Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

[Chris M]

Hi all,

I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
x64 edition.

I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video performance
leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration has
been turned down a little.

With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are greyed
out so I can't check them.

I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst 8.8
but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control Center.
I tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor performance.

As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using the
generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.

Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not sure
if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.

Cheers,


--
Chris M.

Remove pants to email me.

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.

Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video cards. My
servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.

You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you haven't
already.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64
> edition.
>
> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video performance
> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration has
> been turned down a little.
>
> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are greyed
> out so I can't check them.
>
> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst 8.8
> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control Center. I
> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor performance.
>
> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using the
> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
>
> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not sure
> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --
> Chris M.
>
> Remove pants to email me.

 

[Tony Sperling]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than the
Vista driver, for the server?


Tony. . .


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
>
> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video cards. My
> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
>
> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you haven't
> already.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
x64
> > edition.
> >
> > I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
> > Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video performance
> > leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration has
> > been turned down a little.
> >
> > With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are greyed
> > out so I can't check them.
> >
> > I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst 8.8
> > but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control Center.
I
> > tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
> > installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor performance.
> >
> > As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using the
> > generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
> >
> > Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not sure
> > if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris M.
> >
> > Remove pants to email me.
>

 

[Bobby Johnson]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
think they're entirely different software.


Tony Sperling wrote:
> Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than the
> Vista driver, for the server?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
>>
>> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video cards. My
>> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
>>
>> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you haven't
>> already.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
>> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
> x64
>>> edition.
>>>
>>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
>>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video performance
>>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration has
>>> been turned down a little.
>>>
>>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are greyed
>>> out so I can't check them.
>>>
>>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst 8.8
>>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control Center.
> I
>>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
>>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor performance.
>>>
>>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using the
>>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
>>>
>>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not sure
>>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris M.
>>>
>>> Remove pants to email me.
>
>

 

[Tony Sperling]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Only, I was thinking that XP x64 being a Server derived OS and not sure
Vista is (while S 2k8 still could have inherited the new driver
architecture?) it might be worth considering?


Tony. . .


"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:eeOJivgCJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
> x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
> look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
> think they're entirely different software.
>
>
> Tony Sperling wrote:
> > Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than the
> > Vista driver, for the server?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
message
> > news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
> >>
> >> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video cards.
My
> >> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
> >>
> >> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you
haven't
> >> already.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Charlie.
> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
> >>
> >> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
> >> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
> > x64
> >>> edition.
> >>>
> >>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
> >>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video
performance
> >>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration
has
> >>> been turned down a little.
> >>>
> >>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are
greyed
> >>> out so I can't check them.
> >>>
> >>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst
8.8
> >>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control
Center.
> > I
> >>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
> >>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor
performance.
> >>>
> >>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using the
> >>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
> >>>
> >>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not
sure
> >>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Chris M.
> >>>
> >>> Remove pants to email me.
> >
> >

 

[Bobby Johnson]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Except, supposedly Server 2008 and Vista share the same
base, version 6.0, like Server 2003 and XP x64 did, version 5.2.


Tony Sperling wrote:
> Only, I was thinking that XP x64 being a Server derived OS and not sure
> Vista is (while S 2k8 still could have inherited the new driver
> architecture?) it might be worth considering?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:eeOJivgCJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
>> x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
>> look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
>> think they're entirely different software.
>>
>>
>> Tony Sperling wrote:
>>> Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than the
>>> Vista driver, for the server?
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony. . .
>>>
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
> message
>>> news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
>>>>
>>>> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video cards.
> My
>>>> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
>>>>
>>>> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you
> haven't
>>>> already.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie.
>>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>>>
>>>> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
>>> x64
>>>>> edition.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
>>>>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video
> performance
>>>>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration
> has
>>>>> been turned down a little.
>>>>>
>>>>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are
> greyed
>>>>> out so I can't check them.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst
> 8.8
>>>>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control
> Center.
>>> I
>>>>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
>>>>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor
> performance.
>>>>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using the
>>>>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not
> sure
>>>>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Chris M.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remove pants to email me.
>>>
>
>

 

[Bobby Johnson]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

P.S.

