How do you tell what drivers you have/??

[Ashton Crusher]

I bought a Sapphire X1900GT and after installing the drivers it
appears it has driver versions 6.14 from the install disk that came
with it. Yet when I go to the ATI web support site, they list the
newest drivers as ver 6.12 and just came out Dec 13th. I bought the
card earlier then the 13th, how can it have shipped with newer drivers
then ATI just posted??? If I upgrade to the "newer" drivers according
to the ATI site will I really be going backwards? Plus the Cat
Control center I have now shows a version of something like 1.33.242.2
but the ATI site indicates the new ones are the 6.12. I don't see any
logic in how I can compare the two version numbers.

 

[Captain Midnight]

I bought a Sapphire X1900GT and after installing the drivers it
appears it has driver versions 6.14 from the install disk that came
with it. Yet when I go to the ATI web support site, they list the
newest drivers as ver 6.12 and just came out Dec 13th. I bought the
card earlier then the 13th, how can it have shipped with newer drivers
then ATI just posted??? If I upgrade to the "newer" drivers according
to the ATI site will I really be going backwards? Plus the Cat
Control center I have now shows a version of something like 1.33.242.2
but the ATI site indicates the new ones are the 6.12. I don't see any
logic in how I can compare the two version numbers.

Catalyst release numbers are dates more or less not versions. 6.12 is
DEC.06. Last year they put out a bonus 5.13. Their won't be a 6.14 release.
Individual components have their own version numbers.

If you didn't delete it, look in C:\ati\support. If you have the Cat6.12
release you'll see a folder named. 6-12_xp_dd_ccc_wdm__enu_38463. If that's
not what you see, what is similar to it? Basically I just install releases
so not familiar with the version numbers.