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Radeon 9700 Pro - correct drivers???

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Rockrz

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I just installed a new Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb DDR Graphics Card, and it works good as far as I can tell, except for a couple of things...

First off, I cannot access the Radeon control panel. When I follow the manual that came with this card, it says to go to display properties and click on advanced. In the book, it show the Radeon control panel but all I get is the Dell M991 window, just like before I had my new card (however, it does say "Dell991 and Radeon 9700 Pro Properties" at the top)

I checked and the correct driver is installed (right off the disc that came with the card) and my PC is saying that "this device is working properly".

My question on this is: Should I try and find the newest driver from Radeon, in the event they've updated their driver for this card since mine was produced? I went to Radeon's site, but they don't have a release date on the driver that I can see.

Also, What should I set my monitor refresh rate at? It's currently set at 75 hertz. I have the option of running it up to 120 hertz. (yes, I do have the little button selected that makes the system "Hide Modes the Monitor Cannot Display)

I'm running XP Pro 2002, with 1gig DDR Ram.
 
ATi is the manufacturer, Radeon is the product name.

Did you install the Control Panel along with the driver?
 
Did you uninstall the old driver before you installed the new ones?

You should always use the latest drivers, go to their website and download the cat 4.1s.
 
install the new 4.1s and make sure you choose the first one which comes with the control panel. also make sure you have installed your mobo drivers.
 
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