Latest AMD Catalyst Video Driver for Windows 7

[julian nold]

Hi

I don't know wheather 9.5 or the new Vitakey version makes the trouble in combination with the 7000 but may be sb knowes the reason.

Since today BF2 stopped starting, every time I try to, I get the message, that I should put the CD in but the DVD is in there -.-

I reinstalled BF2 and now I am not sure wheather I should deinstall Vitakey or not.

Greetings
Julian

 

[Kalan]

I have no idea what to do... I'm just trying to do a simple install, however it will not install CCC, it doesn't even show it as an option when trying to install it from the 9-5_vista32_win7_32_dd.exe file from AMD's site, i have tried running compatability as Vista SP1, SP2 neither of those work, I have a 3870 X2 in a Alienware m17 running windows 7 build 7100, I just want the Control Center and I don't understand why it will not install it... reminds me why nVidia is better, no stupidity with drivers

 

[smarteyeball]

The driver and CCC should install without any compat modes etc.

There is no option to install 'just CCC'. It's automatically installed as part of the installation process.

What exactly is it telling you after clicking on the .exe?

Running CCC with a different driver version is not recommended.

 

[Kalan]

In the post from this thread linked below there are screenshots, there you can see that the CCC is a component being installed. Yes it may decide to install it automatically but in my case it does not list it in the box indicating that it will be installed, and also I can not find ccc.exe on the hard drive anywhere. Now in an attempt to manually install it I have ran the MSI files for it that are in the package downloaded and well then i get the options and the program but of course the program will not launch and tells me I am missing files. I have undone all that mess and am back to not having the CCC installed at all.


http://www.sevenforums.com/73468-post234.html

 

[sandman]

I was lucky with the 9.4 version installed the new 9.5 and then the problems begin, oh I forgot to say upgraded to a HD3870 video card before installing the 9.5 driver and CCC center but have no CCC and have tried all different ways to get it to install but no go. Using ATIToo0.27 to control the fan in the card which was to load for my media center system. Now it says I have the 9.5 installed with driver version 8.612.0.0 in device manager but no CCCcenter. Working fine other than that issue.GPU Enviramnet tempature is a little off I think but the GPU stays arount 35 to 50C.

 

[smarteyeball]

In the post from this thread linked below there are screenshots, there you can see that the CCC is a component being installed.

http://www.sevenforums.com/73468-post234.html

hmm, you're right. I've installed cat drivers that many times, I've stopped taking notice....

Now it says I have the 9.5 installed with driver version 8.612.0.0 in device manager but no CCCcenter.

Re-running the installation should install CCC for you.

However, when the Cat installations get a little messed up, it's always best to start from scratch.

Download Driver Sweeper and install it:
http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/

Uninstall "ATI install manager" from control panel/uninstall programs and let it remove all ATI components.

Reboot into safe mode and run driver sweeper. It must be 'run as admin' . Make sure you only select ATI and then select analyse first to verify that's all your removing. Then clean the drivers.

reboot normally and re-run the driver installation again. Both the driver and CCC should now be correctly installed.

 

[sandman]

Yes tried the uninstall method and many other methods a dozen times still get the same results it even tell me i have the CCCenter already installed working great so i am going to leave it alone till I get the final version of 7 or it starts giving me problems any body running crossfire on a P5k Asus MB with the HD2600XT cars and how do you deal with the sata cable at the back of the card.

 

[smarteyeball]

That's odd. Uninstalling The ATI Catalyst install manager should have removed CCC. Running driver sweeper as 'back up', should have finished cleaning everything else the installer misses.

The RC is essentially the 'final' version so you could be waiting needlesly. However if it's working at the moment, leave it as is

I'm not sure what you mean by a sata cable in the back of the card though? :huh:

 

[sandman]

The sata slots are right at the end of the card in fact the card goes past the spot were cables plug into, for the crossfire lower slot. So I decided it is not worth the extra hassle to try and install the second HD2600XT card on that system. I might sell the card instead or keep as a spare.
You can see how far the card goes past the cooling fan into the sata cables. This system has the HD3870 in it but the other one is the same video card as in the pic.

 

[junkieweb]

I had it ... my HD 4670 1G works great ...

 

[smarteyeball]

The sata slots are right at the end of the card...

I see what you mean now. From your earlier description I thought you meant sata cables that connected to the card itself. I couldn't see how that worked...

You could probably get away with 'flattening' the lower port cables between the card and mobo and then looping the top two over the card itself. or just loop all of them over the top. It may require a bit of jiggery-pokery but it could be done. It's probably less of hassle than you think.

 

[sandman]

Ya I might still try it maybe use the 90 degree angle end sata cable also might help. Thanks for the info I am going to have to reinstall the 9.5 drivers getting black screens or driver failure errors when I switch from full screen to minimize in Media center.

 

[smarteyeball]

90 degree cables might be a good idea.

As for CAT 9.5, I actually went back to 9.4 because it was giving me BSOD. However it may just be my setup that's not playing nice with these drivers.

 

[sandman]

Nice system spec. I build my own also, I have three I put together over the years with, the media one is the one i am playing with the most, my other two are with Vista Ultimate and Business for the wife and the other i do all my house bills etc. I put one together for my bro-in-law with the P5K also with a 3 gig cpu. Like to try the crossfire with the 2 HD2600XT cards. Maybe when my back in feeling better, I will give it another look.I am getting the free copy of Windows 7 for being a feedback tester and I hope they offer the 64 bit version, which I think I am goingt to try since I now have 4 gig of ram in this system. I am also thinking of the 4870 ATI card instead of the 3870.

 

[smarteyeball]

Thanks mate. This has been my first 'complete' build and I'm hooked. The only downside is the $$$ aspect

That's a bit of a windfall getting a free copy of Seven

The 4870 is still a great card, but if the budget allows, have you considered a 4890?

Hope you feel better soon.

 

[sandman]

Thanks better today on top of the back issue we just added to our family a 12 wk old Border Collie and she is a spitfire, , on another note got the 9.5 CCC and drivers to install properly. Thanks for the recommendation on the cards a little taped out right now but the 4890 I think is the way to go myself in the long run. Have a nice day.

 

[Kalan]

Well I tried the "fix" posted in the below link, and still no CCC, and now everything runs like total garbage, games lag consistently, and the FPS is shown in the top right corner etc. I even tried finding the 9.4 drivers with no avail because apparently AMD doesn't have a readily accessible place to download previous drivers. Does anyone have a solution to this?

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-...atalyst-driver-windows-7-a-31.html#post104555

EDIT: I managed to actually get 9.5 installed with CCC now... I had to mod the drivers with the program linked below and wow it finally shows up in the list to install. It's now there and functioning however I still have the FPS showing in the top right corner on all 3d rendered screens even the test stuff in CCC and can't seem to find how to turn it off.

Mobility Modder - DriverHeaven.net

EDIT 2: I resolved the FPS showing issue by downloading ATI Tray Tools found in the link below.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=733#download


I really hope this helps other people having issues. Everything is now running great thanks to third party programs.

 

[sirdan]

9.5 hotfix for AGP cards on amd servers. I installed and good so far. May be just small speedup.

 

[tangcla]

I found that the built-in Windows7 driver for my ATi HD4850 gave me better performance than Catalyst 9.4... might try 9.5, I'm more interested in it for PowerPlay power savings and temperature reductions
(having said that, I don't know if Aero constitutes as 3D or 2D mode...)

 

[John Henry]

what's actually the difference between Catalyst Software Suite (64 bit) English Only and Windows 7 WHQL Driver beside the version? the first one is 62mb and the second 98?