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hd5970
About this tag
The tag hd5970 covers discussions about the AMD Radeon HD 5970 graphics card, primarily in the context of Windows 7 64-bit systems. Users report issues such as the display driver atikmdag stopping and recovering during standard desktop tasks like word processing or web browsing, while heavy graphics applications like Crysis run without problems. The card is mentioned alongside Catalyst driver versions 9.11 and 9.12. Troubleshooting focuses on driver stability and compatibility with Windows 7. The tag is relevant for users seeking help with HD 5970 driver crashes or performance quirks on older Windows systems.
Hi all,
While using my pc in standart operations such as writing a Word document or reading some webpage, the screen flash and the following message come out:
Moreover, in heavy graphics games (Crysis for example) everything works fine.
OS: windows 7 64bit
GPU: HD5970 2GB
Driver...
64-bit
atikmdag
catalyst
computer help
crysis
driver recovery
error message
gaming
gpu
graphics driver
graphics issues
hd5970
pc performance
screen flash
software update
troubleshooting
user support
windows 7
word processing
ATI just had to release the 9.11 driver on the day the HD 5970 launch. Honestly, as if I wasn't busy enough already. The whole release was also a bit more nightmarish than usual due to the fact that I had just re-set up my testbed and needed to re-test a bunch of new cards for the article...