Catalyst 4.5 and 4.6 cause windows problems and directx disabled!

[Dr. Richard Cranium]

i went back to the 4.5's two days ago.

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.... so much of me...

You are absolutely right, but we aren't talking about what is 'nice', we are
talking about 'morality'. A hugely different concept.

Hi,

I've installed the Catalyst 4.6 and now my video card is slow!
dxdiag says any directx features are disabled!

My system:
Ati all in wonder 8500 DV
P4 2ghz

older drivers have no problems.

any idea?

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[J?j?]

Hi,

I've installed the Catalyst 4.6 and now my video card is slow!
dxdiag says any directx features are disabled!

My system:
Ati all in wonder 8500 DV
P4 2ghz

older drivers have no problems.

any idea?

Please reply by email ([email protected]

 

[Diskhead]

Hi,

I've installed the Catalyst 4.6 and now my video card is slow!
dxdiag says any directx features are disabled!

My system:
Ati all in wonder 8500 DV
P4 2ghz

older drivers have no problems.

any idea?

Please reply by email ([email protected]

Have Smartgart retest all.

 

[Kill Bill]

Enable them?

 

[[neil]]

Hi,

I've installed the Catalyst 4.6 and now my video card is slow!
dxdiag says any directx features are disabled!

You can't take the easy way out and simply install the newer drivers over
your existing ones.

You MUST uninstall your current drivers (Add/Remove programs, look for the
drivers uninstall then software uninstall utilities), reboot, cancel windows
installing generic drivers, then start your new drivers install.

After a reboot, it will be hunky-dory.

HTH,

Neil

 

[Diskhead]

You can't take the easy way out and simply install the newer drivers over
your existing ones.

You MUST uninstall your current drivers (Add/Remove programs, look for the
drivers uninstall then software uninstall utilities), reboot, cancel windows
installing generic drivers, then start your new drivers install.

After a reboot, it will be hunky-dory.

HTH,

Neil

I just install over the top when using Omega drivers and never had a
problem. On Win98SE I remember my Directx acceleration was disabled
and having SmartGart retest caused it to enable again.

 

[Bill Larcombe]

I just install over the top when using Omega drivers and never had a
problem. On Win98SE I remember my Directx acceleration was disabled
and having SmartGart retest caused it to enable again.

It's always *best* to uninstall the old drivers first but but why should one
have to. Is it really that difficult to create a driver package (or any
application) that you can install over a previous setup maybe by
uninstalling old files first?

BillL

 

[Daniel Czajko]

Interesting. I never uninstall the old drivers. I always just install the
new ones over the old ones. Never had a problem. I've been doing this for
about two years now

 

[[neil]]

Interesting. I never uninstall the old drivers. I always just install the
new ones over the old ones. Never had a problem. I've been doing this for
about two years now

I agree you shouldn't *have* to uninstall first, and sometimes maybe you can
get away with it... but on the couple of times I've thought "sod it, I'll
install over the top", I've had no DX acceleration in windows and had to
uninstall, reboot, install, reboot and it's then been ok.

Neil

 

[Diskhead]

It's always *best* to uninstall the old drivers first but but why should one
have to. Is it really that difficult to create a driver package (or any
application) that you can install over a previous setup maybe by
uninstalling old files first?

BillL

That's one of the reasons I prefer to use Omega drivers, he has
designed the package so you don't need to uninstall the old drivers.

 

[borolad]

I agree you shouldn't *have* to uninstall first, and sometimes maybe you can
get away with it... but on the couple of times I've thought "sod it, I'll
install over the top", I've had no DX acceleration in windows and had to
uninstall, reboot, install, reboot and it's then been ok.

Neil

The ' gart ' in the Omegas tests this fix then ' fixes ' this test.
Maybe the ' gart ' in the ATi set does the same I've no idea - I don't
use em!

BoroLad