Graphics / Driver Advice

[victord66]

I have just moved from XP to Win7. My system is mainly used for browsing and watching video. I have let windows install the drivers but am wondering if I have the best ones installed. The reason I ask is that when watching videos during fast action scenes sometimes the video is not smooth. Seems to be a bit jerky. Not sure what that's called in technical terms. These are my specs:

Processor
3.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium D
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded

3072 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Display
Radeon X1300 / X1550 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) [Display adapter]
Radeon X1300 / X1550 Series Secondary (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) [Display

adapter]

Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. 24/04/2009 8.56.1.15

Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (24.0"vis, s/n HVZLC02813, December 2006)

Multimedia
Creative SB Audigy 4 (WDM)

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I understand that my video card is no longer supported by Radeon and I have not installed the CCC as I'm really not sure if that would be of any benefit.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[stormy13]

victord66 I would give this one a try,

ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver

Just released last week, so a lot newer than the driver from Windows Update. Don't let this,

Note: AMD’s DirectX 9 ATI Radeon graphics accelerators are not officially supported under Windows 7. If the user chooses to, they can install the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista graphics driver under Windows 7. Please be aware that none of the new Windows 7 graphics driver (WDDM 1.1) features are supported (as the Windows Vista level graphics driver is limited to WDDM 1.0 level support). Using the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista driver under Windows 7 is not officially supported by AMD, and as such AMD will not provide any form of customer support for users running in this configuration

worry you, the driver will install and work fine; or at least it should (using the exact same driver on my second computer with a X1950 in it, and it works no problem).

As for CCC that is entirely up to you. If you don't want it when installing the above, just select Custom install and un-select it.

 

[victord66]

Thanks stormy13. I've downloaded the driver, and it seems to install a manager of some sort, but when I go the control panel and ask it to update my video driver it says I have the best one already installed. Even when I point it to the new driver folder. ???? I don't know what's going on here. Nothing seems to have changed.

 

[torrentg]

Right click card in the device manager. Update driver software. Browse my computer. let me pick. Have disk. Browse. Double click on the .inf. Hit ok. Hit next.

The .inf is in C:\ATI somewhere, created when you extracted the original .exe that you downloaded by attempting first install.

After it installs with above method, reboot and then choose an Aero theme.

 

[victord66]

I've done this. There are four or five folders with drivers in them, but on each one I click I get an error that says this folder does not contain the correct drivers for my equipment.

 

[torrentg]

Because you're not double clicking on the .inf and instead, you were choosing the folder install method.

 

[victord66]

I'm sorry but I'm following your instructions to the letter. Each .inf file I click on says the same thing - not compatible.

 

[torrentg]

There are only two possibilities then.

You're doing something wrong

or

Are you running x64 Windows?

 

[victord66]

I'm not running x64 so I guess I'm doing something wrong. There are five folders with drivers. Which one should I be installing?

AVS_HSUSB
AVS_RIO
AVS_T200
RIO
TVW_HSUSB ???

 

[torrentg]

Go to C:\ATI in Windows Explorer.

In the top right, search for *.inf

Tell me the ones it finds and I'll tell you which to use.

 

[victord66]

atirio16 / atiriolh / atirt2lh / cl_83742 / cw_83742

 

[torrentg]

atirio16 / atiriolh / atirt2lh / cl_83742 / cw_83742

cl_83742

Enjoy.

 

[victord66]

Thanks, that's fine, but that .inf file is not in the folder I just downloaded. It's in another one called:

file:///I:/ATI/Support/9-10_vista32_win7_32_dd/Packages/Drivers/Display/W7_INF/CL_83742.inf

which was downloaded a month ago.

 

[victord66]

....and when I click it, I get a message that says my software is already up to date.

 

[torrentg]

Interesting how it found entries from I: while searching from C:\ATI

(impossible.)

I downloaded the driver myself that Stormy gave you and looked.

C:\ATI\Support\9-11_legacy_vista32-64_dd_ccc\Packages\Drivers\Display\LH_INF\CL_89303.inf

 

[victord66]

Thanks torrentg, but stormy advised to install cl_83742, not cl_89303.

I have successfully installed cl_89303 and the driver has been updated accordingly.

 

[torrentg]

Thanks torrentg, but stormy advised to install cl_83742, not cl_89303.

I have successfully installed cl_89303 and the driver has been updated accordingly.

You're welcome. But I don't see any reference to an .inf in Stormy's post. He directed well.

 

[victord66]

atirio16 / atiriolh / atirt2lh / cl_83742 / cw_83742

cl_83742

Enjoy.

Actually it was in your post....see above....

 

[torrentg]

atirio16 / atiriolh / atirt2lh / cl_83742 / cw_83742

cl_83742

Enjoy.

Actually it was in your post....see above....

We both advised well based on the information you gave. Glad it's good now though.