ATI Radeon 2600 XT: Out of luck?

[agunslinger]

Getting ready to install W7 64 bit on a more than capable Inel i7 machine. It has a fairly respectable ATI Radeon 2600 XT in it with latest driver. Windows 7 Upgrade advisor says incompatable driver and Aero wont work. Aero and dualk screen is a must for this system. Anyone running a 2600 with usccess? Just wondering if its an overly cautious warning from the upgrade advisor or I am really out of luck,

Thanks!

 

[Minotar]

Getting ready to install W7 64 bit on a more than capable Inel i7 machine. It has a fairly respectable ATI Radeon 2600 XT in it with latest driver. Windows 7 Upgrade advisor says incompatable driver and Aero wont work. Aero and dualk screen is a must for this system. Anyone running a 2600 with usccess? Just wondering if its an overly cautious warning from the upgrade advisor or I am really out of luck,

Thanks!

Did it say the 2600XT is incompatible or just ATI catalyst control centre and driver?

 

[agunslinger]

Thnask for the reply. It says "Your current graphics adapter wont support the Windows Aero user interface". If it cant handle Aero I would suspect dual monitor also sketchy. But I remain skeptical.

 

[Minotar]

Thnask for the reply. It says "Your current graphics adapter wont support the Windows Aero user interface". If it cant handle Aero I would suspect dual monitor also sketchy. But I remain skeptical.

No problem.
Odd,my HD3200 onboard could handle aero no problem and your GPU is better.

Your using the 64bit edition yes?
I would try it and see if it works,im sure it will.

On a side note,a clean install would probably not have this problem,upgrades and very messy at the best of times.

 

[stormy13]

The upgrade advisor is a POS, and yes that 2600 XT will work just fine with Windows 7 and Aero. Only problem that it could have is if the card is AGP and you are running it on a motherboard that doesn't have a proper AGP driver.

 

[agunslinger]

Thanks gentlemen. I assumed the advisor was vague at best. I think the2600XY I have is PCIE 16. I will give the clean install a go then and report back.

 

[sygnus21]

Did it say the 2600XT is incompatible or just ATI catalyst control centre and driver?

Thanks gentlemen. I assumed the advisor was vague at best. I think the2600XY I have is PCIE 16. I will give the clean install a go then and report back.

The Cat 9.12 drivers here should work just fine - Drivers & Support | GAME.AMD.COM

And yes... the Catalyst Control Center works just fine, and is compatible, under Windows 7 x64, and has been since 7 beta.