16:36:08
 
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This is exactly why I stopped posting on the board.

Well there you go, you state a problem people read it they post things that might help so do I and then you come around with results of that people don't read your posts then I'm like wtf are you' blaming them for? where is the sense of sensable in that?

there isn't I have given you tips on what might help, since I enevr bought a shuttle and was neevr planned to since they are unreliable.

Ayways for a movie box the PSU it has is far below the specs for a 9800 Pro I did state that as well then again it looks as if you don't even read posts of opthers as mine but go on with yourself a typical thing I have seen elsewhere.

And really people get sickj and tierd of that loose interrest and move elsewehre THAT is one of many I left this boards it often lacked that.

Voodooalert.de as x-3dfx.com don't, oh well I won't be round for long as this will be posted on my front Page since as a good warning, the people @ x-3dfx.com are shocked what happened here, it used to be a loyal place but sadly that has left here somehow.

Now I know how a once so cool 3dfx club can fall appart, damn trol posts here.  Angry

Just to get the message to you Gary I care about others than that of myself here sometimes I sense the Dark side in you so often the last few months, as if you don't seem to care if somebody tries to help you you state them us'n fanboy behaviour that falls under spam imho as that of others and mate listen up peopel are sick and tired of that nonsense bull crap really
we want 3dfx topics, we want to see 3dfx blooming again
, we don't care about ranted topics they have non of the importance which people aren't looking for they DO NOT BELONG here as this whole Twighlight Zone idea, just a bad move.

this is a 3dfx related forum as where that Voodoalert as x-3dfx com did is make small subfora for ATi as nVidia users not some TwilightZone idea the show was very cool but the sub fora no not really.

VA as x-3dfx have smarter ways of doing, 3dfx isn't their main thing anymore which is logic as 3dfx tiopics do wander by from here and then, as do nvidia as ATi ones but everyone sticks to their thing they don't rant each other oof like over here that does seem to happen alot, you just have to type something accidently and the other may see it as Spam or Rant or attack that is the reason most go to VA as X-3dfx it's that those things don't seem to happen there, the kindness of the people is greater also, which also is a reason I left this place before.

Calling me a spammer forno reason the nipwits.
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Re: ATI DRIVERS SUCK- A RANT.
Reply #61 - 17.07.07 at 16:54:58
 
Everything I posted you have not read or totally disregarded, what is the point of you posting if you will not listen?

This isn't a trobleshooting thread but a rant, understand?
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Reply #62 - 17.07.07 at 16:56:02
 
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Everything I posted you have not read or totally disregarded, what is the point of you posting if you will not listen?

This isn't a trobleshooting thread but a rant, understand?

I have not read what teh! How can tou see what I do here please xplain? do you have the eyes of Jor El?
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Reply #63 - 17.07.07 at 16:56:30
 
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x-3dfx have smarter ways of doing.  


I suggest going there, now.
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Reply #64 - 17.07.07 at 17:17:41
 
heh well feel free to do what you like man, you were alot different in the old days so many cool 3dfx topics you've made and so on

Now this pointless stuff, heh you must do what you feel is best ofcourse, I sense the Dark Side in You Gary as your anger is swelling can't you feel that too?

Heh I do man I do and it's only making you go mad on others, some Admin this is somethign Would never have expected from your side.

I was wrong there.

If you are gonna ban me go ahead have your fun f*cknut.
But you will get the flow that will follow.

Can't even state what he is do'n to the 3dfx community, spread this news I will.
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Reply #65 - 17.07.07 at 17:23:25
 
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Now this pointless stuff



Err, it's a rant posting in the correct section of the forum, nothing pointless about it.

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I was wrong there.



No, you are wrong here and refuse to admit it because as it has been pointed out before you are an ATI fanboy. At any time you could have stopped posting and ignored the thread, you chose not too.

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If you are gonna ban me go ahead have your fun f*cknut.
But you will get the flow that will follow.


Now that is not nice, I did not insult you in such a manner did I? Of course not.

This is all falling on deaf ears, you hear and see what you wish to my friend, it has always been that way with you.
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Reply #66 - 17.07.07 at 17:31:40
 
I feel chased aways sorry about that swear words okay it wasn't nice but honestly I feel deeply offended did you think i liked that come on go walkabout will ya, like jumping on front of that bus, do you know how it feels like do's a self suicide? I'd guess not.

The point of deleting my user is really on my mind as if I am the one to blame on what is wrong with your PC, sorry man that isn't honorable, I have given you many idea's on how to solve your problem it's that you don't see my posts either that is where we collided, how obvious is it not?

you hear and see what you want as well it's just all I do is wrong in my life and now even when I try to help someone it just doesn't seem to work and yes suicides didn't seem to work sad enough.

