Windows 2000 how to install AMD / ATI catalyst control panel, its possible to install it somehow standalone?

[ruthan]

I made BlackWIngCat ATI/AMD drivers working for 3D in Windows 2000 with extended kernel, but they are only barebone drivers.. i would like to set some image quality settings.

  Here are details, you have to autotranslate it:
https://win2k.org/blog/2009/09/30/571484/

  BlackWingCat description mentioning Catalyst, but there are not details, im not sure if its possible get only standalone installer, or extract it from XP drivers etc, i have tried some wild kernel of his driver and XP package, but installer crashed, even installer with original driver crashed.

  Have tried ATI tool, its running but developement ended in 2006 and ATI try tools generate blue screen, right after install.

[ruthan]

I was able to extract Catalyst Control center installer from a few drivers packages- i simply used bruteforce 7zip extaction, structure vary per version.. and maybe even per sub version. Because as i tried the last drivers in some line, they could be actually newer than first driver in new line..

   I mean 7.12 could be newer than 8.1, there could be also some different packaging because some newer driver had same package structure as older ones, but there was different structure in the middle of them..

  Good new is that something is working and you can use quite old Catalyst Control center with much newer drivers - for my Radeon 3470, best worked have 11.7 drivers. Maybe are some Win 2k natives installer (maybe up to 9.8) which would work out of box and would be possible not installed video drivers or replace them letter i did not tried all combination. 

  I looked into these:
6.5 - installer is in ACE directory installed correctly
6.20 I found Data in ATICC directory, but for some reason it complain about data.cab, which in place - i could somehow damage a package, i need to try it again.
7.12 - i found only a lot of CC parts sub installers, but not main installer
8.12 - i found only a lot of CC parts sub installers, but not main installer
9.9 CCC directory installed correctly
10.2 - CCC directory installed correctly
10.9 -  i found only a lot of CC parts, but not main installer, main installer stuck on HW detection
11.X - - i found only a lot of CC parts, but not main installer, main installer stuck on HW detection

 Summary i found out that newer is not better, at least with my card:
10.2 - very little settings, just some monitor stuff
9.9 - Not native resolution GPU scaling available in comparison is 10.2
6.5 - Actually what i need 3D Graphics option tree settings available (3D Image quality, Antialiasing etc) and all above, maybe GPU scaling has some more limited option.. 

  Good, news is if i installed something, i does not crashed.
  Im not sure if newer versions had in build some overclocking, but MSi afterburner 4.30 is running fine, maybe even newer will, i not tried it yet GUI drawers for overclocking seems active, i can set new GPU and VRAM speed without crash and GPU-Z 0.67 is confirming new clocks.
 

Edited yesterday at 04:00 AM by ruthan