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Am I retarded?
    #4993284 - 11/29/05 08:11 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

... how the hell do I update my video drivers? I've been using computers all my life but finding the latest drivers for my video card seems to be beyond me. I go to their site (I have an ATI Radeon 7500) and don't know where to look. I tried some BS "free driver directory" and it only resulted in my spam to my email account. I need the help of you pubbers here.

I know the Technology forum may be more appropriate for an appeal of this sort but it only gets about three posts a day, and I know the answers are here. And I'm an impatient selfish bastard

Thanks, brothers and sisters.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4993293 - 11/29/05 08:15 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Did you check your device manager to see if you have the most current driver?


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4993295 - 11/29/05 08:16 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Did you check their webpage? There's a big button that says "DRIVERS"

drr

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4993305 - 11/29/05 08:22 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Find it?


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #4993319 - 11/29/05 08:31 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Yes I found it, thank you. I've been to this screen before, though, and didn't know what option to choose. I got scared and ran.

There are four options under Radeon products:

-Catalyst 5.11 Windows XP - Driver Download

-ATI Multimedia Center 9.08

-HYDRAVISION - For RADEON and Mobile ATI Products

-Catalyst Crew Feedback

I guess the third one sounds like what I want, so I'm gonna go ahead and click it. I'll install it and report on what happens. If you never hear from me again, you know what happened.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4993335 - 11/29/05 08:40 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Okay I ran that thing and restarted my computer but I didn't notice any difference in performance.

I'm trying to run the demo for Civilization IV, and I meet or exceed the system requirements but I'm still having graphics problems. Is there more than one driver I need to update?

Crap I gotta go to class, but thanks for your help.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4993460 - 11/29/05 09:55 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

A Radeon 7500 isn't a very good card. I wouldn't be surprised if your performance in Civ IV was very low. Drivers won't be able to help you here.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: freddurgan]
    #4993527 - 11/29/05 10:15 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Yup.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4993553 - 11/29/05 10:30 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

CyberChump said:
Yes I found it, thank you. I've been to this screen before, though, and didn't know what option to choose. I got scared and ran.

There are four options under Radeon products:

-Catalyst 5.11 Windows XP - Driver Download

-ATI Multimedia Center 9.08

-HYDRAVISION - For RADEON and Mobile ATI Products

-Catalyst Crew Feedback

I guess the third one sounds like what I want, so I'm gonna go ahead and click it. I'll install it and report on what happens. If you never hear from me again, you know what happened.




you installed hydravision? I thought that was some utility for dual monitors. dude, just install the first one - the one that says "driver download" - that's what you want.

install it
reboot.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: Vvellum]
    #4993665 - 11/29/05 11:02 AM (18 years, 2 months ago)

your card isnt strong enough to power the game to half of its potential. Go get a cheap geforce card.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: Vvellum]
    #4993916 - 11/29/05 12:09 PM (18 years, 2 months ago)

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you installed hydravision? I thought that was some utility for dual monitors. dude, just install the first one - the one that says "driver download" - that's what you want.




I told you I don't know what I'm doing. Anyway, I downloaded and installed the "driver download" option, and during installation I get two popup error messages:

"Severe - INF error: video driver not found"

and

"Severe - Setup was unable to complete the installation. Try to setup your display adapter with a standard VGA driver before running setup."

WTF does that mean?


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4993925 - 11/29/05 12:11 PM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Are you using XP? Try using driver rollback then reinstalling the first one.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: coda]
    #4993931 - 11/29/05 12:13 PM (18 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

your card isnt strong enough to power the game to half of its potential. Go get a cheap geforce card.




I would but I can't. I'm using a college-issued laptop and I can't install any hardware.


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Re: Am I retarded? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #4994934 - 11/29/05 04:32 PM (18 years, 2 months ago)

if none of the above work.


try ---> driverguide.com


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