i think my drivers arnt working as good as thay used to

[truesilax]

i have a compaq nw 8440 centrino duo 2.26 4 gb ram 256 mb video ati fire gtl. i used to be able to plat tf2 counter stricke go and some indie games and ksp but now i cant i used iobits but my free trial ran out. im able to watch you tube fine but this should have nothing to do with any thing and my native res is 1920x1200 any advice?

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

you should download this tool from amd http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool
This tool detects if there are new gpu drivers and asks you if you want to download them. You should download the new drivers and installing is easy just click next

 

[truesilax]

thanks hopfully this works there should be a fourm for help fixing in genral

 

[truesilax]

um has a error about installing it

 

[barnsley]

What OS are you running? Also always do the drivers yourself and never rely on crappy software .

 

[truesilax]

win 7 ult 32 bit

 

[tinytomlogan]

Never use auto detect upgrade tools - if its not broken dont fix it.

PC maintenance should be done manually so you know when stuff has happened and you have a reason for doing it.

Those auto tools are for n0000bs

 

[SuB]

Jesus christ, don't recommend auto driver tools!!

There's a thread in here by Dice about doing proper driver removal and re-install. Go find that and follow it to the letter. DO NOT under any circumstances, use the shitty easy-mode installers.

Edit: Tom beat me to it

 

[tinytomlogan]

Jesus christ, don't recommend auto driver tools!!

There's a thread in here by Dice about doing proper driver removal and re-install. Go find that and follow it to the letter. DO NOT under any circumstances, use the shitty easy-mode installers.

Edit: Tom beat me to it

We forgot to add anyone that tells you to use the auto tool should be bathed in napalm and thrown into a volcano

 

[SuB]

We forgot to add anyone that tells you to use the auto tool should be bathed in napalm and thrown into a volcano

a-freakin'-men

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Wow, how many times did you have problems with the auto downloader?
(and I redirected the guy to the unistall guide in a private message)

 

[RizeAllard]

We forgot to add anyone that tells you to use the auto tool should be bathed in napalm and thrown into a volcano

The best you can do with them...

 

[SuB]

Wow, how many times did you have problems with the auto downloader?
(and I redirected the guy to the unistall guide in a private message)

badly installed / automatic installed / idiot installs of drivers are literally the number 1 cause of frustrated and raging gamers.(who don't know any better or can't be arsed to do it properly, usually the latter)

When battlefield 3 came out, I spent hours helping people troubleshoot crashes, bsods, ctd's and i'd say easily 80% of the issues were improperly installed drivers, with the rest being wrongly configured bios, bad ram timings, overzealous overclocking and finally, plain ole-stupidity