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Support » Need Updated Video Drivers?

Try to update your drivers here first:

• ATI Desktop Graphics drivers here, Mobile graphics see below. Windows 7 users with ATI cards should install generic drivers at the bottom of this page.
• nVidia Graphics drivers here
• Intel Graphics drivers search here or auto-detect

Why do I need to update my video drivers?

BumpTop uses OpenGL to render its rich environment. Unfortunately, not all computers have an updated video driver that works with BumpTop - so a simple software download will ensure the best possible experience. Not having updated drivers may result in choppy video, visual glitches, crashes, as well as screen flicker.

You can also pick the driver that most closely matches your system configuration:

In almost all cases, you will have to manually install the drivers below - running the included setup may not work.

Integrated Intel Graphics

Driver name	Windows XP	Windows Vista	Windows 7
Intel Mobile 965/X3100 (ThinkPad x61t, etc.)	32 bit v14.36 64 bit v14.36	32 bit v15.11 64 bit v15.11	«  install Vista driver manually

nVidia Graphics Cards

Driver name	Windows XP	Windows Vista	Windows 7
nVidia GeForce 6, 7, 8 9 and 200 series	32 bit v182.50 64 bit v182.50	32 bit v182.50 64 bit v182.50	«  install Vista driver manually

ATI Graphics Cards

Mobility/laptop users (especially Windows 7 users) will likely need to manually install the drivers below or use MobilityModder (also available here) to update drivers as most OEM provided drivers do not contain the necessary OpenGL support.

Driver name	Windows XP	Windows Vista	Windows Seven
Generic ATI laptop/desktop (HD 2xxx, HD 3xxx and HD 4xxx only)	32 bit v9.6 64 bit v9.6	32 bit v9.6 64 bit v9.6	«  install Vista driver manually
Generic ATI laptop/desktop (RADEON 9500 or newer, X2100 or older)	32 bit v9.3 64 bit v9.3	32 bit v9.2 64 bit v9.2	«  install Vista driver manually

How do I (manually) install video drivers?

Most drivers can just be installed from the downloaded file. On some mobile/laptop systems, you'll have to manually install the driver by specifying the driver in Device Manager in Control Panel.

1. Download the driver package and extract its contents into a temporary folder on your desktop. If the package is an EXE file, a program like WinRAR will allow you to extract its contents.
2. Next, open Control Panel, System, and go into Device Manager. Find the Display Adapter, right click it and select Properties.
3. On the Driver Tab, click "Update Driver"
4. In the dialog box that opens, click "Browse my computer for driver software"
5. Then, "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
   
6. In the screen that opens, click "Have Disk", and feed it the path to where you extracted the folders in the first step
7. The drivers will install - a reboot may be necessary.
8. You can read more about this on our forums here: GetSatisfaction Win7 driver install

Not in the list?

• Intel integrated graphics users: OpenGL 2.0 support is available since Vista v15.11 drivers and XP v14.36 drivers, so anything newer should work.
• ATI discrete graphics users: ATI X300 or newer should work fine. Simply download the latest driver available from ATI
• nVidia discrete graphics users: Any nVidia GeForce 6200 or newer card should work fine. Simply download the latest video driver available from nVidia