Thank you colorpurple.
I found these 2 fglrx drivers.

I don't need both do I?

The first is the driver and the second is the graphical software for changing settings. If it was me, I would install both. I think you need to install fglrx first then fglrx-amdcccle, but not sure. It has been awhile since I used the fglrx drivers. I used the radeon driver now a days, less headaches

Before I install them I would imagine I should un-install the current amd-catalyst driver first; you agree?

yes

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I have to be sure so I'm going to have to do some research and maybe look around in the Ubuntu Forum and see what others have done.

according to the respoitories, the fglrx-amdcccle depends on fglrx being installed, but not the other way around, so yes install fglrx first.

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You can also install them at the same time in one command. Will work fine.

Another way of installing them is to change the sources.list to the needed version, run apt-get update, apt-get install <packages>. Then change the sources.list back.

When I ran Ubuntu I actually had sources.lists set up for as many as 3 versions. Simply named them source.list.<version name> and changed the names for what I needed.

Not really a recommended procedure but I used it for several versions with no trouble.

Thank you for finding that out.

The last time I un-installed the amd-catalyst driver I only had console mode available to interact with the system. Un-installing the driver takes away the gui in Elementary OS Luna.

If that happens again I hope I can install those drivers by cd to the Downloads directory and using 'dpkg -i" if necessary and then reboot.

I'm preparing ahead of time in case of unforeseen things happen like a crash or any other
black screen surprise or system hang screen--
Dotting all of my i's and crossing all of my t's (performing a backup)before I proceed.

Not sure if I will try that but I will certainly give it some thought--

You should, what ever method you use for installation, be able to remove the current driver and install the new one without a lot of drama.

Make sure you use the same command you used to initiate the last version. I can't remember what that is to set up the driver.

You will be using the current driver, even after removal, until you reboot. It is running from ram not the HDD.

This is why, for instance, you can remove all kernels for your install and continue to have a running OS. You are going to have a REAL problem if you do that and then reboot however as there will be no kernel to boot to.

In the case of the driver replacement you will hopefully have a working and setup driver to use after you reboot. If it is properly set up then the init system will simply start that driver when you boot just as it did with the current driver.

So after I uninstall the old driver reboot and install the 'fglrx' and the 'fglrx-amdcccle' should be a breeze?
I hope--

Either a breeze or FUN.

So you are ahead either way.

I'll try to get this done over the weekend and see how it goes.
Might take longer as that machine is not mine.