Unwinder: How about ATI 9x00 to FireGL X1? SoftQuadro for ATI?

9500pro 128mb and cant install soft FireGL driver

I have read the article and most of the post to this thread but have not been succesful with drivers 1020, 1021, and 1028 at ati's website and dell's driver 61026. I installed the script patch and the antiprotection patchs but get no choices when ati installation is done. I dont know much about deviceId but I wonder if that my be the problem with my install. Help me!!!!!!!!!
:O

 

You have to uninstall the previous driver and install the modified one "manually" without using setup.

 

I did uninstall previous driver and installed the modified driver through device manager

 

I HAVE A RADEON 9500 AND I TRIED TO PATCH IT FOR ACTIVATING THE 8 PIPELINES. WELL I DID EVERYTHING AS BEING TOLD BY THE FORUMS AND THE SOFT9XX0 INFO (PATCH BEFORE INSTALLATION OF DRIVERS BY FORCE 9500 CAPABILITIES --->MANUAL UPDATE DRIVER,DISABLE WIN FILE PROTECTION SINCE I USED CERTIFIED DRIVERS AND ALL THAT). WELL EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE I USED THE Catalyst 6.255 FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YET WHEN I RUN RIVATUNER THERE WHERE NO DRIVER SETTINGS - "No supported drivers detected for this display adapter". THEN I TRIED THE SAME WITH CATALYST 6.200 AND AGAIN I HAVE NO DRIVER SETTINGS.ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTION TO WHAT MIGHT HAPPENED???

 

SORRY, WRONG FORUM!!!

 

STILL I HAVE A QUESTION: WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THE FIREGL Z1 1021-1026 DRIVERS? THE ATI OFFICIAL SITE IS DOESN'T HAVE ARCHIVE DRIVERS AND I USED A SEARCH ENGINE AND STILL A AM NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THE DRIVERS.

 

So this is my score using SPEC Viewperf 7.1
[Default Stock AIW 9700 Pro w/Dual Display Mod]

Run All Summary -
---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT
3dsmax-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 9.521
---------- SUM_RESULTS\DRV\SUMMARY.TXT
drv-09 Weighted Geometric Mean = 36.62
---------- SUM_RESULTS\DX\SUMMARY.TXT
dx-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 58.30
---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT
light-06 Weighted Geometric Mean = 10.61
---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT
proe-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 11.71
---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT
ugs-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 21.38

and this is after SoftFireGL
[Unified78841]

Run All Summary
---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT
3dsmax-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 3.324 << What da?? it dropped!
---------- SUM_RESULTS\DRV\SUMMARY.TXT
drv-09 Weighted Geometric Mean = 53.25
---------- SUM_RESULTS\DX\SUMMARY.TXT
dx-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 76.95
---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT
light-06 Weighted Geometric Mean = 16.43
---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT
proe-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 14.01
---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT
ugs-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 30.39

most of the scores went up except for 3dsmax-02
I have no clue why it dropped. Anyone know why?

 

i had the same thing (on a 9800 pro 128MB single monitor):

Run All Summary (7.1 unified drivers)

---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT
3dsmax-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 3.199

---------- SUM_RESULTS\DRV\SUMMARY.TXT
drv-09 Weighted Geometric Mean = 35.66

---------- SUM_RESULTS\DX\SUMMARY.TXT
dx-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 34.82

---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT
light-06 Weighted Geometric Mean = 0.00000

---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT
proe-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 9.156

---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT
ugs-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 23.23

--- i just tried with dell 1036 drivers (force x2) and got this:

Run All Summary

---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT
3dsmax-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 14.91

---------- SUM_RESULTS\DRV\SUMMARY.TXT
drv-09 Weighted Geometric Mean = 93.62

---------- SUM_RESULTS\DX\SUMMARY.TXT
dx-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 81.62

---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT
light-06 Weighted Geometric Mean = 16.76

---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT
proe-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 19.81

---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT
ugs-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 28.39


much better!

