![]() This baby flies!!! The ugly King-head gives me a bit slower rates, but with 56 for the OpenGL Version 2.1 still pretty good.Īnd the good thing: Aero works! (Windows Index gives 2.0, while for 3D gaming it's 3.3). I tested the OpenGL with the OpenGL Extensions Viewer (with the Cube), and it gave the following framerates FPS: In the release notes I found what I guess is the reason for this bad graphics on Version 8.9 and up: "This release of Catalyst™ introduces OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support." And the ATI Mobility Radeon X300 only supports up to OpenGL Version 2.1.!!!! So, for me its explained and I need not search any further. ![]() And Version 8.9 gave me the bad graphics (squared borders etc.) and slow performance I had seen so many times already. Version 8.8 doesn't contain drivers, only Visual C 8 and other thingies. ![]() Version 8.6 wouldn't show the graphics, only blank screens. But I went further up (knowing that official support for legacy Radeon ended in Version 9.3). I found Version 8.4 performing the best of all, no mouse lag and good graphics. My test game was Angry Birds Star Wars II, the heaviest game of all Rovio games I have. Some drivers went well, others went better. I went up and up, downloading, extracting, modding, installing. From Version 7.3 and up i had to use the DriverHeaven Mobility Modder 1.2.1.0, found here. It installed but gave a BSOD at shutdown. I thought it would be wise to start at the bottom. Then finally I tried the Vista drivers on this forum (the old section here). And one of the modded drivers that I found here on this forum had Aero support but the games were running very slowly and with bad graphics. Windows XP driver installed correctly (and had the games running well) but couldn't give Aero support (I like some features of it). Since Windows XP support has ended, I wanted to switch to Windows 7, but i just couldn't find the right driver. I was happy with it and my kids were happy with it, playing all Rovio Angry Birds games on it (newest version). I upgraded the RAM to 2x1GB=2GB dual channel and installed a TP-Link MiniPCI Wireless N card (but both are not that important for the video). ![]() Its just an old laptop but i don't want to get rid of it because the screen has a magnificent resolution of 1920x1200 (on a 15", yes!). I own a Dell Latitude D810 laptop, which has the ATI Mobility Radeon X300. I have searched for a solution for my Dell Latitude D810 laptop for quite a while now, and i finally found it! Let me explain. ![]()
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