Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Lily Inverse" data-source="post: 261010" data-attributes="member: 4594">Actually, this has very little bearing on how GOOD the support is, just that it exists.&nbsp; Also, there was ZERO on-board support for OpenGL before the first Radeon processors hit the street.&nbsp; While there were OpenGL compliant drivers, they relied entirely on the CPU to function, and were thus incredibly slow.&nbsp; However, given that OpenGL is much more of a standard now, I'll assume the situation has been at least partially corrected.Interesting idea, but it possibly goes both ways.&nbsp; After all, I have just found out that ATi has their own custom extensions on OpenGL.&nbsp; Perhaps it is poor support for these extensions, rather than optimizing for NVidia, that is the problem?This indicates the problem goes far deeper than just a video card issue.I'd like to try and help you, but this is nowhere near enough information.&nbsp; I have a few questions1)&nbsp; What type of processor are you using?&nbsp; Is it overclocked?2)&nbsp; Exactly which ATi video card are you using?&nbsp; A model number on the chip might give more clues than just the amount of RAM and that it's got VIVO.3)&nbsp; Is your XP installation on a clean HD or an upgrade, and which version of XP Home was used (The Upgrade or the Full Install version?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lily Inverse, post: 261010, member: 4594"] Actually, this has very little bearing on how GOOD the support is, just that it exists. Also, there was ZERO on-board support for OpenGL before the first Radeon processors hit the street. While there were OpenGL compliant drivers, they relied entirely on the CPU to function, and were thus incredibly slow. However, given that OpenGL is much more of a standard now, I'll assume the situation has been at least partially corrected. Interesting idea, but it possibly goes both ways. After all, I have just found out that ATi has their own custom extensions on OpenGL. Perhaps it is poor support for these extensions, rather than optimizing for NVidia, that is the problem? This indicates the problem goes far deeper than just a video card issue. I'd like to try and help you, but this is nowhere near enough information. I have a few questions 1) What type of processor are you using? Is it overclocked? 2) Exactly which ATi video card are you using? A model number on the chip might give more clues than just the amount of RAM and that it's got VIVO. 3) Is your XP installation on a clean HD or an upgrade, and which version of XP Home was used (The Upgrade or the Full Install version?) [/QUOTE]

Verification