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First post, by Srandista

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I know, that this is kind of modern HW related, but it shows, why it's good to have some older machine for playing older games.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7ncr3y/ … tx_9_support_a/
http://www.hexus.net/tech/news/software/11372 … unlikely-fixed/

Socket 775 - ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, Pentium E6500K, 4GB RAM, Radeon 9800XT, ESS Solo-1, Win 98/XP
Socket A - Chaintech CT-7AIA, AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600XT, ESS ES1869F, Win 98

Reply 2 of 3, by Srandista

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Nice, good to hear, that they are not throwing old games overboard!

For sure, they don't want to cope with sh*tstorm from community.

Socket 775 - ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, Pentium E6500K, 4GB RAM, Radeon 9800XT, ESS Solo-1, Win 98/XP
Socket A - Chaintech CT-7AIA, AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600XT, ESS ES1869F, Win 98

Reply 3 of 3, by Srandista

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This early access driver is being provided for users who have had issues launching a small number of DirectX 9 based games. This alpha driver has not been fully tested by AMD and is not recommended for general use.
Download and release notes: Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.1.1 Alpha Release Notes

Socket 775 - ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, Pentium E6500K, 4GB RAM, Radeon 9800XT, ESS Solo-1, Win 98/XP
Socket A - Chaintech CT-7AIA, AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600XT, ESS ES1869F, Win 98