Well no previous Vista drivers have worked for me from 7.2 to 8.3 and I think 7.2 was the first Vista driver to support OpenGL. Now then, there is a xml file called atiogl.xml that when opened has a list of programs, I'm thinking that only the programs on the list will work, I e-mailed ATi asking if this was the case and they didn't reply.
I tried renaming ePSXe as DOOM 3.exe and others on the list as I'd read on other sites about having to rename exe files so that they'd work with SLI/Crossfire, well It didn't work. So far I've tried dlls from multiple XP drivers going back to the 6.6 Catalyst that came on the CD with the card.
Ticket Summary
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Status: Resolved
Date Created: 1/17/2008 10:15 AM EDT
Date Updated: 1/17/2008 10:21 AM EDT
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Type of Inquiry: PC support
Bus Type: PCI Express
Operating System: WINDOWS VISTA
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Driver Version: Other
Other Driver Version: CATALYST 8.1
Category: Feature Request
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Graphics Manufacturer: Sapphire Technology Ltd.
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Product: Sapphire Radeon X1600 PRO 256MB PCIE (11071-00-50)
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Summary: No OpenGL ICD installed, no OpenGL hardware acceleration
Details:
Having tried all versions of Catalyst from 7.1 to 8.1 Hotfix, there is no OpenGL hardware acceleration in ePSXe (a popular playstation emulator).
Many other people are experiencing severe graphics errors involving black triangles as evidenced by the attached pictures and following forum topics:
Pete`s Messageboard Forum - PSX GPU plugins - Attn Pete: OpenGL GPU Plugin, vertex buffer/primitive assembly bug - Seite 1
Performance issues w/ Pete's OpenGL2 2.8 and Vista/Vista ATI Drivers
FFVII black triangles?
Black traingles problem on XP
PC Wizard 2008 from CPUID and OpenGL Extension Viewer from realtech VR report that there is no hardware acceleration for OpenGL and no OpenGL ICD installed respectively.
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PC Wizard 2008.TXT
Final Fantasy 8 OpenGL Errors.JPG
Final Fantasy 9 OpenGL Errors.JPG
PC Wizard No OpenGL Acceleration.JPG
Spryo The Dragon OpenGL Error 2.JPG
Ticket Description
Type of Inquiry: PC support
Bus Type: PCI Express
Operating System: WINDOWS VISTA
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Driver Version: CATALYST 8.2
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Category: Catalyst Crew Feedback
Driver Version: CATALYST 8.2
Topic: Installation
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Graphics Manufacturer: Sapphire Technology Ltd.
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Product: Other Sapphire (Uncertified)
Application Version: realtech VR OpenGL Extensions viewer 3.01
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Summary: No OpenGL ICD
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For MORE THAN A YEAR (22nd February 2007)OpenGL has not worked properly on my SAPPHIRE 1600PRO 256MB DDR2 card. Now this may be due to these circumstances:
1)The SKU# of my graphics card is 11071-35-20R and not 11071-00-50 as per the drop down list, perhaps the driver inf doesn't fully recognise this card and so doesn't install the ICD.
2)After much fiddling I noticed that the Vista x64 drivers lack atio6ax2.dll and atioglx2.dll which are in the XP64 drivers, but have atio6aax.dll and atioglxx.dll
3)Having expanded atio6ax2.dl_ to atio6ax2.dll and placing it in the C:\Windows\system32 folder still no ICD installed.
4)Having expanded atioglx2.dl_ to atioglx2.dll and placing it in the C\Windows\syswow64 folder still no ICD installed.
5)I also tried copying atio6ax2.dl_ and atioglx2.dl_ to the
C:\ATI\SUPPORT\8-2_vista64_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_58134\Driver\Packages\Dri vers\Display\LH6A_INF\B_58538
folder and also copied the CH_59345 and renamed it to CH_59347 then reinstalled but still no result.
Now, please get back to me about the SKU of my graphics card and if it affects the OpenGL ICD installation.
Have you somehow missed including the atio6ax2.dll and atioglx2.dll in the Vista x64 drivers for a whole year?
Does OpenGL only work in the applications listed in atiogl.xml?
How comes Nvidia have a working ICD, it works on my other computer with an GeForece FX5200, surely a Radeon 1600pro is a better card?
This issue is making me consider a Nvidia graphics card over an ATI one in a new PC, the AMD 780G Motherboards look good on paper but your OpenGL problems will affect those too. If I get an Intel G35 motherboard AMD miss out on me buying an ATI graphics card, chipset and CPU.
People on YOUR OWN FORUMS are complaining about the OpenGL or rather lack of:
AMD Game Forums - OpenGL with a Radeon X800xt on Vista
and other people here:
Pete`s Messageboard Forum - PSX GPU plugins - Attn Pete: OpenGL GPU Plugin, vertex buffer/primitive assembly bug - Seite 1
Performance issues w/ Pete's OpenGL2 2.8 and Vista/Vista ATI Drivers
FFVII black triangles?
Black traingles problem on XP
Pete`s Messageboard Forum - PSX GPU plugins - New drivers, new problems. OGL2 - Seite 1
PLEASE LOOK AT ATTACHED SCREENSHOTS
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Final Fantasy 8 OpenGL Errors.JPG
Final Fantasy 9 OpenGL Errors.JPG
Spryo The Dragon OpenGL Error 2.JPG
realtech VR OpenGL Extension Viewer.PNG
GPU-Z.PNG
PC Wizard 2008.PNG
These are my support tickets so far.
By the way, I solved the ICD problem with the registry entry mentioned earlier, I can't attach the xml.