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Which Catalyst drivers and MMC do I need?!?!?
Hi everyone, and happy NEW YEAR!
Now my question/rant..... I have an AIW 9000 currently running the disk supplied drivers and MMC it is MMC 8.1 How the heck are you supposed to know what MMC you can use and what is Catalyst? I have tried to update before, (disaster, went back to the disk supplied drivers and MMC) and am really amazed with all the ATI drivers available, that they do not have a system like microsoft update that detects your chip and then recommends which drivers to use. They also say to run the new (which I guess means the latest MMC you have to order a freaking disk!) what a crock. I have been a faithful user of ATI products for years, but if they don't get their driver crap together, I will buy a NVIDIA based video card and then just add a Hauppauge TV card. ANY help is GREATLY appreciated......I guess I am running a "legacy" product so I'm not important anymore, or they are just making it difficult so I'll buy NEW, well that isn't going to happen! Thanks in advance, Bitsbucket --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0602-0, 01/09/2006 Tested on: 1/9/2006 5:45:51 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Which Catalyst drivers and MMC do I need?!?!?
"Bitsbucket" wrote in message
. .. Hi everyone, and happy NEW YEAR! Now my question/rant..... I have an AIW 9000 currently running the disk supplied drivers and MMC it is MMC 8.1 How the heck are you supposed to know what MMC you can use and what is Catalyst? I have tried to update before, (disaster, went back to the disk supplied drivers and MMC) and am really amazed with all the ATI drivers available, that they do not have a system like microsoft update that detects your chip and then recommends which drivers to use. They also say to run the new (which I guess means the latest MMC you have to order a freaking disk!) what a crock. I have been a faithful user of ATI products for years, but if they don't get their driver crap together, I will buy a NVIDIA based video card and then just add a Hauppauge TV card. ANY help is GREATLY appreciated......I guess I am running a "legacy" product so I'm not important anymore, or they are just making it difficult so I'll buy NEW, well that isn't going to happen! Thanks in advance, Bitsbucket First off the only reason to get a new disc is to upgrade the DVD player, or if you lost the disc. ATI's player isn't very good so if you wanted to upgrade it, you'd probably want a 3rd party player anyway. DVD Player includes the MPG2 codec so you need one installed. To upgrade drivers just go to the Customer Care page in the column at the far left click on Drivers and Software Your operating system(XP in my case) All-in-Wonder Radeon Catalyst 5.13 Basically the Cats are the hardware drivers (MMC is the software). They are for all Radeons. It will install the correct display drivers for your card. If you look at the Low Speed downloads, these 3 files are what's in the High Speed download file. The WDM integrated drivers are the capture drivers for the AIW. Display Drivers are for the video card. Catalyst Control Center(CCC) is what's used to control the display drivers. Read all of the release note and install in the proper order. Then install files on MMC page in the proper order. Since you've already had problems it may be a good idea to use the Cat Uninstaller to clean things out before starting. The fly in the ointment at the moment is if you use the CCC you have to have M$'s .net. Which you can get by updating Windows. If you click on the Previous drivers you may be able to get a version that doesn't need CCC(uses Control Panel instead). 5.10 and IIRC 5.11 don't require CCC. What you see on that page may depend on whether your registered or not. BTW Cat releases are listed by year and month of release. the Dec 2004 release is 4.12, Jan 2005 is 5.1. This year ATI has a bonus 5.13 release. Good Luck |
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Which Catalyst drivers and MMC do I need?!?!?
"Bitsbucket" wrote in message . .. Hi everyone, and happy NEW YEAR! Now my question/rant..... I have an AIW 9000 currently running the disk supplied drivers and MMC it is MMC 8.1 How the heck are you supposed to know what MMC you can use and what is Catalyst? I have tried to update before, (disaster, went back to the disk supplied drivers and MMC) and am really amazed with all the ATI drivers available, that they do not have a system like microsoft update that detects your chip and then recommends which drivers to use. They also say to run the new (which I guess means the latest MMC you have to order a freaking disk!) what a crock. I have been a faithful user of ATI products for years, but if they don't get their driver crap together, I will buy a NVIDIA based video card and then just add a Hauppauge TV card. ANY help is GREATLY appreciated......I guess I am running a "legacy" product so I'm not important anymore, or they are just making it difficult so I'll buy NEW, well that isn't going to happen! Thanks in advance, Bitsbucket Firstly I agree that ATIs drivers are very poor and my next card will definitely be Nvidia too. As far as updating drivers are concerned its only really necessary if the new drivers fix a problem youre having so if your card works fine then stick with original disc and save the pennies for your next card. The fact that the DVD player update requires an original CD and cant simply detect that you have an AIW card is just bloody stupidity by ATI. Ive had a Geforce2 then ATI 9100 then Geforce4 then ATI 9700 - Ive also used an AIW9700 Pro and compared it with a separate TV card (a £30 nicam stereo job). Nvidias drivers are generally more reliable in my experience and the MMC software is a pain in the ass plus the image quality of TV through an AIW is pretty ordinary. I just took the AIW 9700 PRO out of my brothers PC and fitted a 6800 as he's decided to ditch ATI and we're both very impressed with the new card and he's happy with the simplicity of Nvidias drivers. He's played COD2, Q4 and FEAR with the new card with great results and no problems. The final straw is that ATI is trying to force the Catalyst Control Centre on all customers and its pure bloatware. |
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Which Catalyst drivers and MMC do I need?!?!?
Thanks for all the help, I got it figured out, but definitely will be
dropping ATI next time in favor of nVidia, and a Hauppauge TV card..... Thanks a million! bitsbucket "Bitsbucket" wrote in message . .. Hi everyone, and happy NEW YEAR! Now my question/rant..... I have an AIW 9000 currently running the disk supplied drivers and MMC it is MMC 8.1 How the heck are you supposed to know what MMC you can use and what is Catalyst? I have tried to update before, (disaster, went back to the disk supplied drivers and MMC) and am really amazed with all the ATI drivers available, that they do not have a system like microsoft update that detects your chip and then recommends which drivers to use. They also say to run the new (which I guess means the latest MMC you have to order a freaking disk!) what a crock. I have been a faithful user of ATI products for years, but if they don't get their driver crap together, I will buy a NVIDIA based video card and then just add a Hauppauge TV card. ANY help is GREATLY appreciated......I guess I am running a "legacy" product so I'm not important anymore, or they are just making it difficult so I'll buy NEW, well that isn't going to happen! Thanks in advance, Bitsbucket --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0602-0, 01/09/2006 Tested on: 1/9/2006 5:45:51 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0602-1, 01/09/2006 Tested on: 1/10/2006 10:46:18 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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