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First post, by stamasd

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I am looking for the Catalyst packages for Win98 from the 6.x and 5.x series for testing with a Radeon 9200 (I have some problems with Catalyst 6.2).
I know there is a package labeled "ATi Catalyst Driver collection for Windows 98" on vogonsdrivers https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fil … 669&menustate=0 but actually most of the drivers it contains are for Win2k and XP, except for the 6.2 and the very early 2.x-3.1 drivers.
AMD's website doesn't have anything but the 6.2, and as I said I have some issues with that one. And I don't trust stuff downloaded from "drivers" websites.
Any source for trusted installers for the 5.x (5.2-5.13) or 6.1 for Win98?
Anticipated thanks. 😀

(I've even tried old versions of the ATI website from 2003-2005 on archive.org but unfortunately the archived versions of ATI's website from that period are non-functional)

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 1 of 10, by Joseph_Joestar

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I ran into the same issue a while back. Looks like most of the Catalyst drivers for Win9x are gone from the internet, except possibly for some obscure FTP sites, or maybe magazine cover discs from that time.

I did find Catalyst 4.3 for Win9x here on Softpedia, and that worked with my Radeon 9000 Pro. Not sure if it's suitable for 9200 and 9250 cards though.

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PC#3: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 / Audigy2 ZS
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 980Ti / X-Fi Titanium

Reply 2 of 10, by stamasd

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I found 4.11 beta on bitsavers https://archive.org/details/wme-8-03-98-3-041103a-019079e
I'll try it and see if it works for me
The link for 4.3 from softpedia redirects to AMD's website and the file is not there 🙁

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 3 of 10, by stamasd

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Also found 4.10 on https://theretroweb.com/drivers/84 Didn't even know until now that The Retro Web has drivers. 😀

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 4 of 10, by Joseph_Joestar

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stamasd wrote on 2024-09-25, 18:01:

The link for 4.3 from softpedia redirects to AMD's website and the file is not there 🙁

Damn, I just noticed that Softpedia has the "External Mirror" redirect for some of their drivers, including that one.

On the flip side, it looks like someone uploaded Catalyst 4.3 here on Vogonsdrivers.

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 / Audigy2 ZS
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 980Ti / X-Fi Titanium

Reply 5 of 10, by stamasd

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-09-25, 18:10:
stamasd wrote on 2024-09-25, 18:01:

The link for 4.3 from softpedia redirects to AMD's website and the file is not there 🙁

Damn, I just noticed that Softpedia has the "External Mirror" redirect for some of their drivers, including that one.

On the flip side, it looks like someone uploaded Catalyst 4.3 here on Vogonsdrivers.

Yeah I tried that one and I have the same issue as with 6.2. 3DMark2001 crashes. That is with all Radeon 9200 cards I have tried, on several systems.

I/O, I/O,
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With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 6 of 10, by BitWrangler

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Been shaking out the couch cushions of some older sites, only ones I came up with that didn't say they were 2k/XP or 6.2 were these
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/ati-catalyst-drivers/
But they still might be XP... I see that site with ad blocker running so don't know if it's a chaos of "Download here" buttons but the real one is green, turns yellow on hove, hover url is oldversion.com link and it says "Download Now"

Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.

Reply 7 of 10, by zyga64

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I have Catalyst 3.4 (driver 4.14.01.9099) and driver 4.13.7189 (pre-catalyst ?) : https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/m6ay9krz7uk54e … t=29fo75sy&dl=0

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Reply 8 of 10, by stamasd

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Yay, the 4.10 that I downloaded from the retro web (link above) works, and 3DMark2001 doesn't crash.
Good find, someone should probably put it on vogonsdrivers. It's the whole install CD, about 600MB.

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 9 of 10, by stamasd

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Did a quick benchmark set with 4.10. In 3DMax 99 it scores about 5% lower (same card, same system) as with 6.2; in 3DMark2000 it scores basically the same, and in 3DMark2001 it scores almost the same as a GF3Ti500 (couldn't compare against itself because it crashes with 6.2). I'm happy with these results. Games run smoothly, including 2003 games.

I/O, I/O,
It's off to disk I go,
With a bit and a byte
And a read and a write,
I/O, I/O

Reply 10 of 10, by dormcat

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Both of my AGP Radeon cards were made by Gigabyte (GV-R9000 PRO II and GV-R96P256D) so I downloaded their shared drivers from Gigabyte.

Filename: vga_driver_ati_radeon_agp8x_98me.exe (18,040,985 bytes)

2D version: 4.14.01.9138
Display driver version: 7.99.98-040323a-014891E
Control panel version: 6.14.10.5090

The INF file contains following models:

[Mfg]
"ATI RADEON 9550" = RV350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4153
"ATI RADEON 9550 Secondary" = RV350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4173
"RADEON 7000 SERIES" = RV100_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5159
"RADEON 7000 Series " = RV100_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_515A
"RADEON 7200 SERIES" = R6_ENU_default, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5144
"RADEON 7500 SERIES" = RV200_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5157
"RADEON 8500 SERIES" = R200_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_514C
"RADEON 9000 SERIES" = RV250_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4966
"RADEON 9000 SERIES - Secondary" = RV250_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_496E
"RADEON 9100 IGP" = RS300_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5834
"RADEON 9100 SERIES" = R200_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_514D
"RADEON 9200" = RV280_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5961
"RADEON 9200 " = RV280_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5961
"RADEON 9200 SERIES" = RV280_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5960
"RADEON 9200 SERIES " = RV280_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5964
"RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary" = RV280_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5940
"RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary " = RV280_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5941
"RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary " = RV280_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5D44
"RADEON 9500" = R300_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4144
"RADEON 9500 - Secondary" = R300_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4164
"RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700" = R300_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E45
"RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 - Secondary" = R300_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E65
"RADEON 9600 SERIES" = RV350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4150
"RADEON 9600 SERIES " = RV360_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4152
"RADEON 9600 SERIES " = RV350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4151
"RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary" = RV350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4170
"RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary " = RV360_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4172
"RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary " = RV350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4171
"RADEON 9700 PRO" = R300_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E44
"RADEON 9700 PRO - Secondary" = R300_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E64
"RADEON 9800" = R350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E49
"RADEON 9800 - Secondary" = R350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E69
"RADEON 9800 PRO" = R350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E48
"RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary" = R350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E68
"RADEON 9800 SERIES" = R350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4148
"RADEON 9800 SERIES - Secondary" = R350_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4168
"RADEON 9800 XT" = R360_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E4A
"RADEON 9800 XT - Secondary" = R360_ENU, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E6A