http://www.ati.com  This is the official ati web site.  Look for the driver's area and download the current driver.

How to properly update your video cards drivers


*** For ATI users ***

1: " Through "Add/Remove Programs" proceed to uninstall the ATI Control Panal, Display Driver, and finally the Uninstaller itself.....in this order.

2: Boot up into safe mode and run Driver Cleaner. Select "ATI" from the drop down menu and click on "Clean". Do the cleaning twice to make sure that everything is cleared out.

3: Restart your computer (normally this time) and wait for windows to go through auto detection of your hadware before continuing. Install your new drivers and restart your computer.

 http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner  Download the driver cleaner from here

Many of us try out different driver's to see what works best for our monitor and games we play.  You can download the latest driver and see if it makes an improvement.  It won't break your system if you clean uninstall the old driver.   Your monitor will still work, but at a low setting until you put the new driver in.  Another note, the sp-2 will have its own default driver for your card, as it did my Nvidia and ATI card.  It seemed to work just fine without downloading or installing another driver.  Try it out.  I have SP-2 on my reformated and re-installed windows without one glitch. 

 

Message Edited by Thirdrockfromsun on 10-10-2004 02:45 PM

After you install the new video card driver, and reboot, you will have to go into display properties to adjust the monitor resolutions to get the monitor the way you like it.  Don't know if you have done this before.  But you right click on an empty space on your desktop, click on PROPERTIES/ click on SETTINGS in the upper right hand side of this box, look at the screen resolutions in the next box and slide the resolutions bar to where your monitor default setting should be.  Mind is set at the default of 1280x1024 ( LCD monitor ).  Yours might be different.  Than click on APPLY at the lower right hand side of this box.  Another box will appear and ask you if you want to keep this setting.  You only have a few seconds to make up your mind so click yes right away.