ATI CCC 4870 win8 drivers?

[nelmr]

Where are they? It looks like the latest I can get are 12.6 for Win7. Will this work with Win8? Or can I install the Win8 drivers that say for 5, 6, and 7xxx series?

 

[bryonhowley]

I do not know if you can mod the Windows 8 drivers to work with the 4870 or not. The PC I have my 4850 in is just a Media Center PC so I have never installed Windows 8 on it. I did use the Windows 7 drivers on my 6950 rig at one time and it seemed to work ok the only thing I lost was native 3D as far as I could tell. My best guess would be to give them a try and see if they will work with it. I used them on the Windows 8 release preview at one time to see if they were any better or worse than the native Windows 8 drivers as I had one game that just would not work with Windows 8.

My best guess is that AMD is not working on Windows 8 drivers for anything lower than the 5xxx series at least at this time.

 

[nelmr]

This is unexpected and sucks. I went with win8 over win7 simply because I tried the preview and didn't mind the UI changes. I wasn't thinking about having driver issues with mainstream graphics cards that can still run today's games (I just upgraded from a core 2 duo machine to an i5 build and hoped to keep my 4870 for another year before upgrading that).

 

[SchizTech]

Have you tried installing the older drivers in compatibility mode? There probably won't be Windows 8 certified drivers for a card that old.

 

[IcemanSR]

http://gamingeoc.forumfree.it/?t=60751579


here is lovely win8 drivers for Ati hd 4000

I use it on my Ati 4870