Download drivers for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

Installing drivers for laptop video cards is a very important process. In modern laptops, there are quite often two video cards. One of them is integrated, and the second is discrete, more powerful. Intel's chips, and discrete video cards are produced in most cases NVIDIA or AMD. In this lesson, we will tell about how to download and install software for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 video card.

Several ways of installing software for a laptop video card

Due to the fact that there are two video cards in a laptop, some applications use the power of the built-in adapter, and part of the applications appeals to the discrete video card. It is such a video card and acts by ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470. Without the necessary use of this adapter, it will be simply impossible, as a result of which most of the potential of any laptop is lost. To install software, you can use one of the methods below.

Method 1: Official site AMD

As you might notice, the video card of the Radeon brand is indicated. So why will we search for her driver on the AMD website? The fact is that AMD simply bought the ATI Radeon brand. That is why all technical support is now worth looking for AMD resources. Let's proceed to the method itself.

Go to the official page of downloading drivers for AMD / ATI video cards.
On the page, you should go down slightly until you see the block called the Manual Driver Select. Here you will see the fields in which you need to specify information about the family of your adapter, the operating system version and so on. Fill this block as shown in the screenshot below. Only the last item can be different, where it is necessary to specify the version of the OS and its discharge.

After all the lines are filled, click the "Display Results" button, which is located at the bottom of the unit.
You will be transferred to the software download page for the adapter mentioned in the subject. Go at the bottom of the page.
Here you will see a table with a description of the software you need. In addition, the table will be specified the size of the downloaded files, the driver version and the release date. We advise you to choose the driver, in the description of which does not appear the word "beta". These are test options for which in some cases errors may occur. To start the download, you need to press the orange button with the corresponding name "Download".

As a result, downloading the required file will begin. We are waiting for the end of the download process and launch it.
Before starting, a security system warning may appear. This is a very standard procedure. Just press the "Run" button.

Now you need to specify the path where the files that are required to install the software will be retrieved. You can leave the location without changes and click the "Install" button.

As a result, the process of extracting information will begin, after which the AMD software installation manager will be launched. In the first window you can choose the language on which further information will be displayed. After that, click the "Next" button at the bottom of the window.

Main window of the installation manager by Radeon

In the next step, you need to select the type of software installation, as well as specify the place where it will be installed. We recommend choosing the item "Fast". In this case, all components automatically installed or updated. When the location of the files and the installation type is selected, click the Next button again.

Selecting the Radeon Driver Installation Type

Before starting the installation, you will see the window in which the items of the license agreement will be set. We study the information and click the "Accept" button.

After that, the process of installing the required software will begin. Upon completion, you will see a window with relevant information. If you wish, you can familiarize yourself with the results of the installation of each component by clicking the "View Magazine" button. To exit the Radeon installation manager, press the "Finish" button.

On this driver installation in this way will be completed. Do not forget to reboot the system upon completion of this process, despite the fact that it will not be asked. In order to make sure that the software is correctly installed, you need to go to the Device Manager. It needs to find the "Video adapter" section by opening which you will see the manufacturer and the model of your video cards. If such information is present, then you have done everything correctly.

Method 2: AMD automatic installation program

To install ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 video card drivers, you can use a special utility developed by AMD. It will independently determine the model of your graphics adapter, will load and install the necessary software.

Go to the AMD software download page.
At the top of the page you will see a block with the name "Automatic Detection and Driver Setting". This block will be the only button "Download". Press on it.

The installation file will begin loading the utility described above. We are waiting for the end of the process and run the file.
As in the first way, you will first offer to specify the place where the installation files will be unpacked. Specify your path or leave the default value. After that, click "Install".

Specify the path to extract the program files

After the necessary data is retrieved, the process of scanning your system will begin on the availability of Radeon / AMD equipment. It takes a few minutes.

If the search is completed with success, then in the next window you will be offered to select the method of installing the driver: "Express" (fast installation of all components) or "Custom" (Custom Settings Installation). We recommend choosing the "express" installation. To do this, click on the appropriate string.

As a result, the download process and installation process will be launched, which are supported by the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 video card.

If everything goes well, then a few minutes later you will see a window with a message that your graphics adapter is ready to use. The last step will be rebooting the system. You can do this by clicking the "Restart Now" or "Restart Now" button in the final window of the installation wizard.

This method will be completed.

Method 3: Total automatic installation program for

If you are not a novice computer user or laptop, you probably heard about such a utility like DriverPack Solution. This is one of the program representatives that automatically scan your system and detect devices for which you want to install drivers. In fact, utilities of this kind of magnitude more. In our separate lesson, we did an overview of those.

Lesson: The best programs for installing drivers

In fact, you can choose an absolutely any program, but we recommend using still DriverPack Solution. She has both online version and downloadable drivers for which you do not need internet access. In addition, this software constantly receives updates from developers. With the manual on how to correctly update by this utility, you can find in a separate article.

Lesson: How to update drivers on a computer using DriverPack Solution

Method 4: Online Driver Search Services

In order to take advantage of this method, you need to know the unique identifier of your video card. Ati Mobility Radeon HD 5470 model, it has the following meaning:

PCI \ Ven_1002 & Dev_68E0 & Subsys_FD3C1179

Now you need to contact one of the online services that specialize in searching for software ID equipment. We described the best services in our special lesson. In addition, in it you will find step-by-step instructions on how to find the driver for any device correctly.

Lesson: Search for Drivers by Equipment ID

Method 5: Device Manager

Note that this method is the most intimate. It will only allow you to install basic files that will help the system simply correctly identify your graphics adapter. After that, it will still have to take advantage of the methods described above. Nevertheless, in some situations this method can still help. It is extremely simple.

Open the Device Manager. The simplest way to do is to press the "Windows" and "R" buttons at the same time on the keyboard. As a result, the program "Perform" program opens. In the only field, enter the DevmGMT.msc command and click "OK". The Task Manager window opens.

In the Device Manager, you open the "Video adapter" tab.
Select the required adapter and click on it the right mouse button. In the contextual drop-down menu, select the first string "Update Drivers".
As a result, a window will open in which you need to select the way to search the driver.

Automatic driver search via Device Manager

We recommend choosing "Automatic Search".
As a result, the system will try to find the necessary files on the computer or laptop. If the search result is successful, the system will automatically install them. After that you will see a window with a message about a successful ending process.

Taking advantage of one of these ways, you can easily install software for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 video card. This will allow you to play videos in good quality, work in full-fledged 3D programs and enjoy your favorite games. If during the installation of the drivers you have errors or difficulties, write in the comments. We will try to find the reason with you.