My bad, I somehow started booting from my 9.1 partition again, which didn't have the ATI drivers. Switching back to 9.2.1 resulted in the same functionality I had last week.
I have been noticing though that 9.2.1 is not stable on my 8600. It was prone to freeze during regular desktop Finder use. What I did was back up my 9.1 extensions, and copied the ATI drivers from the 9.2.1 partition - along with Apple's updated OpenGL drivers, which I have hear they need. Works great, the card is working in 9.1 and there is no freezing. I have not tested the 3D acceleration yet.
Still, it would be perfect if the card loaded from boot, it sucks that I need to keep that 15-pin adaptor handy in case I need to boot from CD or something.
Meanwhile I will look for the original CPU which might be in the basement here. Thinking of trying a 9600 board instead but only if I can install a larger PSU first.
I have been noticing though that 9.2.1 is not stable on my 8600. It was prone to freeze during regular desktop Finder use. What I did was back up my 9.1 extensions, and copied the ATI drivers from the 9.2.1 partition - along with Apple's updated OpenGL drivers, which I have hear they need. Works great, the card is working in 9.1 and there is no freezing. I have not tested the 3D acceleration yet.
Still, it would be perfect if the card loaded from boot, it sucks that I need to keep that 15-pin adaptor handy in case I need to boot from CD or something.
Meanwhile I will look for the original CPU which might be in the basement here. Thinking of trying a 9600 board instead but only if I can install a larger PSU first.