Upgrading Drivers, I don't know how?

[Synthetic]

First off I am sorry, I have multiple posts up that need answers, (different topics), and I feel a little like I am hogging the forum or something... But my computer has been acting a little weird lately, and I want to get some things done.

Lately some of my games have been crashing and I heard one of the reasons could be that my vid card drivers are out of date. The only problem is I dont know how to upgrade them... I have a bunch of questions sorry.

1. How do I check which files are the actual drivers? How do I check which version(s) I have? I have an ATI X700, so I think the driver is catalyst?​

2. I heard you have to "clean" your drivers first? I have also heard you dont? I have heard a lot of things, like first cleaning with SafeMode or something? Can someone clear this up?​

Thnx for the help guys, I think I have posted something along these lines before, so sorry for that, but I didnt get a real clear answer if I remember.

Thnx for your help, its really appreciated

 

[bebopin64]

the catylist keeps the driver updated. It sounds like my compter does when i meed a windows makeover (repair/reformat)

 

[Synthetic]

bump, please

 

[Praetor]

1. How do I check which files are the actual drivers? How do I check which version(s) I have? I have an ATI X700, so I think the driver is catalyst?

Yes you'd be using Catalysts; you can get the latest version from here

2. I heard you have to "clean" your drivers first? I have also heard you dont? I have heard a lot of things, like first cleaning with SafeMode or something? Can someone clear this up?

If you'rre going from windows drivers to catalyst or between catalyst versions you dont really have to worry about this; now if you go between AT and nvidia then yeah thats prolly reccomended


You can check your version of Catalyst by doing the following
1. Start --> Run
2. Type dxdiag
3. Goto the tab labeled Display
4. It will be listed in the top right under "version"