Windows 7 Sapphire HD 5670 Graphics. What do I really need?

[Elmer]

I upped my game and splashed out on a Graphics Card for my PC in January. Sapphire Radeon 5670 512mb. At the time I just used the setup on the provided disc (yeah, I know, I've always told others to update their graphics drivers!!).

Anyway, today I became the proud(ish) owner of a new PC case (Antec 100, very nice. And cooler than my old box). I thought I'd update my graphics drivers while I was at the "update gate" and so I downloaded the latest CCC from AMD. And yes, I did use Driver Sweeper in Safe Mode.

What I'm wondering is: How much of the install stuff do I really need? I don't play games or watch videos (or very, very, seldom). The graphics card was only bought to upgrade the on board graphics so I had some oomph behind me when using Photoshop.

As is, I haven't installed the Catalyst Control Center (should I be?), but I'm wondering about the other stuff like:

AMD APP SDK Runtime.

HTMI/DP Audio Driver (I already have (newer) Realtek Audio drivers).

Avivo.

Hydravision.

AMD Drag and Drop Transcoding.

AMD Media Foundation Decoders.

Help appreciated and may save me hours of googling!!

 

[Highwayman]

AMD APP SDK Runtime is for compatible accelerated software apps that can make use of the GPU as a faster alternative to your CPU.

HTMI/DP Audio Driver- ATI now come with HDMI HD audio card built in as standard, handy for outputting audio along with video on a single HDMI socket to a big HDTV (you'd be amazed that many Nvidia cards still dont have that option)

AVIVO is used for transcoding video files using partial GPU assisted help to save a lot of time

Hydravision is for multi monitor support

AMD Drag and Drop Transcoding - see avivo

AMD Media Foundation Decoders - see avivo

To be honest for the difference in 50mb from the full packaged catalyst is pointless.. easier to get the all in one pack.

 

[Elmer]

Thanks Highwayman, Saved me nit picking, as you say, over 50mb!! Would I be better off installing the Catalyst Centre and if I did, do I really need it to start with Windows?

Aah, for the simple life of on-board graphics!!

 

[Highwayman]

Thanks Highwayman, Saved me nit picking, as you say, over 50mb!! Would I be better off installing the Catalyst Centre and if I did, do I really need it to start with Windows?

Aah, for the simple life of on-board graphics!!

well the CCC is merely to give you a user interface to adjust the settings, and access to features like AVIVO, the actual drivers can be used entirely seperately