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If It Isn't Broken, Should I Still Update Catalyst Radeon Display Driver 6.2 (Windows 98/ME)?

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  1. Rowan
    @rvos

    hmmmm ok im on an old studio branch and everything works for 3D rendering. Now AMD has Catalyst Radeon Display Driver 6.2 (Windows 98/ME) out and teh app keeps nagging me. Part of me wants the fixes, part of me remembers teh last time an update gave me black screens for a week. Has anyone been running it for a while?? Any issues worth knowing before i click install? i would love a short, honest answer from people who have actually used it for a few weeks. thx in advance!!

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  2. Fenna Vance
    @copper_owl

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

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  4. Pia T.
    @lambdaforge

    so annoyed rn told my boss it would take 10 minutes... its been since tuesday

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  5. Chen Vance
    @rusty_nomad-1bh

    page 1 lets gooo. spent 3 hours on driver and im still not done

    thumbsup

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  7. Selin H.
    @solid_fiddler
    in reply to @copper_owl

    hmmm for programming, stability matters more than the newest game optimizations. If there's a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, that's usually the better fit.

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  9. Anika V.
    @lateprobe
    in reply to @signalpilot

    yeahhh pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo driver-update from scratch hope that helps :)

    rgb adds +10 fps everyone knows that

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  10. Kira Kaur
    @kira.kaur

    oof read teh release notes on teh AMD support page before anything else. they list fixed issues and known issues. if a known issue matches your setup, wait; if the fixes dont touch you, theres no rush. hope that helps :)

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  11. Selin H.
    @solid_fiddler

    oh ive been there lol same issue here on my second monitor setup. following this thread good luck man!

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  12. Nina
    @nina_ping

    lol same thing happened to me keep a short log of what driver youre on and when u changed it (pnputil /enum-drivers shows installed packages and dates). When somehting breaks later, you'll know if the timing matches.

    thumbsup

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  13. Fenna Vance
    @copper_owl

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts ok this thread just saved my weekend... this. sooo much this any ideas??

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  15. Paula N.
    @siliconotter-225
    in reply to @subnetgremlin-333

    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 🤞

    thinking

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  16. Joon H.
    @jhalvorsen

    @nina_ping thank u this worked!!

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