Hi,

I have an 8500DV and the old 2.2 drives used to crash VV3, so I was relegated to using the crappy older drivers. I just donwloaded the 2.3 drivers released 9/12 and they seem to work fine so far.

You can get the new drivers from:
http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/powered.html

Let us know if you encounter any issues,

Jon