Big ATI Driver Problems

[DarkSage44]

I'm using an ATI Radeon 256mb x800 video card. When i get to the title screen of bioshock my mouse does not appear, its invisable, this is justa warning sign because once i get past the new game opening scene in the plane and the dripping Logo, everything goes black except for white splash effect here and there and fire. Also small boxes floating around showing mini copies of what my monitor is displaying. In have tried downloading many different drivers to fix the problem, including the new one released by ATI and older catalyst drivers. My last attempt was to restore the old driver that came with my dell machine. None of these options have worked and i am getting quite desperate any help would be appreciated thanks!

[tibby05]

same exact card, same exact problem

[Swim Team]

me three...

[sean10mm]

I'm using an ATI Radeon 256mb x800 video card. When i get to the title screen of bioshock my mouse does not appear, its invisable, this is justa warning sign because once i get past the new game opening scene in the plane and the dripping Logo, everything goes black except for white splash effect here and there and fire. Also small boxes floating around showing mini copies of what my monitor is displaying. In have tried downloading many different drivers to fix the problem, including the new one released by ATI and older catalyst drivers. My last attempt was to restore the old driver that came with my dell machine. None of these options have worked and i am getting quite desperate any help would be appreciated thanks!

The problem isn't the drivers. The problem is that the x800 doesn't meet the minimum system requirements.

Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).

The x800 isn't 9.0c compliant and doesn't support SM 3.0.

[tibby05]

Is this fix not for this problem??

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/d...estionID=29041

[sean10mm]

Is this fix not for this problem??

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/d...estionID=29041

No it isn't.

[snkbtn99]

Is an X700 Pro not supported either?

[sean10mm]

Is an X700 Pro not supported either?

Read the system requirements, they're very clear. You need a x1300 or better. 700<1300.

[DarkSage44]

Just makes no sense that a person i know with a lower grade force runs it but my x800 does not. And it is quite annoying because for that fact i was lead to believe i could run it.

[sean10mm]

Just makes no sense that a person i know with a lower grade force runs it but my x800 does not. And it is quite annoying because for that fact i was lead to believe i could run it.

It makes perfect sense. The system requirements are spelled out clearly. You need an x1300 or Geforce 6600. It isn't 2k/Irrational's problem if people buy stuff that their PC can't run when it says so right on the label and all over the web.

[DarkSage44]

So now i get to go blow $200 if i feel like playing this game, replaceing a card that i have never had problems with before. Only one word has the ability to describe this.



"Outstanding"