Modified AMD Radeon 6900 XT/RDNA2 drivers for Windows 7 (OUTDATED)

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Hello!

Hope you're all doing well!

I'm new here as I came across your post whilst I was on a similar journey as yours, and I think what you've done is absolutely amazing!

I know I'm probably not in a position to ask, but might you know if this is possible to do but with the newer RX 7000 series cards (i.e. RX 7900 XT & XTX)??

I'm sure you're absolutely aware that they are a beast of a hardware, like yourself (and many others) I'm a Windows 7 user (4lyf ) and it's just a shame that the support for this operating system halted with Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 with the RX 6950 XT being the end of line

It would be really great to know of you thoughts or if you (or anyone in this forum )can help on this matter...I'm just amazed how you are able to do this (despite my humble attempts to get it to work myself)... I assure you it'll be greatly appreciated!

 

Hello ExtremelyFancyUsername! Thanks for getting back to me!

Yes you are right, however in the graphic card compatibility (and in the INF file) it is written that RX 5000 & 6000 cards work with the driver package, the only problem is that the latest Winodws 7 installer available is 22.6.1 and it doesn't include RX 7000 cards.

But adding this line of cards to the code like you have with your RX 6900 XT, it should theoretically work.
I just don't have the skills or the genius knowlege to be capable of doing such miraculous things!

I guess what me (and many others here are probably wanting to ask, wouldn't adding RX 7000 line of code make this work?

(I just tried posting links but forum rules are restricting me because I'm new )

Hope this helps and really hope we can resolve this matter too!

 

Ahh that might not be a big problem, as one can swap/extract the newer drivers from the latest installation package into the Windows 7 compatible installer. Therefore the card should theoretically work afterwards.

These drivers were also identified by Canonkong in an earlier post here:

I also did a similar thing but with the OpenGL, where I effectively took an older build of the latest OpenGL 4.3 to replaced the latest build
(the newer builds of OGL causes software crashes that utilises it internally or in the background)
Worked like a charm!

I will start looking into both packages (old and new) to find the identical files.

With this said, can we possibly give this a go then perhaps??

 

I've done a bit of research, and apparantly, the RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 architectures are identical, if not similar that the drivers are compatible i.e. hence why the latest drivers can be used for RX 6000 series cards

 

Coming back to this again, looking at the INF file of 22.6.1 (which you have generously linked in the now edited original post) shows the list of RX 5000 & 6000 cards that it's compatible with:

Code:

AMD731F.1 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT"
AMD731F.2 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700"
AMD731F.3 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT"
AMD731F.4 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700"
AMD731F.5 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT"
AMD731F.6 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT"
AMD731F.7 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT"
AMD731F.8 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary"
AMD731F.9 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT"
AMD731F.10 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700"
AMD731F.11 = "AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT"
AMD731F.12 = "AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT"
AMD7340.1 = "Radeon RX 5500 XT"
AMD7340.2 = "Radeon RX 5300"
AMD73A5.1 = "AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT"
AMD73AF.1 = "AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT"
AMD73BF.1 = "AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT"
AMD73BF.2 = "AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT"
AMD73BF.3 = "AMD Radeon RX 6800"
AMD73DF.1 = "AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT"
AMD73DF.2 = "AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT"
AMD73DF.3 = "AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT"
AMD73DF.4 = "AMD Radeon RX 6700M"
AMD73DF.5 = "AMD Radeon RX 6700"
AMD73EF.1 = "AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT"
AMD73FF.1 = "AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT"
AMD73FF.2 = "AMD Radeon RX 6600"

As well as my previous RX 580 cards (and relative cards):

Code:

