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mickeddie   09-16-2008 at 12:46:35 AM

I have the Radeon HD 4850 and my driver listed in device manager says "HD 4800 series". While trying out piratesonline.com the game crashed when I changed resolutions and a log was generated that says I am using the x1800 series drivers, which was my OLD GPU.

Any suggestions to assist me?

Thanks!

Eddie

------------------------------ e6600,Asus P5W DH Deluxe,2gb OCZ Platinum Revision 2,HD4850,Windows Vista Home Premium, Scythe Ninja
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Wolfshadw   09-16-2008 at 02:14:45 AM
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When you installed your new card, did you:
1) Uninstall your old drivers (even if they were current)
2) Run a driver cleaner program (like driver sweeper) to remove any extraneous driver components, and
3) Re-install the latest drivers from ATI?

-Wolf queries

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Nik_I   09-16-2008 at 02:31:38 AM
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sounds to me like you didn't entirely remove your old video card's drivers. as wolf said, try a program like driver sweeper to clean up all traces of the old drivers and then do a fresh install of the catalyst 8.8 drivers.

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mickeddie   09-16-2008 at 02:37:42 AM
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I did use a driver cleaner...will try again with driver sweeper, though...thanks.

------------------------------ e6600,Asus P5W DH Deluxe,2gb OCZ Platinum Revision 2,HD4850,Windows Vista Home Premium, Scythe Ninja
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