Opeth07

nah, I dont have vista. None of that worked for me . I made sure I had the right drivers as well. Tried uninstalling and installing some older drivers with no luck. Just doesnt want to work for some reason.

skugpezz

just format the damn pc..jeez

and yes gpu-z works with ati

gtz

Man I hope you manage to solve the problem without having to re-install the OS. I just ordered a 4870 and my old card is a 8800GT. I don't want to be in the same situation, since re-installing an OS won't be an option for me.

Pao

Read full thread, he said he has reformatted.

skugpezz

it could also be a glitch in windows ..whenever I plug my bluetooth dongle or my flash drive in new hardware comes up.. formatting my pc took care of that... how long have you been using the pc without a re-format?

jam3s

no offense to all you ati guys, the hd48xx series is impressive; as is the 4870x2 and all the other x2 cards, but this is exactly why I stay away from ATI.

I never have driver problems with nvidia.

I've purchased two cards from ati and it has always been a hassle getting drivers to work right. This is why I always flirt going to over to the "red tide" but in reality I know i'll be green forever

Just my two cents

Pao

No offense taken, to each his own experiences. I'm personally on ati cards 5 and 6 (since I have crossfire right now) and have never had a singular driver issue to speak of.

Go with what makes you happy.

gamervivek

the new hardware found is the audio chip on the card,you can install drivers for it or simply disable it from device manager if you don't need it like me.
mnake sure you have all the .NET updates since the CCC requires them to run properly.

lol

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Opeth07

It had been around a month because I had done a case/mobo swap. So it wasn't bloated or anything as I had a small amount of processes running at any given time. Had done regular adware checks and such. The reformat didnt alleviate any problems unfortunately. I tried googling and looking elsewhere because I wanted this to work since the performance was great. Unfortunately there were too many out of game issues occurring. I'll probably get a refund and buy a 260 or just wait for the new lineup from nvidia.

I really wanted to try ati, but for whatever reason it just didnt work . Hopefully its just my own incompetence that caused the problems, but after putting my 8800 back in everything worked fine.

PS--I updated the .net framework as well.

gamervivek

i still don't get what didn't work?
what card did you get anyway,try ati tool at stock to check if its the card thats the problem.

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there are only 10 kind of people in this world, those who understand ternary, those who don't, and then those who don't give a damn.

I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering...

old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you.

Ati Tray Tools vs CCC