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Any Windows-ATI drivers for Mac yet??

post #1 of 11
4/7/06 at 3:34pm
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So, as a Mac user, I'm mainly interested in running Windows for games.
Now that Boot Camp is out, I see lots of info about running various things in Windows on a MacBook Pro, but there's always a caveat along the lines of "of course, we don't have the ATI drivers yet for 3D acceleration, so games will run slow..."

So are there any such drivers available yet??

If were a l33t ueber-hax0r, these would be among the FIRST things I'd have written.....
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post #2 of 11
4/7/06 at 3:39pm
Boot Camp lets you burn a cd with all the necessary drivers, including graphics, to get things working. While not everything is supported, it probably will be in the future.

From the Apple Site:
For your convenience, Boot Camp burns a CD with all the Mac-specific drivers for Windows:
* Graphics
* Networking
* Audio
* AirPort wireless
* Bluetooth
* The Eject key (on Apple keyboards)
* Brightness control for built-in displays
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post #3 of 11
4/7/06 at 3:52pm
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The drivers supplied in Boot Camp do NOT support hardware graphics acceleration. They are "generic" drivers.

Yes, people have been saying for a while that drivers supporting 3D graphics acceleration should be available "in the future" --- my post was about: Are they available yet? As in, now?
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post #4 of 11
4/7/06 at 4:06pm
read some more, pc mag just ran doom 3 with those drivers and said it was smooth. try that w/ non-3D drivers.

so yes, they're available now, as in, now.
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post #5 of 11
4/7/06 at 6:37pm
Bootcamp has TRUE video drivers just like Tria said.
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post #6 of 11
4/7/06 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by Kakaze
Bootcamp has TRUE video drivers just like Tria said.

Omegas work as well.
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post #7 of 11
4/8/06 at 1:16am
Yeah, the new Omega Drivers for ATI are working great. BF2 and Oblivion running smooth and beautiful. woooot!!
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post #8 of 11
4/8/06 at 4:48am
Can you run 3dmark 2005 and post the results? would be interresting to see how the mac is doing compared to the other notebooks
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post #9 of 11
4/8/06 at 10:56am
You can also use an ATI tool to overclock your X1600 to 400/400 since it's factory underclocked to 300/300. Read all about it here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....35863&tstart=0
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post #10 of 11
4/8/06 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by cdd543
Omegas work as well.

Great to know, thanks
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post #11 of 11
4/8/06 at 4:40pm
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Okay, then great!
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