Latest AMD Catalyst Video Driver for Windows 7

[PCPete]

Note for X1xxx "legacy" ATI users...

Hi all,

Just a note for other older ATI hardware users/enthusiasts who want the latest version of the ATI driver suite for use under W7... (er, that was meant to mean users of older ATI hardware, not old users of ATI hardware )

ATI support sent me to the 9.1.3 build of their 64-bit Catalyst drivers for W7 x64 a bit over 2 weeks ago, and unfortunately, that driver set hasn't been updated since then.

And since the PCIe X1600XT (and similar X-series and 9xxx series cards) are now in "legacy support" mode, ATI won't be providing support (or, presumably, driver updates) until after their "build 7600 compatible" drivers are finalised. If they do provide updates sooner, it will only be on a "best effort" basis. That could work either way, I suppose...

I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles (drivers compile?) these days. But hopefully, this might help to minimise disappointment for others like me with perfectly acceptable but superseded hardware...

If anyone does get info about the W7 drivers for the older cards, please let us know! I'll do the same.

 

[Night Hawk]

Are you looking in the device manager? Once the ATI drivers are removed Windows will use it's own generic standard vga drivers and that will be indicated in the display adapter section in the device manager there.

 

[ShaolinMilk]

try and see if you can install the new driver this way in Smarteyeballs post here, but for the 9.7 drivers.






http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-...catalyst-driver-windows-7-a-17.html#post64410

Holy cow! Thanks so much! This brute force method worked perfectly!

 

[Airbot]

LOL, the infamous 9.4 fiasco fix. Glad it worked for you, because it was the last thing I could suggest.

 

[mail2parun]

cant start up catalyst control center

hey could any1 giv me some help..i am using hpdv5-1106ax with 3400 ati graphics card..i was previously using vista 32bit and now recently i installed win 7..downloaded all the drivers and is workin superb..my only prob is i insatlled 9.7 catalyst suite and drivers but in my device manager it is showin ati 3400 installed. but i am not able to open my catalyst center... wen i click right button in desktop its showin ATI CATALYST CENTER but not able to open it..when i clik nothing happens..
wen i checked in my task manager i found that it is running..

any 1 had such kind of prob...
it would be gr8 help if some could tell how 2 correct this...:huh:

 

[Night Hawk]

LOL, the infamous 9.4 fiasco fix. Glad it worked for you, because it was the last thing I could suggest.

It only took a trip into the device manager!

Meanwhile the 9.7 finally went on here without fuss. It simply took a new "beta fish" wallpaper to solve that little problem! :roflmao:
I also seeing a problem where one program refused to work on the host RC64 while it works perfectly on the second? Time for another clean install again!

hey could any1 giv me some help..i am using hpdv5-1106ax with 3400 ati graphics card..i was previously using vista 32bit and now recently i installed win 7..downloaded all the drivers and is workin superb..my only prob is i insatlled 9.7 catalyst suite and drivers but in my device manager it is showin ati 3400 installed. but i am not able to open my catalyst center... wen i click right button in desktop its showin ATI CATALYST CENTER but not able to open it..when i clik nothing happens..
wen i checked in my task manager i found that it is running..

any 1 had such kind of prob...
it would be gr8 help if some could tell how 2 correct this...:huh:

You have to be a little patient and a welcome anyways to the Se7enforums here! mail2parun

Did you restart the system inbetween all updated and the 9.7? Often you have to left everything finish installing in order to get one thing hanging to work when the rest are finished.

 

[danitaro]

hi everybody
I have a little problem, I'm running windows 7 rtm 7600 (64bit) on my hp pavilion with an ati hd4500.
The driver is installed but I can't seem to get the catalyst center to work. I've installed the 9.7 driver and everything seems to go well with the installation, it even says, installation completed, but the catalyst center isn't enywhere to be found. When I go to the folder ..programfiles/ati technologies the folder is just empty. my laptop says the ati install manager is installed but the catalyst control center not. I had the same problem when I was running the windows 7 rc.
I've tried to install the ccc from the extraction folder on c:/ati but still same problem.
Can anybody tell me what's wrong?
Thx
Dani

 

[ShaolinMilk]

Hey guys, I'm back.

There's a problem that I'm having. Ever since I was able to install the driver for my radeon 3850 properly, the fonts tend to get messed up. When I maximize/minmize, that's when it happens. I have attached a picture of it in this post and tell me what you guys think. Thank you.

EDIT: Also, it's only happening in the Aero theme.

EDIT 2: Another thing I notice. When I play games, its very laggy. Should I go back to the old drivers?

EDIT 3: Okay, I don't think I gave you every information about my card. I forgot to say, it's an AGP and not a PCIE! Maybe this is why its not working properly.

 

[GlobesStudios]

Hey guys, I'm back.

There's a problem that I'm having. Ever since I was able to install the driver for my radeon 3850 properly, the fonts tend to get messed up. When I maximize/minmize, that's when it happens. I have attached a picture of it in this post and tell me what you guys think. Thank you.

