Where are the xp drivers for AMD HD7970?

I have contacted the AMD Support; here is their answer;

"Dear Uros,
Your service request : SR #{ticketno:[8200472563]} has been reviewed and updated.
Response and Service Request History:
I understand that you are looking for Windows XP drivers for Radeon HD 7970.

We will be releasing driver for Windows XP, not sure exactly when they will be released."

Looks like they will release XP drivers

 

7970 on a AMD Phenom II X4 965 ... on xp ...

m'kaaayyyyyy

 

7970 linux driver just released, maybe xp is getting close...and XP is not dead, yet. Extended support is still in effect, at least till april 2014. Frankly, XP being the longest living Windows version, it deserves some kind of respect. Sure Win7 is better, but Win8 will come. However, there is no other like WinXP, yet.

 

While I fully agree with you, that is a bad analogy. You can't force a piece of hardware to run on an OS that doesn't support it, which is the exact issue here. The HD7970 does not have any current XP support beyond the drivers that are supplied on the install disk. At this moment, AMD also doesn't offer any XP support for the HD7 series on their website. It doesn't get any more clear cut than that.

In short, that 600HP Vette engine you can't stop drooling over is simply not compatible with the 1950's Bel-Air that you love to drive so much. You need to wait for Chevy to supply the adequate parts for the engine, assuming Chevy ever gets around to it.

 

I just want to take a screenshot of my 8 or 10 core Vishera CPU in windows XP... sure would be funny.

I once ran a 2.2 Ghz CPU and 2 gigs of Ram(after ram tweak settings it uses it properly) in windows 98Se... it sure was the fastest operating system in the world.

Edit: when i installed Windows 98 SE it said it was the most compatible operating system during the install....

Cant argue with that logic

 

Modded XP driver 12.1:
Despite Preformance issues here are list of games I tested so far that in Windows XP. It said it failed in normal install.But the rest installed fine.
I forced the driver install through device manager.
Still have ati hotkey poler issue.


Dragon Age. Will load and play. Black screens occur at points in map.
Mass Effect 1… Seems fine
Mass Effect 2… Predicable seems fine
Unreal Tournment 3… Seems fine
Unreal Tournment 2004 seems fine
Deadspace 1… 4x AA forced caused system reboot 2x AA seems to work fine
FarCry 2 benchmark … upon load causes reboot. Game upon load causes reboot

3dmark06
17408 3Dmarks
3DMark Score
17408 3DMarks
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SM2.0 Score
6612
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HDR/SM3.0 Score
8753
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CPU Score
4549
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GT1 - Return To Proxycon
57.1 FPS
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GT2 - Firefly Forest
53.1 FPS
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CPU1 - Red Valley
1.51 FPS
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CPU2 - Red Valley
2.2 FPS
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HDR1 - Canyon Flight
109.02 FPS
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HDR2 - Deep Freeze
66.04 FPS


Edit more added

Mortal Kombat 4… works fine
Race Driver Grid… Cant select 1920x1080 in resolution. Cant Select any higher than 1280x1024. EDIT just found out many people have to edit the hardware_settings_restrictions.xml file in order to get higher resolutions and it worked.

Call of Duty 1 causes reboot on launch
Call of Duty 2 Causes reboot at 4x AA…. 2x AA works fine
Call of Duty 4…4x AA causes Reboot 2x AA works fine
Call of Duty World at War… 2x AA works fine did not try 4x AA
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2… 2x AA works fine… 4x AA reboot
Call of Duty Black Ops. 2x AA loads did not try 4x AA as noted by other user I too noticed blurring when aiming down sight of gun.

Half Life 1 works fine… did not try AA its really boxy anyways @ 1080p lol
Half Life Lost Coast Stress Test 208 FPS… 6x AA no reboots…

Will continue later on... Some of these AA issues i noticed on my Radeon 4870... system does reboot if i select really high AA in some games.