New ATI Catalyst Drivers

flintlock · 02-21-07, 07:00 PM

Your friendly public service announcement.

The new 7.2 Catalyst reference drivers for Radeon accelerators are now available for all the usual suspects.

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

Gildor · 02-21-07, 09:36 PM

I'm always gun-shy when it comes to updating ATI drivers. Thanks for the info but I'm going to wait and check out the forums for the games I play to see if there are any probs.

geetrue · 02-22-07, 01:36 AM

I upgraded from a Ati radeon X700 to a Sapphire X1600 pro or something like that and when I did ... I uninstalled the drivers with the Ati driver removal tool Max PC had on their monthly CD. Then installed the new drivers from the retail CD included.

I still think I did the right thing, but my computer didn't think so and now I get an error message wtKernal is missing ... I don't know what that means, but the new video card works great and I'm afraid to change anything again.

So I just delete the error message everytime I finish booting ...

"If it works don't fix it"

Zantham · 02-22-07, 02:20 AM

wtkernel is used by WildTangent, which is some sort of online gaming channel that many people consider spyware, and has nothing to do with ATI. Why you started getting this error when upgrading your video card is beyond me and seems to be a coincidence.

Spybot Search&Destroy will remove WildTangent for you, as will many other antispyware programs, or you may simply be able to uninstall it from Add/Remove programs.

Or, as you say..."If it ain't broke..."

02-21-07, 07:00 PM	#1
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	New ATI Catalyst Drivers Your friendly public service announcement. The new 7.2 Catalyst reference drivers for Radeon accelerators are now available for all the usual suspects. http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

02-21-07, 09:36 PM	#2
Gildor Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 251 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm always gun-shy when it comes to updating ATI drivers. Thanks for the info but I'm going to wait and check out the forums for the games I play to see if there are any probs. __________________ U-46: Oct 1943 off Portugal

02-22-07, 01:36 AM	#3
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I upgraded from a Ati radeon X700 to a Sapphire X1600 pro or something like that and when I did ... I uninstalled the drivers with the Ati driver removal tool Max PC had on their monthly CD. Then installed the new drivers from the retail CD included. I still think I did the right thing, but my computer didn't think so and now I get an error message wtKernal is missing ... I don't know what that means, but the new video card works great and I'm afraid to change anything again. So I just delete the error message everytime I finish booting ... "If it works don't fix it" __________________

02-22-07, 02:20 AM	#4
Zantham 中国水兵 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 283 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 1	wtkernel is used by WildTangent, which is some sort of online gaming channel that many people consider spyware, and has nothing to do with ATI. Why you started getting this error when upgrading your video card is beyond me and seems to be a coincidence. Spybot Search&Destroy will remove WildTangent for you, as will many other antispyware programs, or you may simply be able to uninstall it from Add/Remove programs. Or, as you say..."If it ain't broke..."