This link indicates Vista and Server 2008 may be closely
related for drivers:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb969707.aspx


Bobby Johnson wrote:
> Except, supposedly Server 2008 and Vista share the same base, version
> 6.0, like Server 2003 and XP x64 did, version 5.2.
>
>
> Tony Sperling wrote:
>> Only, I was thinking that XP x64 being a Server derived OS and not sure
>> Vista is (while S 2k8 still could have inherited the new driver
>> architecture?) it might be worth considering?
>>
>>
>> Tony. . .
>>
>>
>> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>> news:eeOJivgCJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
>>> x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
>>> look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
>>> think they're entirely different software.
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony Sperling wrote:
>>>> Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than the
>>>> Vista driver, for the server?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony. . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>> message
>>>> news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video cards.
>> My
>>>>> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
>>>>>
>>>>> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you
>> haven't
>>>>> already.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>>>>
>>>>> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
>>>> x64
>>>>>> edition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
>>>>>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video
>> performance
>>>>>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration
>> has
>>>>>> been turned down a little.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are
>> greyed
>>>>>> out so I can't check them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst
>> 8.8
>>>>>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control
>> Center.
>>>> I
>>>>>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
>>>>>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor
>> performance.
>>>>>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using the
>>>>>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not
>> sure
>>>>>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Chris M.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Remove pants to email me.
>>>>
>>
>>

 

[Bobby Johnson]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Additionally look at what this link has to say about Server
2008 with a nVidia card:

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sand...5/enabling-flip3d-on-windows-server-2008.aspx



Bobby Johnson wrote:
> P.S.
>
> This link indicates Vista and Server 2008 may be closely related for
> drivers:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb969707.aspx
>
>
> Bobby Johnson wrote:
>> Except, supposedly Server 2008 and Vista share the same base, version
>> 6.0, like Server 2003 and XP x64 did, version 5.2.
>>
>>
>> Tony Sperling wrote:
>>> Only, I was thinking that XP x64 being a Server derived OS and not sure
>>> Vista is (while S 2k8 still could have inherited the new driver
>>> architecture?) it might be worth considering?
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony. . .
>>>
>>>
>>> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eeOJivgCJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
>>>> x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
>>>> look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
>>>> think they're entirely different software.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony Sperling wrote:
>>>>> Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than
>>>>> the
>>>>> Vista driver, for the server?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony. . .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>> message
>>>>> news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video
>>>>>> cards.
>>> My
>>>>>> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you
>>> haven't
>>>>>> already.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008
>>>>>>> Enterprise
>>>>> x64
>>>>>>> edition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the
>>>>>>> latest
>>>>>>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video
>>> performance
>>>>>>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration
>>> has
>>>>>>> been turned down a little.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are
>>> greyed
>>>>>>> out so I can't check them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst
>>> 8.8
>>>>>>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control
>>> Center.
>>>>> I
>>>>>>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
>>>>>>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor
>>> performance.
>>>>>>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not
>>> sure
>>>>>>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Chris M.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Remove pants to email me.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>

 

[Tony Sperling]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Yes, I thought it might - but I didn't know if it did, and it should take me
a while to read enough before I'm convinced, I believe.


Tony. . .


"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:%23kj0b7gCJHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Except, supposedly Server 2008 and Vista share the same
> base, version 6.0, like Server 2003 and XP x64 did, version 5.2.
>
>
> Tony Sperling wrote:
> > Only, I was thinking that XP x64 being a Server derived OS and not sure
> > Vista is (while S 2k8 still could have inherited the new driver
> > architecture?) it might be worth considering?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > news:eeOJivgCJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
> >> x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
> >> look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
> >> think they're entirely different software.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tony Sperling wrote:
> >>> Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than
the
> >>> Vista driver, for the server?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Tony. . .
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
> > message
> >>> news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>>> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video
cards.
> > My
> >>>> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
> >>>>
> >>>> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you
> > haven't
> >>>> already.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Charlie.
> >>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> >>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
> >>>>
> >>>> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008
Enterprise
> >>> x64
> >>>>> edition.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the
latest
> >>>>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video
> > performance
> >>>>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration
> > has
> >>>>> been turned down a little.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are
> > greyed
> >>>>> out so I can't check them.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst
> > 8.8
> >>>>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control
> > Center.
> >>> I
> >>>>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
> >>>>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor
> > performance.
> >>>>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using
the
> >>>>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not
> > sure
> >>>>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Chris M.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Remove pants to email me.
> >>>
> >
> >

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Vista and Server 2k8 are the same code base. Vista SP1 is build 6001. Server
2k8 is build 6001.

There are differences, obviously, but the underlying code base is the same.
The code base between XP x64 and Server 2k8 is NOT the same, and _if_ a
driver will work, it will not be optimized at best.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
news:uqX$CUhCJHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Yes, I thought it might - but I didn't know if it did, and it should take
> me
> a while to read enough before I'm convinced, I believe.
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:%23kj0b7gCJHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Except, supposedly Server 2008 and Vista share the same
>> base, version 6.0, like Server 2003 and XP x64 did, version 5.2.
>>
>>
>> Tony Sperling wrote:
>> > Only, I was thinking that XP x64 being a Server derived OS and not sure
>> > Vista is (while S 2k8 still could have inherited the new driver
>> > architecture?) it might be worth considering?
>> >
>> >
>> > Tony. . .
>> >
>> >
>> > "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>> > news:eeOJivgCJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >> I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
>> >> x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
>> >> look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
>> >> think they're entirely different software.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Tony Sperling wrote:
>> >>> Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than
> the
>> >>> Vista driver, for the server?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Tony. . .
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>> > message
>> >>> news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> >>>> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video
> cards.
>> > My
>> >>>> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you
>> > haven't
>> >>>> already.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Charlie.
>> >>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> >>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
>> >>>>> Hi all,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008
> Enterprise
>> >>> x64
>> >>>>> edition.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the
> latest
>> >>>>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video
>> > performance
>> >>>>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration
>> > has
>> >>>>> been turned down a little.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are
>> > greyed
>> >>>>> out so I can't check them.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst
>> > 8.8
>> >>>>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control
>> > Center.
>> >>> I
>> >>>>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and
>> >>>>> that
>> >>>>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor
>> > performance.
>> >>>>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using
> the
>> >>>>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm not
>> > sure
>> >>>>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Cheers,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Chris M.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Remove pants to email me.
>> >>>
>> >
>> >
>
>

