"Inconsistent lighting and shadow flicker is noticed when playing the game Thief 3 under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition or the RADEON X800 PRO. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4557.html" Just the X800?

I'll have a go on the 9800 and report back.

Ok, so here it is: There are still the shadow problems in Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow that were introduced in 4.5 There are still the shadow/lighting problems in Deus Ex: Invisible War that were introduced in 4.5 There are still the shadow/lighting problems in Thief: Deadly Shadows that were introduced in 4.5 There are still the shadow rendering problems in Far Cry that were introduced in 4.5 All in all, a wholly useless driver release.

While there's an element of truth to what you're saying, surely it shouldn't take 2 or 3 months to "fix" something in the drivers that previously worked? Surely 28 days is long enough to unbreak something? As for 'tiniest issue in the world', well those are some of the biggest PC releases this year. All in all it's a bit pathetic.

it takes quite a while. the whole microsoft WHQL process takes quite some time so its not certain that every problems discovered will be fixed between two releases.

no one = not you?