The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Ati radeon 9600 Vista drivers

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tippey764, Aug 11, 2008.

  1. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    377
    Messages:
    1,423
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Hello i was wondering if anyone knows where to find true vista drivers for my ati radeon 9600 card. Windows comes preinstalled with some drivers for it but they never work they always have a yellow ! next to them so i have force installed xp drivers but they dont allow me to run aero. Thanks.
     
    Tippey764, Aug 11, 2008
    #1
  2. notyou

    notyou Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    652
    Messages:
    1,562
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Download the latest drivers from ATI and use the mobility modder on them.
     
    notyou, Aug 11, 2008
    #2
  3. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

    Reputations:
    213
    Messages:
    780
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Any of the latest drivers + mobility modder will work. I have an Athlon X2 based desktop with an old Powercolor 9700 Pro and it runs Vista (aero and all) absolutely fine with Catalyst 8.6. This card amazingly plays the latest round of Valve games on decent settings, although since it is a DirectX 9.0b card you won't have HDR and some of the higher graphics options are non-existant.

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, Aug 11, 2008
    #3
  4. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    377
    Messages:
    1,423
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I cannot figure out how to use that mobility modifer and ever time i run the ati drivers install it dosent do anything.
     
    Tippey764, Aug 12, 2008
    #4
  5. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    3,905
    Messages:
    6,116
    Likes Received:
    89
    Trophy Points:
    216
    are you sure your computer doesn't have a ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 IGP? well it doesnt really matter because the same procedure should still work.

    just go through the steps on the page one by one. don't forget to install msxml 6.0 and also, check the box to disable UAC(don't bother restarting after this step). also when you browse for the driver folder put in C:\ATI\SUPPORT\8-7_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_65998
     
    namaiki, Aug 12, 2008
    #5
  6. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    377
    Messages:
    1,423
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I am 100% positive i have a 9600 iv seen the physical chip before when i replaced the motherboard. As to the other part i follow the directions step by step and when i go to install the ati drivers it says its installing all this stuff then when it says to restart i restart and nothing happens im using the same drivers i dont even have the CCC installed.
     
    Tippey764, Aug 12, 2008
    #6