[AMD 785G Chipset] Installing a Radeon GPU

[Big.Wayne]

Hello,

I am just about to install a Radeon HD4870 into a system that is based on the AMD 785 chipset, which is currently using the onboard IGP for graphics etc

What I am wondering is how I approach this as I already have a set of CAT drivers installed for the HD4200 IGP which are also the chipset drivers for the 785G motherboard?

• If I uninstall the combined drivers before installing the HD4870 I will be missing chipset drivers?
  
• If I leave the combined drivers installed and use the newer HD4870 cats won't there be a conflict or sorts?

Thanks in advance for any pointers!

 

[Doomas]

Uninstal curent ATI drivers, disable on board VGA and enable 4870 in BIOS, instale new drivers for new VGA

 

[Big.Wayne]

Hey Doomas,

if I uninstall the AMD drivers that takes the 785G chipset stuff as well no?

 

[RJC]

Hi Big.Wayne, what motherboard are you using, I think your using a Asus motherboard from some of your replies in other threads?

Looking on the Asus website there's a driver for the chipset and separate one for the gpu, it may be the case of un-installing the gpu and see what happens, windows may auto install.

 

[Big.Wayne]

Hey looks like you could be right?

I'm still running from the retail CD-ROM drivers and that seems to combine both chipset & GPU into one, ahh good old nOOby teething problems heh!

 

[RJC]

Man if your calibre should have no problems

I tend to use latest drivers from the manufacturers website when installing drivers, one of things I learnt from other members here

 

[Big.Wayne]

Lol I'm doing 20 things at once and I wanted to get some late night gaming sorted later so just checking the path ahead heh!

I'm pretty sure the chipset and IGP are combined in one driver as I can't find an entry in Add/Remove programs relating to chipset drivers?

Still time I moved on and used some of the latest website stuff, getting lazy in my old age!

Thanks for the help all!

[edit]

I tend to use latest drivers from the manufacturers website when installing drivers, one of things I learnt from other members here

strangely enough I have never done that, I always use the drivers off the CD-ROM first, run with those for a few weeks then restore a ghosted backup of the fresh install and start again using only the latest Website drivers . . .

 

[Big.Wayne]

Looking on the Asus website there's a driver for the chipset and separate one for the gpu

Btw, did you clock the filesize for the chipset driver!

 

[Big.Wayne]

Ok so I thought I was being a nOOby but installing an AMD Radeon into an AMD 785G it is a bit more of a convoluted process than what I'm used to heh!

Going from an install using the 785G chipset with the HD4200 IGP to a dedicated AMD GPU is as simple going to add/remove programs and clicking the uninstall ATI Catalyst™ options and you see the sceen below where you get the option to just remove the IGP drivers and leave the chipset intact (they are combined heh I told ya!), after that your free to install the latest Catalyst™ for the GPU!

Going from a clean install on a 785G straight to dedicated graphics is a bit more fiddly, you have to untick several boxes to get it to install *just* the chipset drivers . . . and I was wondering why the chipset driver download was 300MBs, they should have a seperate *chipset* only option hah!

I also don't think there is a way to *disable* the IGP when you install the GPU? at least It's not obvious to me? . . . I also noticed that I had two HDMI audio going, one from the mobo and one from the HD4870 although that's easy to fix as you can disable the onboard HDMI audio . .

And of course the gratuitous before and after shot badly lit with my headtorch!

"100% AMD weeee!"

 

[Minstadave]

Whats that mobo like? Thinking of picking one up for an mATX build, does it clock well?

 

[Big.Wayne]

What's your definition of clocking well? . . . tell me what your expectations are and I'll let you know if they will be met!

 

[setter]

I used to get caught out badly on my evga 680i board, almost every time i uninstalled the nvidia graphics card drivers i mistakenly deleted the nforce chipset drivers as well.

 

[Doomas]

looks good, only that small fan for DDR, you don’t need that,
For remove ATI drivers I normally use only Add or Remove in control panel 

As you want...

 

[Big.Wayne]

Hey Doomas!

Have you experience of a 785G mobo?

 

[Doomas]

Just one week ago, build up PC with this motherboard for my parents – so far so good, but of course, they are using onboard VGA

 

[Indy500]

I just uninstall the IGP part of the drivers, shut down, install graphics card and then check that the BIOS is searching the PCI-E slot first. Finally, proceed into Windows and install GPU driver.