Proper way To upgrade to a new video driver?

[RickC Sniper]

To upgrade to a new video driver.

In the past I had several entries for the video card in "add or remove programs".

Now I have win 7 64 bit, and under "programs and features" all I can find is "ATI Catalyst Install Manager." It is 22.1 mb in size.

I can find no other reference to the ccc manager or the driver itself.

What is the proper way to upgrade my ccc and ATI driver to a newer version? Shouldn't there be more to remove first than just that installer?

....thanks in advance.

[Fincuan]

Check the driver's installation instructions. They'll no doubt cover the uninstallation of the previous driver.

[RickC Sniper]

My download was an .exe with no readme or instructions.

Ati_catalyst_10.3a

From here:

http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/tips/Pages/catalyst-10-3-preview.aspx


edit:
Nevermind, found info here.
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU57RemoveOldGraphicsDrivers.aspx

[Fincuan]

Oh ok they've now "hidden" the instructions a bit better than before. When my GPU was still supported(until Catalyst 9.3) they had the driver download link, the release notes and the installation/uninstallation instructions all on the same page so they were impossible to miss.

[Arclight]

Might want to boot into safe mode after uninstall and use Driver Sweeper to clean out stuff that gets left behind (ATI - Display). Not strictly nescesary, but still something I'd recommend.