Downloaded and Installed AMD 12.7 Preview - CCC says its 12.2

I downloaded and installed AMD 12.7 Preview (Beta) and I noticed the other day it notified me of a new driver update via Catalyst Control Center. It notified me of 12.6 (which is the latest non-beta driver) and it said I was on 12.2.

Has anyone else had this error/glitch/bug/whatever you want to call it? Thanks.

If it is Driver Package: 8.981.2-120626a-141571E-ATI Then you are good. 12.7 Beta doesn't have a CCC number so it doesn't edit the registry entry for the version number.ShadowDeathX

Driver Version under Properties of Device Manager has it as "8.981.2.0" So I guess I'm good?

What I find funny is that my graphics card on my old rig stopped getting any benefits from these updates a long time ago yet I still have to install them for my Window Update panel to stop telling me there's updates available. Surely a 5770 doesn't even benefit from updates anymore...JohnF111

[QUOTE="JohnF111"]What I find funny is that my graphics card on my old rig stopped getting any benefits from these updates a long time ago yet I still have to install them for my Window Update panel to stop telling me there's updates available. Surely a 5770 doesn't even benefit from updates anymore...Marfoo

[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="JohnF111"]What I find funny is that my graphics card on my old rig stopped getting any benefits from these updates a long time ago yet I still have to install them for my Window Update panel to stop telling me there's updates available. Surely a 5770 doesn't even benefit from updates anymore...JohnF111

You guys are all so OCD, just don't install the new ones, who cares if there is a notification?

You guys are all so OCD, just don't install the new ones, who cares if there is a notification?

NailedGR

I always keep everything on my PC up to date (except the BIOS - I've heard there is far more that can go wrong than seeing any benefit). From what I've read, it's good to keep my graphics card driver up to date as well. I've only been in the PC building/gaming for about a year now so I'll be the first to admit that I'm still a novice, but this is just what I have read.

[QUOTE="NailedGR"]

You guys are all so OCD, just don't install the new ones, who cares if there is a notification?

Cwagmire21

I always keep everything on my PC up to date (except the BIOS - I've heard there is far more that can go wrong than seeing any benefit). From what I've read, it's good to keep my graphics card driver up to date as well. I've only been in the PC building/gaming for about a year now so I'll be the first to admit that I'm still a novice, but this is just what I have read.

Update drivers when:

1) There is a known fix to an issue you are having

2) There is an increase in performance to something that is relevent to you

That is all.

The poeple who complain about constant problems and crashes are the "There is an update so I applied it" people. Software doesn't work on every hardware configuration on every computer.

[QUOTE="NailedGR"]

You guys are all so OCD, just don't install the new ones, who cares if there is a notification?

Cwagmire21

I always keep everything on my PC up to date (except the BIOS - I've heard there is far more that can go wrong than seeing any benefit). From what I've read, it's good to keep my graphics card driver up to date as well. I've only been in the PC building/gaming for about a year now so I'll be the first to admit that I'm still a novice, but this is just what I have read.

I don't have Windows set to update/download drivers for my video card. I do that through the CCC (AMD connection) or by manually downloading stuff from Guru of 3D. Windows tends to add stuff I don't need/want, so I keep Windows out of the loop.

Neither do I keep an eye on the CCC, sincxe I use MSI Afterburner for monitoring essentials. Afterburner also shows the driver version currently installed, as long as Afterburner is as recent as the drivers. The 12.7 Beta ones show up as 9.14.10.0924 in my case (Afterburner version 2.2.2).