EDIT: Also, it's only happening in the Aero theme.

EDIT 2: Another thing I notice. When I play games, its very laggy. Should I go back to the old drivers?

EDIT 3: Okay, I think I don't think I gave you every information about my card. I forgot to say, it's an AGP and not a PCIE! Maybe this is why its not working properly.

hmm tricky problem,
i suggest fisrt reinstalling the drivers, if that dosent work try installing an older version of the drivers,
if that dosent work download the vista drviers and run in compatibilty mode

 

[mail2parun]

You have to be a little patient and a welcome anyways to the Se7enforums here! mail2parun

Did you restart the system inbetween all updated and the 9.7? Often you have to left everything finish installing in order to get one thing hanging to work when the rest are finished.

danks nighthawk yup i had restarted system after install but still its not comin...:huh:

 

[mail2parun]

hi everybody
I have a little problem, I'm running windows 7 rtm 7600 (64bit) on my hp pavilion with an ati hd4500.
The driver is installed but I can't seem to get the catalyst center to work. I've installed the 9.7 driver and everything seems to go well with the installation, it even says, installation completed, but the catalyst center isn't enywhere to be found. When I go to the folder ..programfiles/ati technologies the folder is just empty. my laptop says the ati install manager is installed but the catalyst control center not. I had the same problem when I was running the windows 7 rc.
I've tried to install the ccc from the extraction folder on c:/ati but still same problem.
Can anybody tell me what's wrong?
Thx
Dani

this is same problem i am also havin...any1 can shed some light on how 2 rectify it..

 

[Gedas]

hi everybody
I have a little problem, I'm running windows 7 rtm 7600 (64bit) on my hp pavilion with an ati hd4500.
The driver is installed but I can't seem to get the catalyst center to work. I've installed the 9.7 driver and everything seems to go well with the installation, it even says, installation completed, but the catalyst center isn't enywhere to be found. When I go to the folder ..programfiles/ati technologies the folder is just empty. my laptop says the ati install manager is installed but the catalyst control center not. I had the same problem when I was running the windows 7 rc.
I've tried to install the ccc from the extraction folder on c:/ati but still same problem.
Can anybody tell me what's wrong?
Thx
Dani

this is same problem i am also havin...any1 can shed some light on how 2 rectify it..

Use Mobility Modder to modify your ATI drivers. I had the same problem, but it worked for me. You can get Mobility Modder by pressing link bellow:
Mobility Modder - DriverHeaven.net

 

[danitaro]

Use Mobility Modder to modify your ATI drivers. I had the same problem, but it worked for me. You can get Mobility Modder by pressing link bellow:
Mobility Modder - DriverHeaven.net

tried that, unfortunately no result :s

ps: I'm desperate, but glad I'm not alone..

 

[Gedas]

But now I'm desperate about Narrow screen (black sides) in any game. Anyone knows how can it be fixed ? I'm using ati radeon hd 2600 and 15.4" WXGA laptop Display

 

[Night Hawk]

Unfortunately the HD 2600XT used here is on a desktop. One thing I do know is that the catalyst does have to match the driver set on. If the catalyst is newer or older then the version of the driver set since those can be downloaded as a separate item even by way of updates the catalyst won't recognise them.

One possible while not guarantedd solution would be nuking both drivers and any catalyst you have on now and then going direct to the support for the catalyst and drivers not the separate driver set. Even the Windows updates will only see the drivers by themselves.

You don't want to take the steps I did here of nuking one Windows installation to toss on a fresh one when the 9.7 refused to go on as well as another program simply not working! Gee? The 9.7 is on now on the clean install of 7 just like any previous catalyst without problems suggesting a Windows related issue as the cause.

 

[ShaolinMilk]

Can someone help me with my question from the previous page?

 

[Night Hawk]

Besides the previous suggestion made you should also look at other advanced system performance settings to maybe set those to let Windows manage or use the custom option to disable a few things. A look at the effects in the advanced>effects can also help with fonts.

 

[ShaolinMilk]

Besides the previous suggestion made you should also look at other advanced system performance settings to maybe set those to let Windows manage or use the custom option to disable a few things. A look at the effects in the advanced>effects can also help with fonts.

I just turned off the aero theme altogether because I couldn't find a fix for the font issue.

Thanks though.

 

[Night Hawk]

Sometimes tweaking a few items can be a help when you run into display issues of one form or another. Sometimes with everything checked off there simply browsing through a folder will be a lengthy process due to the wait for each icon to animate.

 

[ShaolinMilk]

Yeah, I'll play around with it.

Another thing I noticed... Whenever I play any games(including flash games), it does some weird lag. For example, if I play Mario and walk him across the screen, theres like this little lag every time the frame switches from one to another. I think this has to do with the driver.

EDIT: Even when I scroll up and down on the scroll bar, its not "smooth". The frames seems to skip sometimes.