ATI Catalyst Hotfix

kilroy67 · #1 (**permalink**) 23-06-08, 11:43 PM

ATI has released a Hotfix Driver to improve performance and stability on the newly released HD4800 series.

Necroticpus · #2 (**permalink**) 26-06-08, 04:39 AM

Man, I'm almost ready to cry tears of joyness after finally finding out why my Radeon 9600 was refusing to let me play Starcraft/broodWar, of all games! I'm just about ready to download a new catalyst driver, any of them that is higher than 8.2 apparently, but I need to know 1 last piece of information. They all seem to refer to Windows XP and/or Windows Vista. I am currently using Windows 2000.

Will these new catalyst drivers work on Windows 2000 even though they say XP/Vista, or do I have to buy a new video card because no one supports W2K anymore?

I'm just going to sit here and wait for a response, as long as it takes, because I have nothing better to do and want to play Starcraft right now! Cmon guys, throw me a bone! :P

kilroy67 · #3 (**permalink**) 26-06-08, 05:21 AM

From what I can see the answer is no, Windows 2000 is no longer supported. The last driver was version 6.2 from February 2006. A new video card will not help your matter, you need to at least move up to Windows XP.

Necroticpus · #4 (**permalink**) 27-06-08, 06:14 PM

Bah. I reformatted to Win XP and installed all the newest drivers for everything and still cannot play Starcraft, lol. Weird. I played World of Warcraft for 3 and a half years and never ever had these issues.

I'm running Athlon XP 3200+ (socket A) with an ATI 9600 256MB card, 2GB RAM, DirectX 9.0c, Gigabyte mobo GA-7N400 with the Nvidia Ultra 400 chipset on Win XP professional. I shouldn't be having these crummy issues. Maybe it's time to think about going for a new Intel system that's about 6 months old. I don't get it. I can run the newer games that are graphic intensive that my card can handle but I can't run a game that could be played on a pentium 90 with 2MB RAM and an 8MB video card. WTF?

kilroy67 · #5 (**permalink**) 27-06-08, 06:21 PM

Its more the game then your system, Starcraft is designed to run on Win95-98-NT. I didnt relize the age of Starcraft when I first posted. Under XP, you could try to run the game in compalibility mode. Right click the Starcraft .EXE and select Win98 and see if that helps.

Necroticpus · #6 (**permalink**) 27-06-08, 06:25 PM

Whoa, you know what? Boy that's embarassing. I actually knew about that and completely forgot about it, lol. I just bet it will work better, or at least like it should. Good thinking! That's why you make the big bucks. Thanks a bunch!

kilroy67 · #7 (**permalink**) 27-06-08, 06:25 PM

Also make sure you have the latest patch:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/artic...149&rhtml=true

Necroticpus · #8 (**permalink**) 28-06-08, 06:08 AM

Well, compatibility mode didn't work either, for win95-w2k. I guess the game's just too old to work properly on XP. Oh well, woulda been nice but I'm not going to give myself an ulcer over it.