Same here... ATI really are letting themselves down with the constant driver problems of one sort or another..
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Catalyst 11.2
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Well i wonder what the load is because my fans don't spin up & neither does the temp rise.
I'm sure some 6xxx users are getting it as well.
It varies with the game. Borderlands and Dead Space 1 look fine, to me.
If the game has lots of small text, it can look bad, but decent sized text on a 1920x1200 24" screen looks just slightly blurry - easy enough to forget about.
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I have none of these problems and never have... vindicates my decision to not use the CCC. Just install the display driver and enjoy.
The easiest way to update/install new drivers is to uninstall the old set using Catalyst Install Manager (either through Control Panel or using the latest installer), reboot, express install the latest drivers, reboot and Reset to factory defaults in CCC.
That's about it, nothing will be affected by any previous drivers, you'll have a clean install and nothing to worry about really (although the registry isn't cleaned up, you don't really have to do it since all settings can be returned to default with one click).
Installing over the top can (but usually doesn't) cause problems. Using Driver Sweeper on the other hand may bork your Windows system files and cause more harm than good. If you have real driver update issues, you can always do the install and deep uninstall under Safe Mode in Windows. Cleaning the registry can be done either manually or using a registry cleaner such as CCleaner. It does not affect most driver entries though thus Driver Sweeper may sometimes be the last chance to save Windows installation on your PC.
That's about it, nothing will be affected by any previous drivers, you'll have a clean install and nothing to worry about really (although the registry isn't cleaned up, you don't really have to do it since all settings can be returned to default with one click).
Installing over the top can (but usually doesn't) cause problems. Using Driver Sweeper on the other hand may bork your Windows system files and cause more harm than good. If you have real driver update issues, you can always do the install and deep uninstall under Safe Mode in Windows. Cleaning the registry can be done either manually or using a registry cleaner such as CCleaner. It does not affect most driver entries though thus Driver Sweeper may sometimes be the last chance to save Windows installation on your PC.
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I'm getting the 'lines down the screen' and 'completely white screen' random crashes with these drivers 
I play games with them, and no crash. But have had two crashes in the last 48 hours with the system just at the desktop.
I had to remove the 11.1 drivers last month as they gave me constant BSODs!
Radeon 5770 here, back to the 10.12 drivers for me again then
I play games with them, and no crash. But have had two crashes in the last 48 hours with the system just at the desktop.
I had to remove the 11.1 drivers last month as they gave me constant BSODs!
Radeon 5770 here, back to the 10.12 drivers for me again then
I'm getting the 'lines down the screen' and 'completely white screen' random crashes with these drivers
I play games with them, and no crash. But have had two crashes in the last 48 hours with the system just at the desktop.
I had to remove the 11.1 drivers last month as they gave me constant BSODs!
Radeon 5770 here, back to the 10.12 drivers for me again then
Try my method of clean install I posted above, make sure to have any interfering software such as Afterburner closed for the time of testing. Restore to factory defaults after the install too.
Remember that when uninstalling a set of drivers in Win7, the system automatically restores the last working set (just the driver though, not CCC or anything else). You can uninstall it manually through the cards properties but make sure to reboot afterwards, it will install a default Windows driver. You can safely install the CCC over it.
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Well, just got arouns to installing these (was on 10.11e) and I must say...
...the BIGGEST ball-ache I've had in a while.
First attempt wwnt straight to a Bsod when installing the driver component.
So tried again. They installed but the driver component again did not install.
Rebooted
Removed the drivers and then tried again - same problem.
Uninstalled both my HD5850's via device manager, making sure I checked the "remove driver" option.
After rebooting again the driver was installed, however for some unknown reason CCC was not detecting my second HD5850.
So uninstalled the HD5850's again via device manager and rebooted again.
And at last they seem to be working.
...the BIGGEST ball-ache I've had in a while.
First attempt wwnt straight to a Bsod when installing the driver component.
So tried again. They installed but the driver component again did not install.
Rebooted
Removed the drivers and then tried again - same problem.
Uninstalled both my HD5850's via device manager, making sure I checked the "remove driver" option.
After rebooting again the driver was installed, however for some unknown reason CCC was not detecting my second HD5850.
So uninstalled the HD5850's again via device manager and rebooted again.
And at last they seem to be working.
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The new drivers feel very good for me.
They fixed my dx9 issues in Darksiders and BFBC2 seems to not dip low any more.
They fixed my dx9 issues in Darksiders and BFBC2 seems to not dip low any more.
Getting random crashes in desktop...DRIVER STOPPED WORKING BUT HAS BEEB RECOVERED.
Most probably due to me giving it a nice overclock now im under water, will do some more testing and report back.
Just realised i was running at core 920 on my 6950
it was probably that have eased it back to 880 and will see what happens.
Most probably due to me giving it a nice overclock now im under water, will do some more testing and report back.
Just realised i was running at core 920 on my 6950
it was probably that have eased it back to 880 and will see what happens.
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At the end of the day, its the gaming performance that counts.
More fps and bug fixes in games, and does it matter if a synthetic benchmark is affected?
Actual gaming wise 11.2 have been the best for me.
This for me too
Getting random crashes in desktop...DRIVER STOPPED WORKING BUT HAS BEEB RECOVERED.
Most probably due to me giving it a nice overclock now im under water, will do some more testing and report back.
Just realised i was running at core 920 on my 6950
I had some funky random crashes with the latest drivers when shutting down or just scrolling a web page - fixed by uninstalling the drivers completely, rebooting, deleting the old drivers via device mangler, setting standard vga as the driver, rebooting and clean installing. Not really surprised it was a problem as I have installed pretty much every driver version since the 10.1's without removing the old ones, thnk I just has a mishmash of drivers installed in the end that caused the problem.
11.1a and 11.2 drivers are the same.