 

[Tony Sperling]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Thank you! Saves me reading more than I would otherwise need, perhaps?


Tony. . .


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:%231GgEahCJHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Vista and Server 2k8 are the same code base. Vista SP1 is build 6001.
Server
> 2k8 is build 6001.
>
> There are differences, obviously, but the underlying code base is the
same.
> The code base between XP x64 and Server 2k8 is NOT the same, and _if_ a
> driver will work, it will not be optimized at best.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> news:uqX$CUhCJHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Yes, I thought it might - but I didn't know if it did, and it should
take
> > me
> > a while to read enough before I'm convinced, I believe.
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23kj0b7gCJHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> Except, supposedly Server 2008 and Vista share the same
> >> base, version 6.0, like Server 2003 and XP x64 did, version 5.2.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tony Sperling wrote:
> >> > Only, I was thinking that XP x64 being a Server derived OS and not
sure
> >> > Vista is (while S 2k8 still could have inherited the new driver
> >> > architecture?) it might be worth considering?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Tony. . .
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:eeOJivgCJHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> >> I think there's enough difference in the drivers that the XP
> >> >> x64 drivers probably won't even install on Vista. If you
> >> >> look at the ATI site the files sizes are different and I
> >> >> think they're entirely different software.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Tony Sperling wrote:
> >> >>> Also, is there a chance the XP x64 driver would perform better than
> > the
> >> >>> Vista driver, for the server?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Tony. . .
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
> >> > message
> >> >>> news:ee4H17fCJHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> >>>> You may need to be running elevated to make any changes.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Also, keep in mind that Servers don't really use high end video
> > cards.
> >> > My
> >> >>>> servers top out at 32mb of video RAM.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> You might try installing the "Desktop Experience" feature if you
> >> > haven't
> >> >>>> already.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> --
> >> >>>> Charlie.
> >> >>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> >> >>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> "Chris M" <News@mckeownpants-online.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>> news:g98t27$m4c$1@aioe.org...
> >> >>>>> Hi all,
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I have recently upgraded my machine to Windows Server 2008
> > Enterprise
> >> >>> x64
> >> >>>>> edition.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the
> > latest
> >> >>>>> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video
> >> > performance
> >> >>>>> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware
acceleration
> >> > has
> >> >>>>> been turned down a little.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are
> >> > greyed
> >> >>>>> out so I can't check them.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with
Catalyst
> >> > 8.8
> >> >>>>> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control
> >> > Center.
> >> >>> I
> >> >>>>> tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and
> >> >>>>> that
> >> >>>>> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor
> >> > performance.
> >> >>>>> As it stands, the video performance is actually better when using
> > the
> >> >>>>> generic VGA driver, but the quality is not as good.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Any advice? I haven't tested the same thing on Vista x64 so I'm
not
> >> > sure
> >> >>>>> if it's a Server 2008 x64 specific problem or not.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Cheers,
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> --
> >> >>>>> Chris M.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Remove pants to email me.
> >> >>>
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
>

 

[Chris M]

Re: Sapphire X1950 Pro on Server 2008 x64

Chris M wrote:
> I have a Sapphire X1950 Pro graphics card and I downloaded the latest
> Vista x64 drivers for it. They installed fine, but the video performance
> leaves a little to be desired! It's as if the hardware acceleration has
> been turned down a little.
>
> With the driver installed, the hardware acceleration options are greyed
> out so I can't check them.
>
> I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them with Catalyst 8.8
> but after doing that I couldn't even launch the Catalyst Control Center.
> I tried an older version of CCC+Drivers (version 7.7 I think) and that
> installed and ran fine, but still has the problem with poor performance.

Just a follow up on this.

I found the source of the problem - Hyper-V was installed.

As soon as I removed it, it was like a different machine. I suppose it's
to be expected since with Hyper-V installed even the root partition
talks to the hardware via the Hypervisor.

I guess I'll just use Virtual PC if I need to virtualise anything.

Cheers,

Chris.