Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers

Hello,
I read the product specs at the ATI website for their Radeon 9800 products.
They only mention Windows ME, 2000, and XP. Does ATI still write their
latest drivers which also work in 98SE?

Thanks,
Daniel.

http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

If you follow the links for the graphics drivers only, you'll see that the
same set is for both Win98 and ME.

Whether the rest of the features work in 98/98SE is questionable. I suspect
that many of the features described in
http://www.ati.com/products/radeon98...pro/specs.html *may* work
in 98/98SE, or may not...but either way, they simply aren't "supported".

I certainly wouldn't gamble the price of a 9600 card on a 98/98SE system,
especially since the hardware you have it installed on is not likely to be
fully up to 9600 specs, either. Go with an older card, or upgrade your
entire system. You're trying to bridge too wide a generation gap.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Windows 9x

I contacted ATI about this issue. All they did was send me an automated
message. Not a very good impression of their tech support.

Although I assembled my system in Nov 2001, my system is still fairly
robust. While the AGP slot is a 4x, I have a 1400 MHz Athlon, 1 GB PC2100
RAM, and 250 GB's drive space.

Daniel.

No. Registration is simply not required for Windows 98, and has absolutely
no effect on whatever support options remain. At one time, it might have
helped with certain support issues, and to have you on file as the
legitimate owner, in case you needed a replacement CD, or to gain certain
rebate or similar, marketing-oriented benefits. None of those issues apply
today.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Windows 9x

Huh? Is this the reason you should not be pulling all nighters?

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is
always more to learn.

ROFL!!!

"anon anon" used "Reply All", or the equivalent. I saw the emails before the
posts--and then, when I saw the posts, I simply copy/pasted the answers--and
either got this one wrong or failed to get a good Copy to clipboard and
pasted the same thing twice. The below is a reply to OP's other thread.

The only reason I was up was to get as much of a rush print job done as I
could--but this printer makes so much noise it's hard to think.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Windows 9x

I can't tell you any more than that the basic drivers packages are
identical--whether the 9600 will actually function under Win98? I can't
imagine that it wouldn't--it just won't enjoy full function of all features.

Not sure what you're asking here.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Windows 9x

If 4x is the max on the AGP, most likely the 9800 series will not work as it
requires an 8x AGP. I do see the 9600 series as Gary mentions will support
4x/8x.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is
always more to learn.

Whoa! You're right! I should watch out for the all-nighters. Slipping from
9800 to 9600 Series...

What I said was meant to apply to the 9800 Series, and the hardware specs
are much more likely to be the killer aspect than the drivers & other
support software.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Windows 9x

Actually you doubled up on it. You mention 9600 and give a link for the 9800.
Good cover. <BSEG>

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is
always more to learn.

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1 10th November 22:17 anon anon External User Posts: 1	Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers Hello, I read the product specs at the ATI website for their Radeon 9800 products. They only mention Windows ME, 2000, and XP. Does ATI still write their latest drivers which also work in 98SE? Thanks, Daniel.

3 10th November 22:17 anon anon External User Posts: 1	Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers I contacted ATI about this issue. All they did was send me an automated message. Not a very good impression of their tech support. Although I assembled my system in Nov 2001, my system is still fairly robust. While the AGP slot is a 4x, I have a 1400 MHz Athlon, 1 GB PC2100 RAM, and 250 GB's drive space. Daniel.

5 15th November 16:32 brian a. External User Posts: 1	Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers Huh? Is this the reason you should not be pulling all nighters? -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.

7 15th November 16:32 gary s. terhune External User Posts: 1	Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers I can't tell you any more than that the basic drivers packages are identical--whether the 9600 will actually function under Win98? I can't imagine that it wouldn't--it just won't enjoy full function of all features. Not sure what you're asking here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Windows 9x

8 15th November 16:32 brian a. External User Posts: 1	Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers If 4x is the max on the AGP, most likely the 9800 series will not work as it requires an 8x AGP. I do see the 9600 series as Gary mentions will support 4x/8x. -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.

9 15th November 16:33 gary s. terhune External User Posts: 1	Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers Whoa! You're right! I should watch out for the all-nighters. Slipping from 9800 to 9600 Series... What I said was meant to apply to the 9800 Series, and the hardware specs are much more likely to be the killer aspect than the drivers & other support software. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Windows 9x

10 21st November 02:53 brian a. External User Posts: 1	Windows 98SE and ATI Radeon 9800 Drivers Actually you doubled up on it. You mention 9600 and give a link for the 9800. Good cover. <BSEG> -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.