 

I eventually found out why my 3dsmax-02 score was low. It was the Configuration Tab in the ControlPanel. 3D Studio Max/ VIZ 4.x, 5.x was selected. When Default was selected I got better scores. I also went back to 1036 because the Unified 78841 crashed SPEC Viewperf 7.1 and frozed my comp. screen on some test.

My scores now.

Run All Summary
---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT
3dsmax-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 17.76
---------- SUM_RESULTS\DRV\SUMMARY.TXT
drv-09 Weighted Geometric Mean = 94.25
---------- SUM_RESULTS\DX\SUMMARY.TXT
dx-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 98.63
---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT
light-06 Weighted Geometric Mean = 21.84
---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT
proe-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 23.15
---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT
ugs-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 31.04

 

you need to run the SPEC Viewperf 7.1a patch found at the ati site.
http://www.ati.com/products/workstation/benchmarks.html

Run All Summary

---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT
3dsmax-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 23.03

---------- SUM_RESULTS\DRV\SUMMARY.TXT
drv-09 Weighted Geometric Mean = 104.5

---------- SUM_RESULTS\DX\SUMMARY.TXT
dx-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 141.8

---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT
light-06 Weighted Geometric Mean = 31.90

---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT
proe-02 Weighted Geometric Mean = 26.02

---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT
ugs-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 32.29

 

The SPEC Viewperf 7.1a patch worked for light-06 but proe-02 still freezes my comp screen.(using Unified 78841) =/ I rolled back to 1036 again.

 

Just a little question about drivers realese, I'm using 3dsmax 5 with my 9700 no pro @ X1.
Until now I try to install 1030 ( i still use them but sometime this driver has a big problem of visualization in the shade viewport ), I try 1036, but didn't work well, Unified drivers from ati was. I think install correctly, I could choise th opengl ati drivers for max, but when I open the program, I just find the normal opengl driver, not specific for max...
I read that a loot of people use the 1036 and say that work well...

 

So, is the success rate of SoftFireGL about the same as that of SoftQuadro?

 

On the ATI web site you will find certified drivers for each DCC applications.

I'm currenty running the unified drivers w/o problems.

 

Does Riva Tuner change the BIOS

Just to be sure:

I'm going to patch with Riva Tuner the 1030 drivers, to install them on my 9700 pro, under Windows 2K.

I don't desire to change the PCI device ID and the PCI subsystem ID on BIOS, because i've 2 OS, and under XP i want keep the 9700 pro drivers.

If I understand correctly the article wrote by Unwinder, it's possible to patch succesfully and to install the FireGL drivers without changing the BIOS. The only drawback is that I need to install them manually under the Windows Control Panel.

Am I right?
Or the Riva Tuner script will change the BIOS, and I won't be able to use the same video card, under XP, as a 9700 PRO?

Please, help me

 

hi everyone,
i've got a sapphire radeon 9500 non pro w 128 mb ram (128 bit).
i have a few questions;
are there two versions of this card which one of them has a 256 bit memory architecture or u just turn a regular 128 bit one into a 256 bit one by opening the remaining 4 pipeline with the rt?fallowing the procedure i patched the cat 3,8 and my system recognised the card first as a 9700 pro then a fire gl x1, i also installed the fire gl drivers for 3ds max after i made the antiprotection patch but i've got neither better viewport nor rendering performance, besides i've had checkers on viewports on any 3d applications.so if icouldn't be able to open the remaining four pipelines or vice versa how am i gonna know? on the other hand after the installation of the patched drivers i've still got the same memory and core clock frequencies , did i have to over clock those frequencies after the installation?so i'll appreciate any kind of help very quick so i can return the card while i can.

 

hey all i've got an ati 9800p128 running at fgl x1 using 1034 drivers. i get dismal performance in maya 5 and nothing i do seems to make any difference. i've also tried the freefiregl drivers at x2 and nothing makes a whit of difference. yes, i've turned off vertical retrace.

anyone have any suggestions?

i once tried a geforce fx 5900 128 and got quite a bit better performance... maybe i'll have to go back to that. ugh.

 

Hi anybody,

i wonder if there is a way to hack firegl nt4-drivers to work with radeonx (9x00) ?

or does anyone know how to get a radeon 9500 working on nt4?