Vanguard Recommended Drivers for Supported Cards

[Nil]

Sometimes, the latest driver and your card will have conflicts in Vanguard. Hopefully, this is a short-term issue, but in the meantime, check out this list for driver recommendations:

ATI Radeon 8000 Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.2 (9165)
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.5 (6614)

ATI Radeon 9000-9250 Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.2 (9165)
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.5 (6614)

ATI Radeon 9600 Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 5.2 (9165)
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 5.2 (6512)

ATI Radeon 9500-9800 Series* (Excluding 9600)
Win 98 / ME: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.2 (9165)
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.5 (6614)

ATI Radeon x300-x1900 Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.2 (9165)
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.5 (6614)

Matrox Parhelia**
Win 98 / ME: No Support
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/home.cfm
Recommended driver: 1.11.00.114

GeForce 3 & 4 Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html
Recommended driver: ForceWare 81.98
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_84.21.html
Recommended driver: ForceWare 84.21
NOTE: GeForce MX cards are not supported by EverQuest II

GeForce FX Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html
Recommended driver: ForceWare 81.98
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html
Recommended driver: ForceWare 91.47

GeForce 6xxx Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html
Recommended driver: ForceWare 81.98
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html
Recommended driver: ForceWare 91.47

GeForce 7xxx Series*
Win 98 / ME: No Support
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html
Recommended driver: ForceWare 91.47

[Faffy]

I updated my driver from 91.31 to 91.47 and my fps went down, but it seems that things look a little sharper. I'll play with it for a while before I decide to rollback to my old driver. I also had a lock up on high quality lastnight, first time that's happened to me in this game. I used to get a lot of hard lock ups in EQII, but I think I've got my system more stable now.

[Snowman]

91.47?? mine is 93 something.

Surly this is out of date.. well, that link to the driver doesnt work anyway.

[Nil]

Originally Posted by Snowman

91.47?? mine is 93 something.

Surly this is out of date.. well, that link to the driver doesnt work anyway.

Which link? They still work for me?

And they posted this on the VG help desk last Friday, so it's only a week old.

We have seen issues with older cards get resolved with older drivers.

Still, if you're finding the newer drivers are working better, then by all means, stay with them.

[Nosyd-V]

My new card is a ATI Radeon X1950 Pro. So should I go for the driver below?

ATI Radeon x300-x1900 Series*
Win 98 / ME: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.2 (9165)
Win 2000 / XP: http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Recommended driver: Catalyst 6.5 (6614)

Nice card as well, thanks Nil.

[Nil]

Originally Posted by Nosyd-V

My new card is a ATI Radeon X1950 Pro. So should I go for the driver below?

Hard to say. This is the recommended driver, so you can start there. Hopefully, this weekend, I'll actually get a chance to play (work, ugh - and my family expects my time as well - the nerve! :P) and I can tell you which works better for me.

[RandomPixie]

Hmmm, I just used the Catalyst 6.5 driver for my 9700 PRO and I had a system restart within minutes of playing the game, with an error message saying my video card was the culprit.