AMD67DF.12 = "Radeon(TM)  RX 580"
AMD67DF.13 = "Radeon (TM) RX 570"
AMD67DF.14 = "Radeon (TM) RX 570"
AMD67DF.15 = "AMD Radeon (TM) RX 480"
AMD67DF.16 = "AMD Radeon (TM) RX 470"
AMD67DF.17 = "AMD Radeon (TM) RX 470"
AMD67DF.18 = "AMD Radeon (TM) RX 580"
AMD67DF.19 = "AMD Radeon (TM) RX 570"
AMD67DF.20 = "AMD Radeon (TM) RX 570X"
AMD67DF.21 = "AMD Radeon (TM) RX 580X"
AMD67DF.22 = "Radeon (TM) RX 570"
AMD67DF.23 = "Radeon(TM) RX 580"
AMD67DF.24 = "Radeon(TM) RX 580"

Both cards that are years and generation(s) apart, but still under the same driver package. Thus it's highly proable that drivers from the latest package (25.3.1) for RX 6000 would work for the RX 7000 series of cards.

It would only mean that the INF file for 22.6.1 would need to include lines/code for RX 7000 cards.

This in all respect is something or a skill that I am lacking...and once again I (and many others) would be ever so appreciative if you can help on this matter!

 

Just download the RX 7000 driver for Windows "10" and compare the .inf files (might have a different name there) - the codes for RX 7000 chips are in it. Copy them to your Win "7" driver .inf file after the above codes for RX 6000 chips. It probably won't work though.

 

Thanks for the advice man, however unfortunately I already gave that a go and it doesn't work as you've stated.

The installer splashscreen will return with an error message.

Doing the manual way through Device Manager with "Have Disk" will give me an extended list to choose from, however the additional "graphics cards" were all named as %***% (or along those lines), and even if I picked the closest one (i.e. 6900 XT) the progress will return as an incompatible card, and thus did not install.

So I am led to believe it's more than just adding a list of graphics cards. This is where and why I am really hoping that or someone like ExtremelyFancyUsername could chime in

 

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I've been wondering, is there a consensus in the forum about which company provides the best Win 7 support for an add-on graphics card? Is it the installer 22.6.1, above? Or is there another company with better Win 7 drivers?

 

I forgot to qualify my ask, what is a cheap graphics card with good Win 7 support?

I'm guessing that each company's Win 7 support is similar across its product line-up, regardless whether the specific card is $50 or $500.

Therefore, it's more a question of which company provides a good Win 7 driver.

The reason I ask is that Dell/Intel provide seven GPU driver packages for the Optiplex 7050, claiming to support Win 7, yet none of them do. When you try to install, they say your operating system is not supported.

Ya know, the cheaper, older graphics card might actually have a more reliable Win 7 driver. The latest and greatest graphics cards are more likely to be for the newest machines, so the companies might not even bother with Win 7 drivers for their high-end products.

 

3050? If the 3090 Ti is too much for you, just drop down the price tiers accordingly. 3090 -> 3080 Ti -> 3080 -> 3070 Ti -> 3070 -> 3060 Ti -> 3060 -> 3050 Ti -> 3050

You can also go with older models to save money, 20xx, 10xx, 9xx, but those are not going to be "more reliable". The 30xx series is 100% compatible with Win 7. And the 30xx series is going to be more "energy efficient" than the older models, delivering the highest performance:wattage ratio.

And you simply download the drivers from Nvidia's website. There aren't separate drivers for each company's GPUs (EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, etc)

 

Thanks so much ! I'm about to try a couple Win7-supported cards, just to see if that might be a simple and easy way of getting UEFI working without CSM (since Dell's GPU drivers for the Optiplex 7050 seem not to support Win 7 when I try to install them).

 

Ahhh, crud. I think I'm encountering the issue of Win 7 graphics drivers having expired certificates. And I can't figure out how to find the thread in here about resolving or working around.

 

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Thanks so much. It sounds kind of easy. Will I be able to secure-boot after using this workaround?

There was another thread somewhere in here where they seemed to make a big production out of getting an expired driver to work. I wonder if those extra procedures are required for secure-boot ?