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Can't get openGL in XP on my ati....

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Name: octave one
Date: December 3, 2001 at 12:19:50 Pacific
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Hi,

I wanna play Return to Wolfenstein on my laptop...but i cant get openGL drivers to work in XP..]]

My grpahics card is an ATI mobility 16mb

can anyone help (or point me towards a suitable driver)

thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: Fred
Date: December 3, 2001 at 12:41:26 Pacific
Reply:

If you running XP Proff than you have A problem, XP proff dont support OpenGL...
XP use the winnt kernel...
Maby The Home edition I hope.
Greetings Fred....


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Response Number 2
Name: AnthrAx
Date: December 3, 2001 at 13:52:42 Pacific
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Hey yo, fred!

WTFITS! (short for what the hell is that s---)

I've been using XP pro in conjunction with a Geforce 2mx...and it works. not better than on Win2k, but hey... who am I to blame Microsoft?? (A damn user, that is.)

Just make sure you've got the latest drivers found on www.ati.com, and not those ugly immitation of drivers supplied with Micros--- Windoze.

And greeeatttt gaming, buddies.
(The smell of fried nazi on the mornin..=)


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Response Number 3
Name: octave one
Date: December 3, 2001 at 14:54:12 Pacific
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cheers for response...

but none of the xp drivers seem to have options for openGL

(is this M$ forcing direct x - cus its sucks if it is)


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Response Number 4
Name: Tony
Date: December 3, 2001 at 16:53:32 Pacific
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Windows XP DOES NOT provide OpenGL drivers for ATI cards. I just read that on ATI's driver download site. Go there and get the upgraded drivers that support OpenGL.

Regards, Tony


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Response Number 5
Name: Paradox
Date: December 3, 2001 at 19:20:41 Pacific
Reply:

Windows XP's native drivers don't support OpenGL, Glide, or anything other than D3D. To get OpenGL you will need to download and install ATI's drivers.


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Response Number 6
Name: Tazzyez
Date: December 4, 2001 at 16:18:36 Pacific
Reply:

ATI has Open gl drivers for most cards in XP. I have a Radeon VE Duel Display and Xp came with drivers for it but no OpenGL support. I kept checking back and they eventually got them. I'm using XP Pro on a AMD 750mhz Duron and OpenGL works on mine. One problem i have noticed. OpenGL looks better than D3D but is slower. Not sure why still tinkering with the settings. If i figure it out i'll write back


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Response Number 7
Name: Cooperweb
Date: December 11, 2001 at 19:15:54 Pacific
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I just loaded XP Pro and got it to blue screen in under 15 minutes. wuwd?
Tried running Return to Castle Wolfenstein using ATI's x540 Xtreme.

XP loaded drivers with no OpenGL support.
ATI doesn't have XP driver for it. I loaded the Win2k drivers for the Xtreme and can play the opening movie and forst cut scene, when it tried to load the game open ...blam. Error ...error ... apology from XP ...bluescreen.

MS, ATI, drivers.com. Tom's Hardware ...no one has these drivers yet ...do they?

Am willing to load any 12yr old hackers attempt at a driver to get on with my life. I don't know why I loaded XP anyway. Should've went with 2K. Just tired of tweaking 98 I guess. And WinMe was never an option.

Thanks to anyone who can help.


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Response Number 8
Name: Wally
Date: January 4, 2002 at 18:12:21 Pacific
Reply:

I just loaded XP on my new p4 1.7 and there is no openGL driver for my rage fury maxx and the ati site doesnt have one. Anyone know what I can do?


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Response Number 9
Name: COolHuBi
Date: January 5, 2002 at 02:51:47 Pacific
Reply:

Hey, try this page:
http://support.ati.com/drivers/


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Response Number 10
Name: Blair
Date: January 9, 2002 at 07:03:43 Pacific
Reply:

I have the same probs with my ati mobility 16Mb radeon.Ati provides drivers for all other cards except the mobile ones!
So as in the first message, where can we find ati drivers with openGL for XP for our mobile pc?
Thanks,


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Response Number 11
Name: Doosk
Date: January 16, 2002 at 14:08:56 Pacific
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If yer usin a ATI Rage Pro go here http://doosk.tripod.com. I got the driver for download. I can now play Quake III on my Windows XP system.


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Response Number 12
Name: PLaSMaN
Date: January 21, 2002 at 11:24:38 Pacific
Reply:

I'll make a resume for those clear sight impaired

Drivers included with XP = NO OPENGL
Drivers on ATI = OPENGL if they wrote it

So... if you just installed XP, it is NORMAL for you not to ba able to use OPENGL

If you upgraded your drivers and still can't get OPENGL to kick in, then obviously the driver you downloaded does not include OPENGL - blame ATI

That's all folks !


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Response Number 13
Name: Samet
Date: January 23, 2002 at 09:16:27 Pacific
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i have a rage 128 and want to play mohaa but it doesn't work,i need open gl for xp! can anybody help me?


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Response Number 14
Name: Carlo
Date: January 25, 2002 at 09:24:03 Pacific
Reply:

ATI do not support laptop devics, you need to go to the manufacturer's website. I have an IBM Thinkpad A20p with ATI Mobility on XP. I found that the driver was included with XP, though no OpenGl support. I went to IBM website and downloaded the Mobility 128 driver for 2000, Version "M6.61-011014M-1741C". I found this worked well and I can now play Wolfensien. Hope this helps!


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Response Number 15
Name: BlueCow
Date: February 4, 2002 at 17:14:29 Pacific
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i have the same problem. i'm have an ATI Mobility card and i cant load OpenGL. my i'm using a compaq notebook, so i went to compaq's website and they dont have anything for it. anyone have any advice?


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Response Number 16
Name: D-Force
Date: February 6, 2002 at 13:01:35 Pacific
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Hi there, i've seen so many drivers now, but none of them seems to work on my CompaqE500 with Win xp on it :( It's not because of the openGl but for the TV-Out on the Laptop. And the 2nd monitor out. I want to use them, but i can't right now.
I've already checked : http://www.compaq.com/support/files/armada/us/download/11021.html
http://doosk.tripod.com/download.htm
http://support.ati.com/drivers/winxp/winxp_5_1_2001_0_rp_xl_xc.html

Can someone help me with this prob. ?? Thnx



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Response Number 17
Name: jenko
Date: February 13, 2002 at 02:03:47 Pacific
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I have downloaded the new drivers for ATI Rage 128 Pro for XP from ATI website (version 6.13.3279) but I have an error during the installation, saying that "This display driver is not compatible with the display adapter(s) installed in your system".
I have also tried to install it manually from the inf file but it didn't work...
Can someone help me?


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Response Number 18
Name: André Camelo
Date: April 18, 2002 at 14:06:41 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,

I have purchased a Nec Versa VXi with a ATI Mobility Rage with 4MB but I can't find a driver to enable OpenGL extesions. Who can help me ?


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