ATI mobility drivers 10.10

Hey guys, so ATI just released their mobility catalyst 10.10 driver. Should i download it? Or wait for Dell to release their version?

Last time I tried to download ATI's 10.8 driver, I couldn't get into the catalyst control centre and there was some glitches when playing with SC2. Do you guys get that as well?

 

well i just had the same problem with 10.10, in that i couldn't get into the CCC (right-click desktop -> CCC)

i'm going to try re-installing 10.10 using the "Catalyst Software Suite" installer (1.1MB) instead of just the CCC (70MB)

 

Yah i just installed 10.10 and it won't let me get into CCC

 

i found that there are two different installation packages, from the AMD website

the Catalyst Software Suite extracts a folder called
10-10_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc

while the Catalyst Control Center installer extracts a folder called
10-10_mobility_vista_win7_32-64_ccc

while i'm almost 100% certain that the folders really contain the exact same files for installation, i'm still surprised that they extract to different folders.

regardless, i've manually installed 10.10 out of the first folder, extracted by the Catalyst Software Suite (Install Application Manager always crashes due to C++ redist failure), and during the process found the components (image attached). last time when i tried to install from the CCC installer, it had none of those components, just the driver.

UPDATE:
i was able to update to the 10.10 driver, finally. now, by no means is the the only or proper way to update from 10.7 (provided by Dell) to 10.10, but it worked for me. i'll list out my steps below in case it helps anybody:

1. make sure that your 10.7 is installed and running fine
2. download the Catalyst Software Suite installer from AMD (the 1.1MB package)
3. run the installer application, it will ask you where you want to save the downloaded file to (put it on your desktop if you want, you can remove it later) and click on "Download"
4. when thefile has finished downloading, click on the "Install" button, it will launch the installer application and extract the contents to a folder of your choosing
5. when the Setup application opens up, just click cancel (if you have troubles with the Install APplication Manager EXE like I do)
6. in Command Prompt, navigate to the Bin64 folder inside the directory you extracted the AMD contents to, e.g. C:\ATI\Support\10-10_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc\Bin64
7. then type in "setup.exe -install -output screen"
8. you will see an output screen similar to the one i have attached below

the installer will open up another command prompt window, with only output information. when the installation is done, it will close the command prompt window on its own. at which point, you'll be able to exit the CMD window and then reboot your machine.

 

I haven't been able to open ATI CCC since 10.7

 

to Open ATI CCC, you have to reboot after installation.

 

I'm so glad I'm not the only one with that problem. I went through a massive pain in the rear trying to get it to work. I'm halfway there. The CCC will load properly from the right-click desktop menu, but I do not get a system tray icon despite that the checkmark is enabled in Preferences.

One poster recommends rebooting... I tried that and it didn't work for me. My final solution is so convoluted that A) I can't remember every detail properly and B) I don't know how much of it was voodoo and how much of it was actually required. At one point, I took a weed-whacker to my registry and disabled specific UAC-related entries in the registry.

Having read this thread, it's apparent that AMD has really screwed the pooch on this one. I may end up reloading my OS (been meaning to upgrade to Ultimate anyhow) to restore some sanity. I don't like running gimped drivers. Heck, I haven't even run games yet, so I don't know whether this driver even works! I spent 3 hours on this just trying to get it to install properly!!!

 

Are you guys removing the previous version completely first, driver and all (I uninstall, run Driver Sweeper, remove the drivers and run CCleaner last..)? This way there's no flicker during re-install and it shows correct version every time too. Haven't had problems for a long time now, 10.10 installs and CCC works.. though these updates don't seem to do anything for the 4670 cards anymore.

 

Yeah, uninstalling uncleanly turned out to be the root of my problem. I didn't know about Driver Sweeper until late in my process, by which point I was already ensnared in registry hacking. I'm still not convinced everything is right, since I'm not getting the System Tray Icon. I'm going to try unchecking the "Show System Tray Icon," rebooting and then checking it again to see if maybe clearing the flag will show the icon again.

 

Steps u should take before installing new driver.

1) Uninstall via control panel > Device manager > Display Adapter > Uninstall

2) Remove traces with DriverSweeper.

3) Reboot.

4) Install new ATI package

5) Reboot.

6) Voila

 

assuming you don't have a mucked up C++ 2005 Redistribution package, like some of us do

 

You've tried to help me with this before. But i have done this every update and i still can't get CCC to open. It appears in process for a second then disappears

 

This is supposed to be the instructions for installing any GPU driver made in the past several years:

1. Download the file
2. Double click, choose what components/how you want to install.
3. Wait for the install to complete, restart usually required.

Unfortunately ATI (and NVIDIA to a similar extent) tend to half-butt their drivers. Maybe it will install, maybe it won't. Maybe the driver maintains the performance level of the previous one, maybe it's less (it's unlikely to improve). Maybe the driver will support mobile cards like it claims, maybe it's for desktop cards only. Maybe your CCC will show up, maybe it won't. You're expecting to get the whole butt when you download the drivers, but a lot of times you only get the left cheek.

There's a reason the Release Notes directly tell you to use your manufacturer's driver- they know their drivers suck.

The only reason(s) you should install a newer driver from ATI rather than from Dell are:
1) a program requires it to run properly
2) there is a feature listed in the release notes that you plan on using, and it is supported on your card.