AMD uses the .7z format because it offers a than standard .zip files. This allows them to pack hundreds of megabytes of complex driver data into a smaller package, making your driver updates download faster. How do you open or use it?
The actual software that tells your GPU how to render images. atiwign.7z
However, if you are a power user trying to or bypass a "hardware not supported" error, you might need to extract it yourself. To do this: Drivers and Support for Processors and Graphics - AMD AMD uses the
Most users will never need to touch this file directly. When you run the official AMD Auto-Detect and Install Tool, the software automatically "unpacks" these files in the background to set up your hardware. The actual software that tells your GPU how to render images
The name is a bit of a legacy throwback. "ATI" refers to the original manufacturer of Radeon graphics cards (which AMD acquired years ago), and the tells us it is a high-compression archive created by the popular tool 7-Zip .