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The ATI Radeon 7000 is officially unsupported on Windows 7 (both 32- & 64- bit). Even legacy ATI drivers don't support this. Is there any way to make it work?

EDIT: This is my second video card. My primary is an ATI Radeon HD XXXX on PCIe. Since I have only one PCIe and I want more LCDs connected, I need to add a PCI card.

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it seems from looking over the subject that you won't find any Vista/Windows 7 drivers for the ATI Radeon 7000 that support Aero (and other niceties). The card was introduced in 2001 so I think you'll be lucky to find any Windows 7 64-bit custom drivers out there.

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In fact I don¨t need aero – Hurda Apr 6 '11 at 9:07
I think the built-in VGA driver should work with the Radeon 7000 - no feeling for what the performance would be like though. Have you tried installing the card and booting into Windows 7? – Gareth Apr 8 '11 at 7:00
You bet I did, it was my first guess - but it ain't working. To be more specific It's my secondary card - just to have more displays. Primary card is ATi Radeon HD XXXX – Hurda Apr 8 '11 at 13:26
I forget the specific requirements of Windows 7 but it may be that it requires DirectX 9, yet the card is only capable of DirectX 7. Just a guess though, but I figure you won't get very far with the Radeon 7000 sadly. :) – Gareth Apr 8 '11 at 15:37
hmm - I'm quite amazed I can't run in even in safe mode or use it for Dx7 games. – Hurda Apr 11 '11 at 13:22
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This site claims to have ati radeon7000 drivers for windows7.I have not tried them,hope it works.
32 bit
http://driverscollection.com/?H=Radeon%207000&By=ATI&SS=Windows%207
64 bit
http://driverscollection.com/?H=Radeon%207000&By=ATI&SS=Windows%207%2064-bit
Microsoft Compatibility Center Says will work
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Hardware&p=Sapphire%20Technology%20ATI%20Radeon%207000%20PCIE%20DDR%2064MB%20Graphics%20Card&v=Sapphire%20Technology&uid=100945L&l=en-US&pf=0&pi=2&s=ATI%20Radeon%207000&os=32-bit
There are sites that state that to run windows7 you require 7000 directX 9
and ati radeon 7000 is only directX 7

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@Moab-sorry but the 64 bit is on the same page – mic84 Apr 5 '11 at 15:28
I got that far, but installer won't install it and the driver ain't present even if I search it manualy (There are just two driver files CH_84684.inf and C7_84684.inf - and non of them contain character sequence 7000 (or 7XXX) – Hurda Apr 6 '11 at 9:06
And for the compatibility - it's exactly this saphire card except its plain PCI not PCIE – Hurda Apr 6 '11 at 9:09
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