Good driver to downgrade too? -X700

sabishii · Jan 18, 2007, 09:45 PM

Hi, I have a Mobility X700 and I'm wondering what's a good driver to downgrade to. I've been upgrading with each new Catalyst so I have the 7.1 now...

However, the reason I want to go back is as follows: Recently, I've been having problems alt+tabbing back into games. That is, when I'm playing Eve-Online or World of Warcraft, I alt+tab out to look something up on the Internet and everything is fine; but then, I try to alt+tab back, or even click on the program on my taskbar, and the problem occurs. What happens is that the game window doesn't come back up. Well, if I click or use my keyboard I'm actually interacting in my game, but on my monitor my Firefox browser is still showing full-screen (even though it acts like it is in the background, as I can't click on anything in the browser). Actually, this is just one case. The other case is that the game just simply crashes with no error message (it just ends, ka-put).

Now, when I played World of Warcraft over last summer I could alt+tab all I want, and I'm still on the same computer. I don't think I've installed anything new, either, besides other games. This is why I'm thinking it's a driver problem. So I'm wondering what's a good driver to regress to.

Dyre Straits · Jan 19, 2007, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sabishii

Hi, I have a Mobility X700 and I'm wondering what's a good driver to downgrade to. I've been upgrading with each new Catalyst so I have the 7.1 now...

However, the reason I want to go back is as follows: Recently, I've been having problems alt+tabbing back into games. That is, when I'm playing Eve-Online or World of Warcraft, I alt+tab out to look something up on the Internet and everything is fine; but then, I try to alt+tab back, or even click on the program on my taskbar, and the problem occurs. What happens is that the game window doesn't come back up. Well, if I click or use my keyboard I'm actually interacting in my game, but on my monitor my Firefox browser is still showing full-screen (even though it acts like it is in the background, as I can't click on anything in the browser). Actually, this is just one case. The other case is that the game just simply crashes with no error message (it just ends, ka-put).

Now, when I played World of Warcraft over last summer I could alt+tab all I want, and I'm still on the same computer. I don't think I've installed anything new, either, besides other games. This is why I'm thinking it's a driver problem. So I'm wondering what's a good driver to regress to.

Greetings and welcome to Driverheaven!

If you can remember which driver you were using last summer, that would be the one to try. Probably 6.5 or 6.6.

However, if you have Windows Updates installed automatically, I've had things happen similar to this where the Updates messed up some things. So, keep an open mind that it might not actually be a problem related to the video drivers but could also be due to other updates that have been installed.

Matth · Jan 19, 2007, 06:01 PM

X700Pro desktop (actually the X740XL Medion), and held a watching brief since 6.9 (first one where CCC seems to have been resonably stable for me) - this is ATI original, not tweaked.What I've seen of the comments about 7.1 in various places, has me on a hold-fire until 7.2, though it looks like CCC has been given a tuneup.

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Jan 19, 2007, 10:18 PM

For me, Cat 6.3 rocked the house. It worked awesome on my X800 Pro and X800 XT.

BTW, I use the Control Panel still, even with my new card:

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=F...&dwn_cat_id=18

I have 7.1 on my X1950 Pro AGP with the Control Panel provided by that site, and it works very well.

Also worked great with the X800 series and Cat 6.3.

Jan 18, 2007, 09:45 PM	#1
sabishii DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Good driver to downgrade too? -X700 Hi, I have a Mobility X700 and I'm wondering what's a good driver to downgrade to. I've been upgrading with each new Catalyst so I have the 7.1 now... However, the reason I want to go back is as follows: Recently, I've been having problems alt+tabbing back into games. That is, when I'm playing Eve-Online or World of Warcraft, I alt+tab out to look something up on the Internet and everything is fine; but then, I try to alt+tab back, or even click on the program on my taskbar, and the problem occurs. What happens is that the game window doesn't come back up. Well, if I click or use my keyboard I'm actually interacting in my game, but on my monitor my Firefox browser is still showing full-screen (even though it acts like it is in the background, as I can't click on anything in the browser). Actually, this is just one case. The other case is that the game just simply crashes with no error message (it just ends, ka-put). Now, when I played World of Warcraft over last summer I could alt+tab all I want, and I'm still on the same computer. I don't think I've installed anything new, either, besides other games. This is why I'm thinking it's a driver problem. So I'm wondering what's a good driver to regress to. Last edited by sabishii; Jan 18, 2007 at 09:47 PM. Reason: Damnit, I feel retarded for the typo in my title. "Downgrade to" not "too" =(

Jan 19, 2007, 06:01 PM	#3
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	X700Pro desktop (actually the X740XL Medion), and held a watching brief since 6.9 (first one where CCC seems to have been resonably stable for me) - this is ATI original, not tweaked.What I've seen of the comments about 7.1 in various places, has me on a hold-fire until 7.2, though it looks like CCC has been given a tuneup. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Jan 19, 2007, 10:18 PM	#4
~~DudeBoyz~~ banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,677 Rep Power: 0	For me, Cat 6.3 rocked the house. It worked awesome on my X800 Pro and X800 XT. BTW, I use the Control Panel still, even with my new card: http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=F...&dwn_cat_id=18 I have 7.1 on my X1950 Pro AGP with the Control Panel provided by that site, and it works very well. Also worked great with the X800 series and Cat 6.3. Last edited by DudeBoyz; Jan 19, 2007 at 10:29 PM.