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Am I retarded?
#4993284 - 11/29/05 08:11 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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... 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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HELLA_TIGHT
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Did you check your device manager to see if you have the most current driver?
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Find it?
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WhiskeyClone
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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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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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freddurgan
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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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Yup.
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Vvellum
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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) |
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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"
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"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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HELLA_TIGHT
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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) |
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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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ShroomArtist84
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if none of the above work.
try ---> driverguide.com
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