After installing the latest drivers for ATI Radeon X1400 (it's crap, but I'll be getting a better laptop in the coming months), many of my games, which used to run smoothly, run so slow that they become unplayable for a few moments. Then they run normally again for a few minutes, rinse and repeat...

This has happened with MVP Baseball 2004, Half-Life 2, Frozen Synapse, Curse of Monkey Island, Starcraft, KOTOR...my PC fulfills the requirements to run these games pretty easily. Lowering the settings has no effect either.

Now, I tried rolling back my video card driver, but the problem does not go away, and to make matters worse, every time I unplug the AC Adapter, I get a blue screen. Of course I had to update again.

Thanks for taking your time to read.

Sometimes the easiest way to solve the problem is to use system restore. Not the manufacturers restore but the MS system restore.

Don't know what OS you are running but usually you can go to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and click the System Restore icon. Pick a restore point prior to the driver install and let the program do it's magic. Do not turn the computer off or unplug it. It should reboot and drop you at the log on screen or desktop.

You can also type "System Restore" in the search field and get links to the System Restore utility on most systems . . =)

rofl we both are on the same screw up, i have the same gfx on my laptop dell inspiron 6400, basically both ati/amd and dell screwed us over
-dell has no provided no updates for the card since 2008
-ati wont provide drivers for laptop crappy oem mobilty cards


i have been testing around a few ones 10.2,10.3,10.4 sucks hard cause it breaks open gl games
9.3 is too crappy for newer games
trying out 9.12 will report back

Thank you for the help, however the system restore points do not go far back enough (only a week).

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/158-amdati/

Sorry to hear that. I assume you noticed the checkbox for showing older restore points? (See attached image)

Good luck with getting it back on line . . . =)