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    Where to download Catalyst 7.1?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Greg, Mar 4, 2007.

  1. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Up at the top of the gaming thread, there is a direct link to download the lastest ATI Catalyst Control Center and Drivers...which are currently at Catayst 7.2.

    However, they are just plain buggy...I upgraded and get continual errors in both XP and Vista about CLI.Implementation and MOM.Implementation. A search on ATI's site reveals they know of the problem and are currently recommending users install 7.1 and use them until the next major update (probably 7.3) can address the issue.

    While I was able to find the Catalyst 7.1 drivers for XP in a backup image of my downloads, I never had the Catalyst 7.1 drivers for the 32bit version of Vista.

    Does anyone know how to get a hold of Catalyst 7.1 drivers and CCC (not just that blasted checking utiility that sees if your laptop is supported...I want the real download)? Google, site seaches, MajorGeeks.com...I cannot find a download.

    Help... :confused:
     
  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    go back to ati driver site, scroll down to the bottom of the page, there u will see "previous drivers and software" link

    i m running 7.2 (xp and vista) with no issues, matter of fact, i believe that it is a good upgrade from 7.1, which was giving me some issue under vista (not xp)

    cheers ...
     
  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Same here I'm using 7.2 up from 6.9 and I find them great under Windows XP Home.
     
  4. Jimmyme

    Jimmyme Notebook Enthusiast

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    me too. im using 7.2. under xp-actually modded desktop drivers. only problem is that CCC is effectively gone, just some cruddy little window where all you can do is change reso and rotation. So i installed 7.2 drivers then an older CCC. i think it works nicely.

    amilo xi 1546 x1800
     
  5. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The only problem with that is so far, ATI wants me to download a program to make sure that my computer is supported. It is not as HP wants to provide their own ATI-based 'tweaked' drivers...the only problem is that HP hasn't provided Vista X1600 drivers and the XP ones (I know, they wouldn't work anyway) are 8 months old so I'm sure I'll be waiting a while.
     
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    night 2004, go to filehippo.com and click on the ati catalyst drivers section and it should list the current and previous versions of the driver. This should do the trick.
     
  7. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Thank you...got 'em. FileHippo just got a bookmark from me!
     
  8. link1313

    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    well it does have the fastest transfer rates of any free server so it should !