Question I have problem with ATI RV370 128mb (x300/x550/x1050) on windows 11 23H2

[Mahdi403]

I update my pc from windows 11 22H2 to 23H2.every things was going well but after installing graphic driver , system has bug.the right click on desktop and Explorer don't work, I can only right click on Taskbar.explorer top bar don't show to me and it is gray.i can't change this card , I can only use it and I don't love to switch to basic Microsoft driver.please help me.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

This is an old card and not designed to work with modern versions of Windows. What are the rest of your PC specs?

 

[Mahdi403]

Hey there,

This is an old card and not designed to work with modern versions of Windows. What are the rest of your PC specs?

Cpu:core2duo e8600
Ram:4 GB ddr2
Hard: hdd 160 GB
Motherboard:Asus P5GC-MX/1333 , bios is updated
I have no problems with other components and Windows, my only problem is the graphics and I don't want to use the internal graphics. If I want to change it, what is the oldest compatible graphics?

 

[USAFRet]

Cpu:core2duo e8600
Ram:4 GB ddr2
Hard: hdd 160 GB
Motherboard:Asus P5GC-MX/1333 , bios is updated
I have no problems with other components and Windows, my only problem is the graphics and I don't want to use the internal graphics. If I want to change it, what is the oldest compatible graphics?

And Win 11 ????

 

[Mahdi403]

And Win 11 ????

Yes, I had no issues with it, I installed it by bypassing it and all components work fine except the graphics.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, I had no issues with it, I installed it by bypassing it and all components work fine except the graphics.

Well, you're very much into uncharted territory.

20+ year old hardware and Win 11.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Yes, I had no issues with it, I installed it by bypassing it and all components work fine except the graphics.

Ok, that's fine. However, you do realise that without official support, these issues are highly likely to occur? Specially for such an old system. The GPU does not have sufficient vram to run win11. You are staring down a rabbit hole of potential fixes, that will lead no-where. It's time to move on from that system.

Depending on the bios, unless it has a legacy/Uefi bios option, the card will stop the system from working.

 

[Mahdi403]

At least tell me what is the cheapest and oldest graphics card compatible with Windows 11?

 

[Mahdi403]

Because I have another system, but I definitely need this system for specific work with Windows 11.

 

[USAFRet]

At least tell me what is the cheapest and oldest graphics card compatible with Windows 11?

Unknown. As said, you are well into uncharted territory.

 

[USAFRet]

Because I have another system, but I definitely need this system for specific work with Windows 11.

What specific stuff could require both a system this old AND Win 11?

 

[Mahdi403]

Okay, thanks, so I'll get to work and find a minimal solution.

 

[Mahdi403]

I have a TV and I use this system to present on it and I don't plan on spending money, or at least if I do, I'll get a graphics card for it.

 

[USAFRet]

I have a TV and I use this system to present on it and I don't plan on spending money, or at least if I do, I'll get a graphics card for it.

That doesn't sound like it "requires" Win 11.

Look into Linux for that old system.

 

[BFG-9000]

The last Windows drivers for that were Catalyst 10.2 for Windows Vista from 15 years ago. While the linux drivers for it are still seeing improvements.

I don't suggest any cheap old ATI/AMD as Terascale driver support ended in 2016. Maxwell such as GTX 750Ti, 950 or 960 would be good choices but watch the power connectors required

 

[Mahdi403]

Thank you very much 😊.

The last Windows drivers for that were Catalyst 10.2 for Windows Vista from 15 years ago. While the linux drivers for it are still seeing improvements.

I don't suggest any cheap old ATI/AMD as Terascale driver support ended in 2016. Maxwell such as GTX 750Ti, 950 or 960 would be good choices but watch the power connectors required

 

[Mahdi403]

Isn't it older than this, like 512 MB?

 

[BFG-9000]

Isn't it older than this, like 512 MB?

What do you mean? No Maxwell card had only 512MB of VRAM, 1GB was the minimum on GTX 745, 750 and 945A. They first came out in 2014 (so are very cheap now) and are still being supported with new drivers, with the latest Windows 11 driver 576.52 dropping last week.

No R300 series card such as RV370 ever came with 512MB either, but the "HyperMemory" models with 32MB, 64MB or 128MB of local memory advertised they could also use up to 512MB of system memory over the AGP or PCIe bus too, like very slow VRAM. Much like an IGP plus a very small amount of actual VRAM.