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#2902187 - 11/16/09 04:14 PM ATI Catalyst drivers
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New system arrived today and had 2 system reboots already... 1 playing a game and one just browsing the net, but Steam was involved both times. Any known problems with W7 and Steam?

Anyway, still installing games and trying to get used to W7 and want to install the 9.10 cat drivers but I haven't had an ATI card in years so cannot remember how I uninstall the old ones. Can someone point me towards a guide to doing this on W7 or give me a quick how-to?

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#2902407 - 11/16/09 09:19 PM Re: ATI Catalyst drivers [Re: MaceUK33]
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As far as I can tell, for at least a couple years now, the ATI installer program removes old drivers and old CCC before installing the new one -- at least, that's what it says during the installation.

I ask for custom installation, but usually just click through. By doing so, I can "opt out" of added non-driver software that might be in the driver package.

During custom installation, the installer tells you what parts of the driver set are being changed and which are not. If you have an ATI chipset motherboard, it may change a motherboard driver -- I let it. Not everything gets changed every month. Things that are installed previously but won't be changed this month are shown by a grayed out check box with a check in it.

Old drivers used to be an issue with both ATI and Nvidia. ATI then provided a "cleaner" program to uninstall old drivers. Now its an automatic function of the installer program (the installer is updated often and loads automatically from the same one GPU driver download -- that is, just download 9.10 for your OS and click on it -- the rest is automatic).

Painless. I do it every month without issues -- including on Windows 7 RC and on my current "retail" Windows 7 HP.
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