ATI video cards are notorious for driver problems. They are constantly coming out with driver updates that fix one thing and break another. One game may work properly with one driver and another requires a different one, causing a real support nightmare for the game companies.
I picked up my radeon 900 pro about 1 year ago,and it has been working fine, then i done an update,
Well i followed the instructions, and found a mc running half speed. re-install the old drivers, ok.
Ok if you want to run old stuff, but any new games expect you to have updated drivers.
I am running a 1.9 P4 512mb 2100 ram msi motherboard creative 5.1 live drive,plus the extras, dvd writer, cd writer.
it does not worry me, since all the games at the moment are lacking in entertainment value, so i do not need the drivers,but it is dissapointing that this happens. next time, i think a different card, since the backup from ati has something to be desired

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