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ANYONE RUNNING THE NEW RADEON - 7.99 (WINDOWS 2000/XP) FOR EVERYDAY WORK? REAL-WORLD REPORTS PLEASE

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  1. Jonas K.
    @jonas.kim

    Genuine question about update philosophy. My PC is stable on whateevr Windows Update installed. The new Radeon - 7.99 (Windows 2000/XP) lists fixes that don't really affect me. Do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do you only update when a game or app needs it? I mostly do everyday work. I am curious how other people handle this, especially anyone who depends on their PC for work and cannot afford a broken eveinng. seriously need help here 馃槶

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  2. Cyrus
    @cyrus_signal

    ahh classic driver updates do sometimes include security fixes, so I wouldnt stay on a very old version forever. But waiting a week or two after release to see if a hotfix appears is perfectly reasonable. fingers crossed 馃

    thinking

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  4. Tomas Dubois
    @tomas.dubois
    in reply to @xavi.jensen

    oh ive been there lol my approach: make a restore point, download the previous driver package so its ready, then try the new one. if anything misbehaves, DDU and rienstall teh old one. that makes updating a low-risk experiment.

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  5. Clara I.
    @ciqbal

    for me it was the power plan. swapped it and boom, fixed

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  6. Xavi Jensen
    @xavi.jensen

    same issue here on my gaming rig :) following this thread. ok this thread just saved my weekend

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  7. Tomas Dubois
    @tomas.dubois
    in reply to @xavi.jensen

    my office machine is officially haunted im about to throw this thing out the window lol

    reading release notes like its a horror novel

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  8. Xavi Jensen
    @xavi.jensen

    been there man exact same thing happened to my destkop last month fingers crossed 馃

    my pc fans sound like a jet taking off but sure

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  9. Tomas Dubois
    @tomas.dubois
    in reply to @xavi.jensen

    lol same thing happened to me for everyday work, stability matters more than the newest game optimizations. If theres a sepraate stable/studio/recommended branch, thats usually the better fit.

    DNS. its always DNS

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