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[Moonloki]

I want to use AMD APP (Accelerated Parallel Processing) SDK v2.8 downloaded from AMD official website to develope a openCL application, but it require to install the AMD Catalyst™ 12.10 with VGA driver version equal to 9.002.

So, I tried to download VGA driver from AMD official website, but they recommanded I should use the VGA driver provided by notebook manufaturer (Acer) instead.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/737-28041SupportforATIMobility.aspx

Then, I have found the latset VGA driver with version equal to 8.771.1 listed on "Drivers and Manuals" page of Acer website, but it's too old to support the latest AMD APP SDK. So, how can I get a more recent VGA driver?

My notebook produt model is Aspire 3820TG, Operating system is win7.

cheers

Moonloki

[RJD]

Hello, if you could add which graphics card your laptop has and if it is 32 or 64 bit I may be able to help some more if needed, after what is next.

You could try using downloading the latest drivers for Windows 7 (X86/X64?) from the website without any problems as it should be compatible (Taking a guess and saying your graphics card is 5400 series which is listed as compatible.)

x32 bit

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-32.aspx

AMD Mobility Radeon™ Driver Verification Tool - 32bit Direct link

x64 bit

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx

AMD Mobility Radeon™ Driver Verification Tool - 64bit Direct link

These just check if it is compatible and it may give you a message telling you to download via manufacturers website, if so you could do some searching of the AMD website for a direct link to a download for AMD Catalyst version 13.4 or I could search for you if/when I know which of 32/64 bit your laptop is.

If you need to find out which graphics card and if your laptop is either x32 or x64 bit this should help you.

1. Click Start.
2. On the Start menu, click Run.
3. In the Open box, type "dxdiag" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
4. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool opens. Keep it on the System tab.
5. Is will say "Operating system: Windows 7 32-bit OR 64-bit" Tell me which you have
6. Now click the Display tab.
7. On the Display tab, information about your graphics card is shown in the Device section.

[Moonloki]

Hello,
My operating system is win7 64bit, graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650.
I have executed the driver verification tool you provided, and it gave me a message telling that I should
contact with the manufacturers to get a more recent VGA driver. Here, I found a direct link for AMD Catalyst
packages with revision number 13.4.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_win8-64.aspx#1

I wonder if it's ok to install this one.

cheers
Moonloki