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Best driver for HD 5870

hayri491
Level 7

‎01-21-2013 08:12 PM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 10:19 PM by Community Admin

Hi, I need help as to why this is happening and if it is a graphic card problem, or driver error which driver would you recommend me using I currently have the latest installed.16204
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AvatarOfRevenge
Level 8

‎01-21-2013 09:25 PM

fully remove all AMD software, then try 13.1 or the 13.2 beta (13.2 is faster) and see if that helps
Case - Cooler Master HAF X 942
Motherboard - Crosshair V Formula-Z
CPU - AMD FX-8350 ( OC'd @ 4.5GHz)
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master V8
GPU - Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3 (2x4GB) @ 2400MHz (using XMP #1)
PSU - Cooler Master SilentPower Gold 800
HDD - WD 150GB Raptor & WD 1TB Caviar Green
OS - Win. 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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Thomas
Level 10
In response to AvatarOfRevenge

‎01-22-2013 02:31 AM

AvatarOfRevenge wrote:
fully remove all AMD software, then try 13.1 or the 13.2 beta (13.2 is faster) and see if that helps


Also it would no not harm to run Driver Sweeper before he install the new driver.
Thomas Jenner
Asus UK
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hayri491
Level 7
In response to AvatarOfRevenge

‎01-22-2013 04:52 AM

AvatarOfRevenge wrote:
fully remove all AMD software, then try 13.1 or the 13.2 beta (13.2 is faster) and see if that helps


I think I did, but I will try again since I have the latest updates. Thanks again.
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hayri491
Level 7

‎01-22-2013 04:55 AM

AvatarOfRevenge wrote:
fully remove all AMD software, then try 13.1 or the 13.2 beta (13.2 is faster) and see if that helps


I currently have 13.1 installed, Would you happen to have a link AvatarOfRevenge as13.2 does not seem to appear on AMD website

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1....
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hayri491
Level 7

‎01-22-2013 01:34 PM

Update: Problem still exists.
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hayri491
Level 7

‎01-22-2013 10:18 PM

Update: I have fixed it, with an silly amount of hours of troubleshooting changing all sort of settings, as silly as it may sound I finally fixed it, by simply changing the theme to a win 7 aero theme...Yep all I had to do was put on Aero
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Thomas
Level 10
In response to hayri491

‎01-23-2013 02:35 AM

Ha, how weird. Thanks for updating us anyway, this information might help someone else in future when they google a similar problem.

hayri491 wrote:
Update: I have fixed it, with an silly amount of hours of troubleshooting changing all sort of settings, as silly as it may sound I finally fixed it, by simply changing the theme to a win 7 aero theme...Yep all I had to do was put on Aero
Thomas Jenner
Asus UK
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