Explain to me exactly why you stepped down from a 9600 again?

Seriously though, In spite of Crono's claim that TOTALLY removing the drivers in not a necessity, I am still convinced that this is however the case. I have had nothing but horrible results because I failed to remove them completely.

There are programs that seek out these driver extensions, google search for them and use them, tis why they were created.

When it is all done, use "regclean" to remove any residual registration crap. I can get you the last known version if you like. Its freeware, so there will be no issues with its authenticity.

and

explain exactly how a 5950 is soooo much better than the crappy 5900?

*whispers*

put the damned 9600 back in till you can get a decent card silly. :/

[edit] I was thinking of the 5200.. but my first theory is still essentially correct.

also..

do not chance generic drivers. get the newest official ones from nVidia.

Lastly, since I now have my numbers corrected, tell me why you purchased a 5950? you could have had a card better than a 9600 and retained your ATI drivers by purchasing another ATI card.

you live in the US?

try here, I fully support this site.

A 9800 pro 256 megs card is fairly powerful and low priced now that the X-??? series is out.

Is it possible that it was poorly modded?

and

what are your plans for the 9600? I could use it.

ok heres a suggestion

http://www.drivercleaner.net

this is a little tool that should be used if your going to switch between ati and nvidia cards

btw i have a geforce 6800 ultra and while playing i would get occasional moments where the game would lock up for a minute and the sound would loop insainly but then it would all of a sudden kick right back and play normally

that rarly happens now im supposin because of the updates steam puts out every week

ATi and nVidia are bitter rivals. Make sure to get rid of all that ATi crap outta your system. Then reinstall the nVidia drivers. I use the Omega drivers with my nvidia card and not the manufactures drivers. I get better ping rates, better FPS, and I have no problems in Hammer, well unless I am useing the displacement tool.. the program will lock up my system, but thats not a video card issue thats a Hammer issue.

I take it Orpheus does nto like nVidia.. and prefers ATi.. we all have our faults and we spotted one of Oprhs big ones.. lol

I have noticed that ATi seems to run on Steam better than nVidia, but I think thats because it was tweeked to run better on thier hardware. ( hince the little ATi logo on the box )

I have a 5950 Ultra and love it. I used to dislike ATi a bunch because they never supported there hardware, drivers would take years to update, and the quality of there stuff was way below par.. but they have really stepped up some and given nVidia a true rival in the vid card business, heck I have even debated getting a new ATi card over nVidia, but I think I may stay loyal to my lean green vid card machine.m =)

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ ( the omega Drivers I use )

I do NOT have blind loyalties thank you.. I like both cards equally. I was just curious as to why he would more/less step laterally instead of going up markedly.. I do not feel that a 5950 is far enough better than a 9600 pro to warrant it.

If he had a 9000 like mine, or even a crappy 5200 he would be moving up several levels, but I do not think there is a wide gap between a 9600 pro and a 5950.

I would get a 6800GT almost if not as fast as an X-800 so do not think me blindly faithful.

I have however had better luck with ATI drivers and editing than nVidia ones, course they were older cards. My 9000 did a far better job and my 440 did. (I think thats my nVidia card) both were 64 meg cards.

Anywho's.. I prefer my 9800 pro. I would chose it over a 5950, but that doesn't make it a bad card.