ATI 9600+ install CD

[Mercutio]

I've got a half-dozen original ATI CDs sitting around my desk, absolutely none of which work with the CD-checking program that runs prior to upgrading or installing ATI DVD software on R300-based ATI cards.

If someone has one (from a 9[5-8]00) they'd be willing to part with temporaril, or to copy in ISO form, I'd make it worth your while.

 

[CougTek]

I have an installation CD for the Sapphire 9500 non-Pro. Are you interested?

I made an ISO of it using Nero. 520MB overall.

 

[Mercutio]

Unfortunately, it has to be from ATI for the DVD software update to work.

It turns out that ATI's hardware MPEG2 decoding makes a big difference to playback quality on my HTPC

 

[Buck]

Just to confirm, it couldn't be from a 9000?

 

[mubs]

I have the original ATI CD that came with my retail Radeon 32MB DDR. I probably have the oldest video card running in my main PC!

 

[Mercutio]

Yeah. I should still have the CD from my 9700 and a couple of retail 9500s I sold, but the installer from ATI's site isn't working with those.

 

[Mercutio]

I went out and bought a 9800 Pro. I wanted a copy of HL2 anyway.

 

[mubs]

What the heck do you guys do with your old (just replaced) video cards anyway? They seldom break and among others, I probably have a Vesa Genoa in a box somewhere.

 

[Buck]

I have a row of them lined up in one of my cabinets in the shop.

 

[Mercutio]

It's not much of a problem for me. I pass my "old" ones out in builds.

My current inventory:
ATI 9800Pro (2003 Server)
ATI 9700AIW (Gaming system)
Sapphire 9600AIW (HTPC, because it's quieter, draws less power and can tune FM)
Sapphire 9000VIVO (Linux Fileserver 1 and no, the VIVO features don't work)
2x Matrox G450 (Fileservers 2 and 3)
3dfx Voodoo 5500 (Linux workstation)

I pulled a Powercolor Radeon 9100 to install the 9800.

+ whatever the heck is in my laptop (s3 Savage4something or other)

I don't like the 9800 already. The wart on top of the GPU of this thing looks, well, evil. It isn't terribly noisy, though.

 

[CougTek]

I don't like the 9800 already. The wart on top of the GPU of this thing looks, well, evil.

Looking evil is a good thing. What do you have against that?

 

[blakerwry]

It isn't terribly noisy, though.

That 8500DV doubled the noise of my HTPC.... I think I can probably live with it though. If not there's always the VIVO 9x00 series of radeons that are passively cooled.

 

[Mercutio]

You could always try a Zalman cooler, Blake, or one of those 80mm lateral exhaust fans that screws into an expansion slot.

 

[blakerwry]

i just put a resistor on the 5v lead... fan is nearly inaudible now. runs cool to the touch too.

 

[along]

I have an installation CD for the Sapphire 9500 non-Pro. Are you interested?

I made an ISO of it using Nero. 520MB overall.