Windows 10 Upgrade - Graphic Card Driver Compatibility

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DejanSRB

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Hello everyone,
I just started to prepare my dad's laptop to upgrade it to Windows 10, i got everything saved and ready, there is just one concern. The graphics card. It's a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series. What i'm wondering is if that GPU is supported (has driver support for Windows 10). I tried searching to no avail, i kept ending up on sites that were probably not very trustworthy. So if someone knows please let me know as this is critical for me before i proceed with the mentioned upgrade.

Thanks!
P.S I used the tool that comes with the windows upgrade notification and it cleared the Laptop saying that Windows 10 would work. But that still didn't answer my question above.
 
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unreal9400
Method 1:
After successful installation of Windows 10 Windows will find all the missing drivers automatically for you through Windows Update.
Method 2:
You can use the driver provided by your manufacturer.(HP, Dell, Acer etc...)
Windows 10 requires at least Windows Driver Display Model (WDDM )driver 1.0 as the minimum requirements.
This means driver from earlier version of Windows such as Windows Vista will work under Windows 10.
On device manager find the graphics adapter and right click the adapter and select "Update driver Software" There are two options available choose this one:
"Browse my computer for driver software."
Select the folder that contains the driver software and windows will install the driver for your graphics...
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A Laptop is very different to a PC as such that it does not have a "Graphics card" it just uses Integrated graphics which are from the CPU.
I would say back everything up first ( Your old windows etc ) and upgrade it and if it does not work then load up your backup with old windows
Upgrading to windows 10 is meant to be easy/. Microsoft want to be easy as just clicking a button.
 
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Method 1:
After successful installation of Windows 10 Windows will find all the missing drivers automatically for you through Windows Update.
Method 2:
You can use the driver provided by your manufacturer.(HP, Dell, Acer etc...)
Windows 10 requires at least Windows Driver Display Model (WDDM )driver 1.0 as the minimum requirements.
This means driver from earlier version of Windows such as Windows Vista will work under Windows 10.
On device manager find the graphics adapter and right click the adapter and select "Update driver Software" There are two options available choose this one:
"Browse my computer for driver software."
Select the folder that contains the driver software and windows will install the driver for your graphics adapter.
Restart the PC and the and the laptop should function properly.
 
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If you read he has two GPUs, one is from the CPU and one is from the ATI chip that is also on the motherboard.
 
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