With topics like these the community seems to be falling appart so senseless
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Reply #67 - 17.07.07 at 17:33:40
 
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The point of deleting my user is really on my mind as if I am the one to blame on what is wrong with your PC


The problem with my PC is the ATI driver software, something you refuse to accept to the point of rediculous extremes.

FYI- To "throw someone under the bus" or "to step in front of a bus" are common english slang phrases, they have nothing to do with suicide.

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Reply #68 - 17.07.07 at 17:34:44
 
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The problem with my PC is the ATI driver software, something you refuse to accept to the point of rediculous extremes.

I do accept that it's faling but it could also be something hardware related a 200 qatt PSU isn't sufficiant for an ATi card You I had hoped you'd know that.
want proof okay
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Reply #69 - 17.07.07 at 17:36:23
 
See? You don't listen.

The box is rated for and shipped with a 9800pro *AND* has a new power supply that is rated 50 watts higher than the original.

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Reply #70 - 17.07.07 at 23:50:32
 
This thread is now unlocked....

It shall be a testbed as to who can live by the most basic rules and who can not.

I highly recommend all potential candiates in question to either learn their lesson, stop wasting my time or face the consequences.

I am - politely spoken - utterly pissed at all this and won't put up with it, not even for another day. Catch the drift ? Enough said.

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Feeling lucky today ?
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Reply #71 - 18.07.07 at 04:23:18
 
So I will recap to illuminate for those joining the party-

I have this great big honking 37" HD LCD TV that I just treated myself to (praise be to Wal-Mart! Always low prices!)

One of the things I have been planning to do was setup a PC in the living room to stream ripped DVD movies off, in this case to the B.H.D. (Big Honking Display) The idea was something small and using as little power as reasonable to do the job. The current box being used is a Shuttle Small Form Factor with a 3400+ and a GF2MX.

Low power consumption graphics that decode DVD's just fine with little noise but with only one catch- The GF2's S-video output looks like poo on an LCD not to mention the limitation of the TV output chip (640 x 480 or 800 x 600)

Native resolution of the LCD is 1280 x 720i or 720 x 480i

So to see if things would look better I noticed that Wal-Mart has HDMI -> DVI adapter cables. If I could run a video input into the B.H.D. through the HDMI perhaps the picture would look better.

After bending over for a $30 cable and dragging my main box with a 6600GT & DVI out of storage for testing (a long story in itself, I will not go there) I hooked everything up and was stunned by the picture quality!

Output through the DVI was clearly the way to go.

I won a GF3 with DVI from Ebay for the piddling sum of $1.25 and since I had some time to kill waiting for it to show up, I starting thinking that perhaps there would be a lower power consumption display adapter (that would still do the job) and maybe the ATI drivers offered some extra functionality. A quick search around the net showed the ATI 9600 using a piddling 8 watts of power at idle, perfect for my application!

So to test the DVI output quality & ATI drivers, I installed a Powercolor 9800pro I had purchased new that had spent a few years in my gaming box before being replaced by a X850... downloaded the latest and greatest drivers from ATI... vacuumed out the NV board and drivers.... and here we now are.

Now you know the rest of the story.


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Reply #72 - 18.07.07 at 08:42:17
 
You say you had problems with the CCC, right??

Well, I noticed that when I got my 1950XT, it was having problems as well. I had to install .net 2.0 1st, then the drivers that came on the cd and after that I could install the ones from ATI's site, else it just wouldn't work.

What driver version are you using for that 9800??? I do recall that with nVidia drivers, at a certain point, the newest drivers officially supported the hardware, but it didn't quite run on it, as in no image at all.

Have you tried using older drivers?? If you google that filename that was giving the error message, what does it come up with??
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Reply #73 - 18.07.07 at 09:09:20
 
The problem is that bot Ati and Nvidia aren't able to develop serious drivers. As I've said I don't like Catalyst Control Center and I prefere the old Control Panel or the only drivers. However if I have picked the point well this don't want to be an *searching for help* thread. Smiley
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Reply #74 - 18.07.07 at 11:05:18
 
It seems, that at least the ATi CCC requires a specific installation procedure (NEVER try to install CCC without having .NET 2.0!), i learned that myself, the hard way.

If you do not like that, go tell ATi so they go change that. And if you've got the time, mobilize as many people as possible to also tell ATi that CCC (or their drivers) suck, and do not forget to collect and present proof for that.

Cause one thing IS true, and that is, that ranting in this specific forum won't do sh*t. Maybe you feel better after bashing ATi here with collective community support (let's all together sing our Anti-ATi songs Wink ), but nothing else will change, next release of CCC will still be a pile of crap.

You enjoy ranting in smaller non-directly-ATI-related communities so much, that you would accept ATi not improving their software, so you can rant a bit more? Wink

No?

Then go tell ATi, so that THEY will know what you think. Maybe it won't do a lot, but it surely would be time better spent than posting here about the problem (without seeking a solution, as the problem has obviously already been resolved by using a GeForce).
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