Anthony,
Probably no help, BUT, for the past few years I have seen that normal
"remove" option at CP/Add-Remove-Programs/ has changed. Seems proggy
writers now move me to run "their" uninstall routine. Like, "we can
not/do not wish to let MS rip us out of the party.
In all cases, the vendor does supply an active install/remove choice.
I have seen this behavior with:
MS Intellipoint drivers (no longer use)
Some old nVidia driver versions
AVAST a/v
Eraser v5.87
CCleaner (~ v2.27.x)
ATI (4350)--sorry don't recall driver version! Video card was replaced
with a nVidia 9600GTX.
Hope this helps. Clearly not comprehensive!
I still live with WinXP (32-bit).
Best,
Duncan
On 02/26/2010 13:56, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Do you have a way to do that? Used to be I had a way to open the
control panel. Now, the only sign of an ATI driver is the ATI Install
Manager in Remove Programs. I can also see the drivers in device manager
when I look at the drivers for the display adapter. This obviously can't
be right.
This is basically a new install and now the damn drivers are screwing me
up. Oh well, what's new with windows, right? :)
On 2/26/2010 12:25 PM, maccrawj wrote:
Do a full uninstall/cleaning of the anything ATI driver related, then
install the oldest driver that will support your card.
Assuming that works, backup and upgrade cautiously!
Love my ATI 3870x2, would of just as happily done Nvidia had they made
a dual gpu card and/or supported SLI on X48's, but ATI is having major
driver issues this past year or so. Truth be told Both companies have
totally fraked older generation chipsets by not maintaining driver
support at all, even without new features though it still has not made
their drivers any more stable IMHO. Currently both companies are on my
personal shit list.
On 2/26/2010 4:08 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Boy...
Things have really gone bad over here....
I went to remove the 10.2 Cat. drivers....well, I can't find any menu
options in the Programs menu....like they were never installed. Go into
the Programs in Control panel...all I can find in there was the ATI
Install Manager (or whatever it is called). I tried to remove
that...didn't seem to work until the second time I ran it...then install
the plain 10.2 driver....well, I could tell no difference with that, but
it would still crash...then I looked in the ATI folder on my C
drive...there I found the 10.2 Catalyst (WDM) driver folder, the 10.2
driver folder, and the previous 9.12 wdm drivers. So I installed
that...but I still don't see any program options...if the catalyst stuff
is installed I can't even find it on my system.
Worse yet...just a moment ago my screen suddenly started displaying
about an inch border along each side...rather than stretching to the
very edge of the screen as it always has...after a few reboots and
whatnots, I finally changed the refresh rate from 59 Hz to 60 Hz...and
it went back to normal.
I'm running 64-bit Win7 here. I had no problems with this display on
this mobo until I install the ATI 5770 board and its drivers. Now there
is no telling what will happen next. I wonder if the board is bad
somehow....
On 2/26/2010 12:14 AM, Stan Zaske wrote:
Wow, that's too bad Anthony. Bummer!
On 2/25/2010 9:38 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Well, I got home yesterday to find what Win7 had shut down and
restarted. It reported that the ATI driver had a problem. So, I get
directed to ATIs website where i got the 10.2 drivers. I install
them...then ran WEI and it crashes the PC.
I think I regret getting an ATI board.
On 2/17/2010 3:02 PM, Stan Zaske wrote:
I believe you will have to upgrade to a 5000 series card to see the
benefits. Tempting no?
On 2/17/2010 12:56 PM, Zulfiqar Naushad wrote:
All this is great. But I have a 4890 and what is the perf gain on
that card?
Regards,
Zulfiqar Naushad
On Feb 17, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Stan Zaske <[email protected]> wrote:
10.2 is supposed to be out but when I checked it still showed
10.1. Maybe later on today it will show up. Legit Reviews touts it
as a "major" update.
"By far the Application Profiles feature is the coolest feature in
Catalyst 10.2. I think it will revolutionize the way drivers will
be updated. If it works as well as it looks like it will, we will
see performance gains much sooner for newly released game titles.
Despite not having as much of a cool factor as the application
profiles does, let's not forget about the ATI PowerPlay. By
downloading and updating to CATALYST 10.2 video card drivers, it
means that consumers can save money on your electric bill, which
is fantastic. Reducing your systems power draw by 7-12 Watts may
not seem like a whole lot, but over time it does add up. If you
are like me and leave your computer on pretty much 24/7 it will
save you money in the long run. It's not every day that you get
new features, improved performance and a reduction in power. This
is by far one of the greatest updates in CATALYST history!
As for the Catalyst 10.3 drivers, I have to say that I am looking
forward to the 3D capabilities of it. I personally think that a
nice 3-monitor Eyefinity configuration running in 3D will
completely change the face of gaming! I may have to start saving
my pennies for that.
/*Legit Bottom Line:* With as much as a 22% performance gain as
seen in Colin McRae: DiRT 2. Plus all the new features that make
the Catalyst Suite 10.2/10.3 what it is, this Suite is a must have
especially considering the cost of FREE!"/
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