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March 12th, 2012 14:00

Dramatic Decrease in Performance after downloading Driver.

Hi, I'm not sure if this belongs in this section. But, I have a Studios XPS 7100 and its quite new (8 months old.) Here is my dilemma. Just last week I updated drivers (AMD) without uninstalling the old one. I began to experience performance issues especially in League of Legends. My fps usually ran around 58-60 consistently. However, now it fluctuates dramatically (33-65fps). I tried many solutions. I tried a system restore and even a driver roll back, and it successfully restored me to my old drivers. However, I am still experiencing the same performance issues. I did research and read that some old driver remenants can stay and one should use Driver Sweeper. But, I also read that uninstalling old ATI drivers with Driver Sweeper will cause a SP1 failure. I also uninstalled the old driver and reinstalled it ( it automatically reinstalled it when I reboot) So thats out of the equation. Right now, I'm all out of options except reinstalling Windows 7. I doubt its a hardware problem because I just cleaned the inside a while ago and never had any issues with hardware.  Anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks, Kev

  • w71kevin

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    Posted March 12th, 2012 15:00

    and by drivers i mean my Video Graphics Driver.

  • bacillus

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    Posted March 12th, 2012 16:00

    I suggest you uninstall your present driver then reinstall the newest driver.

  • w71kevin

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    Posted March 13th, 2012 18:00

    Should I do it all at once without rebooting? Because if I uninstall the old one and reboot as it suggests, it automatically downloads the original drivers.

  • Kelbear1

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    Posted March 13th, 2012 21:00

    You should always uninstall the old drivers in your add/remove programs before installing a new driver and you normally have to reboot to complete the uninstall process.  Do not let Windows install a default driver if you can stop it.  You should have already downloaded the latest driver & CCC software package from the AMD web site to have it ready to install after you reboot.  Windows does not automatically install the AMD drivers, but only default Windows drivers.  Using Driver Sweeper is fine.  That was just an older version that caused the problem.  I have never had any issues using Driver Sweeper and recommend using it if you are having problems.  Reinstalling Windows 7 is not necessary.  Just make sure you uninstall the old driver before updating to a new one and do not install over the top of it.