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CANADIAN firm ATI rang us to say that not only were reports of Catalyst drivers busting monitors untrue, it was a little suspicious that the rumours were started by people who arrived on forums on the same day, spreading this gospel.
See Are Catalyst drivers damaging monitors? It seems not.
Indeed, we doubt very much indeed that the rumours, reported on hardware web sites have much validity. We do remember a long time ago that you could POKE a Commodore Pet and make it burst into flames, but that happened very infrequently, as we recall.
These days, said the ATI representative, there is absolutely no possibility of duplicitous INF files being picked up by the software and used to wreak havoc on the screen that sits before you.
Then he started talking techie talk, saying: "In XP and 2K, we don't have access to monitor INF information in our driver component that manages display capability. We have never used monitor information. We rely on EDID data or user override information to determine monitor capability. Even though OS may use the monitor information to expose high refresh rate based on monitor INF content, driver always restricts the actual refresh rate going to the monitor based on EDID or the user override. i.e. user may be able to select from OS controlled monitor page (in advanced property pages) a high refresh rate but internally driver will restrict the refresh rate going to the monitor based on EDID information or user override information. If user set the override information incorrectly then incompatible signals would sent to the monitor."
Sheesh!
The ATI rep said that the firm's top engineers had worked all over the weekend to see if they could replicate conditions in which cards were borked or monitors went phut, and the firm is confident there's no such problems.
"You know how rumours start, Mike", the ATI rep said. "We're pleased to be able to say this one hasn't got any legs at all".
We tried to ask him about Half Life 2 and the lawyer firm run by Bill Gates' dad, but he wanted to know what hockey was like over here in Old Europe. We explained that it was usually played by women – they use a wooden ball, and in fact once one had hit us between the eyes.
Next thing we knew, the phone was off the hook... µ
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12239
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See Are Catalyst drivers damaging monitors? It seems not.
Indeed, we doubt very much indeed that the rumours, reported on hardware web sites have much validity. We do remember a long time ago that you could POKE a Commodore Pet and make it burst into flames, but that happened very infrequently, as we recall.
These days, said the ATI representative, there is absolutely no possibility of duplicitous INF files being picked up by the software and used to wreak havoc on the screen that sits before you.
Then he started talking techie talk, saying: "In XP and 2K, we don't have access to monitor INF information in our driver component that manages display capability. We have never used monitor information. We rely on EDID data or user override information to determine monitor capability. Even though OS may use the monitor information to expose high refresh rate based on monitor INF content, driver always restricts the actual refresh rate going to the monitor based on EDID or the user override. i.e. user may be able to select from OS controlled monitor page (in advanced property pages) a high refresh rate but internally driver will restrict the refresh rate going to the monitor based on EDID information or user override information. If user set the override information incorrectly then incompatible signals would sent to the monitor."
Sheesh!
The ATI rep said that the firm's top engineers had worked all over the weekend to see if they could replicate conditions in which cards were borked or monitors went phut, and the firm is confident there's no such problems.
"You know how rumours start, Mike", the ATI rep said. "We're pleased to be able to say this one hasn't got any legs at all".
We tried to ask him about Half Life 2 and the lawyer firm run by Bill Gates' dad, but he wanted to know what hockey was like over here in Old Europe. We explained that it was usually played by women – they use a wooden ball, and in fact once one had hit us between the eyes.
Next thing we knew, the phone was off the hook... µ
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12239
É mesmo falso...
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