New ATI user.

Hee hee

Dont worry - ATI is on its way back and here is a set of links for you to use.

Get the drivers here : http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/powered.html

and after you download them follow these instructions to get it installed without a headache :

I recommend you install Direct X 9.0 at this point of time.

You can see my settings and results for the tests on my website here :-

http://www33.brinkster.com/gsferrari/default.htm


You can follow my instructions here for installing these drivers to your system :-

http://sagerforums.com/forums/showt...=&threadid=2138

The performance increase is significant with 3D Mark 2003 but there is a drop in performance with 3D Mark 2001 SE. I think Direct X 9.0 support is what this is all about.

Click here to read some random info and opinions about the new driver:-

http://sagerforums.com/forums/showt...=&threadid=2161

Just being redundant ....

Do this :-

1] Get this driver from ATI :

http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/powered.html

its right on top for WinXP. Download it and save it to your HDD.

2] Use these instructions :

http://sagerforums.com/forums/showth...&threadid=2138

3] Or just read on :

Click here to see my website where I have posted my results and the settings I used :

http://www33.brinkster.com/gsferrari/default.htm

Install Instructions for Catalyst 3.1 :-
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1] Download the driver software from the ATI website : http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/powered.html

2] Save it to your HDD
3] (read point 4 also) Run the program and extract the files to any location on your HDD
4] IMPORTANT :- Quit the install program as soon as this extracting is over and the next window comes up - you can cancel installation here!!

// you do this because if you continue with the setup program supplied by ATI you will get an error

5] Now - uninstall your old drivers :-
Start->Control Panels->Add Remove Programs->ATI Display Drivers->Restart when prompted

6] After restarting - Windows will load with useless drivers and it will all run horribly slow

7] Now :-

Control Panels->Performance and Maintenance->System->Hardware Tab->Device Manager->VGA Controller (yellow color somewhere in the middle)

8] Open the properties of VGA controller
9] Re-Install driver or click Driver tab and then hit the Update Driver button (both work)
10] Now you will come to the driver installation wizard - here click - Install From List or Specific Location

11] Click the radio button for "Dont search I will choose the driver to install"

12] select Radeon 9000 series from this list It will be somewhere in the middle of the list. There will be many Radeon 9000 series listed - select any one.
13] Click Have Disk
14] Point to the location of the extracted files. The ok will not light up until you select the folder 2XP_INF
15] Now it will open this folder and show you 2 .inf files
16] Select any one of those files. I selected the CX_08040 file and clicked OK.

Thats it!!

Now if you dont have ATI control panels already installed - install it now. Otherwise restart the system.

Yahoo!! time to do some bnchmarks lol

Post if you have any problems - or else PM me or Zachquiel - original source of this information...

yeah...

Sometimes it gives that message
just ignore it.
That should work...do you see the window with a folder on either end and files flying across?

that means the driver is installing just fine...

lemme know if the driver gets updates after you restart...

for future reference you can also download the latest drivers from sites that have modified them for the mobility radeon 9000 like the following:

http://www.s-seven.net/ati/

this makes the install a breeze