AMD HD 7800 Series - bad drivers

maxland

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I recently updated the driver to 14.9. It turns all apps pink. I tried setting controls in the Catalyst center as well as my Monitor. In all cases the pink does not go away. Perhaps, much worse, VLC wont play back in a viewable format. If I remove the driver my system goes back to normal but I can't play the game. I suspect this will be problem with all games going forward.

On the latest install, I ran the custom option and only allowed the driver in. Still pink but at least VLC runs normally more or less. Either I find a way to fix this or I get rid of the card which I'm more inclined to do.

With that in mind, can you recommened a non AMD card that is under $250 and will give me something that will run all the new releases in at least a normal mode. My CPU is a non OC i78-920 with 12 GB RAM. Note, I suck at games but I like playing them just the same.
 

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I can't download 14.4 which is the driver that worked. AMD installs a "smart" installer that dictates what driver I need. It is always 14.9 which does not work. The link you provided is for a non AMD driver. Why would that work?

 

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I took your advise and got the old driver back. Still have a bit of tinge but mostly, everything is working fine. I'll wait until the holidays and look for a sale on the 770. Looks like a good card and has very favorable reviews.

Once again, thank you for your excellent advice.