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TheCDs wrote:Gildermershina wrote:TheCDs wrote:I really like 7, although the installation was a pain (I stuck with XP rather than upgrade to Vista) so I had to back up everything and then do a clean install. The only problem is that it isn't compatible with my graphics chipset (using a laptop) so it cannot run games since the OS doesn't recognize my chipset as anything more than a "generic display" system. I may end up downgrading back to XP just for the gaming functionality, especially since I have the backups made. What's your card? Unless it's ten years out of date, there'll be a driver out there for it. Its a Radeon Xpress 200M mobile chipset. I looked it up and ATI quit supporting that card post Vista, even though it is only about 4-5 years old (which is like 100 years in the video card market). I looked everywhere, and the only solution I found that could have worked was to use a different driver and then tell the computer that my video card was a slightly newer model, it worked for some people but not for me. Most Vista drivers work on 7. |
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Gildermershina wrote:TheCDs wrote:Gildermershina wrote:TheCDs wrote:I really like 7, although the installation was a pain (I stuck with XP rather than upgrade to Vista) so I had to back up everything and then do a clean install. The only problem is that it isn't compatible with my graphics chipset (using a laptop) so it cannot run games since the OS doesn't recognize my chipset as anything more than a "generic display" system. I may end up downgrading back to XP just for the gaming functionality, especially since I have the backups made. What's your card? Unless it's ten years out of date, there'll be a driver out there for it. Its a Radeon Xpress 200M mobile chipset. I looked it up and ATI quit supporting that card post Vista, even though it is only about 4-5 years old (which is like 100 years in the video card market). I looked everywhere, and the only solution I found that could have worked was to use a different driver and then tell the computer that my video card was a slightly newer model, it worked for some people but not for me. Most Vista drivers work on 7. Yea this one did not, but after I wrote that last comment I did some more looking, since I got my version of Vista about 3 weeks early (College licensing deal with MS got it to us early) a lot of the drivers available on the Windows 7 update site were not up. I checked today (a few weeks after the launch) and found my driver and got my video card working. So I owe you one, you got me to search again. |
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