Laptop ATI (9600 mobility) crash - simple solution: don't use ATI tray tools! - Guild Wars Forums

docminus · Dec 03, 2005, 10:23 AM // 10:23

I have had problems with GW on my laptop which has an ATI 9600 mobility - the program starts, I log on, but I can not log my toon into the world without a crash to desktop. There were numerous suggestions I read about, among them to use catalyst 5.5.

Well I am using 5.7 and now it is working perfectly with a 1280 * 800 widescreen resolution:

Solution: Do not start (otherwise quit) ATI Tray Tools (I am using 1.0.3.720). This seems to be the source "of all evil" with GW and my config. NOT the driver version.

Otherwise a good tip, as for any other game with this mobility chip, is to turn off all shading effects (vertex shader - this chip doesn't have one I believe) to get acceptable to good, if not even sometimes great frame rates.

MaglorD · Dec 05, 2005, 03:21 AM // 03:21

Could never really justify using third party tools when ATI's software seems good enough.

docminus · Jan 02, 2006, 07:32 PM // 19:32

using now catalyst 5.12 based on Omega drivers, n.p. so far.

Josh · Jan 02, 2006, 07:44 PM // 19:44

Hmm, might try the Omega Drivers, I've had trouble with the ATI Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO Atlantis card, I'll download this and give my 9600 PRO ago.