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ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Grahics card - problems with Aero?

Oct 28, 2009 9:26PM PDT

I have a home built PC with an Intel Quad Core Q9550, 4Gb RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Grahics card. I use it for all the usual stuff, plus gaming.

I'm currently using XP but want to move to Windows 7 Home Premium. I ran the Microsoft Upgrade Advisor and all seems OK on 32 or 64 bit, apart from the report that "Your current graphics adapter won't support the Windows Aero user interface"

I spoke to AMD/ATI customer support and they say there will be no problem. Does anybody have any real life experience of this?

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AGP or PCIe?
Oct 28, 2009 11:59PM PDT

The AGP version of this card may be hard to find the right drivers.

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Which 4800 card?
Oct 29, 2009 12:27AM PDT

I have the ATI 4870 card and the adviser told me I had to the remove the catalyst control panel and download manager before installing Windows 7.
In my case it was a no go on the Windows 7 upgrade because it kept hanging at 62%, which is a known Microsoft bug. It appears they are not working too hard or fast to correct that problem.

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Sorry.
Oct 29, 2009 12:30AM PDT

You didn't reveal much more and not if it was or not the troublesome AGP version.

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Which 4800 card?
Oct 29, 2009 5:13PM PDT

Mine is a Gainward HD 4870 Golden Sample Edition 1GB PCI-e. Is yours PCI-e or AGP?
Do you have reason to think that your hanging at 62% is related to your graphics card or is it something else?
BTW, are you upgrading or doing a clean install?

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It is PCI-e
Oct 29, 2009 3:27AM PDT

Sorry. To be more specific, it is a Gainward HD 4870 Golden Sample Edition 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Display Port HDCP PCI-E Graphics Card.

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If I were to bet.
Oct 29, 2009 7:14AM PDT

I'd bet this card will be fine in 7. Just try it and if it needs, get the latest 7 drivers from ati.
Bob