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    Best driver for Radeon 5870

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Xavier227, Mar 19, 2011.

  1. Xavier227

    Xavier227 Notebook Guru

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    I tried updating to 11.2 catalyst but my fps are lower than when I had 11.1 ... is that normal? Anyone here is experiencing the same thing ??

    By the way I'm on the factory settings in CCC cause when I change something it starts lagging

    EDIT : I just installed 10.12 drivers and it seems it's even better wow ...
     
    Xavier227, Mar 19, 2011
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  2. tsuekasa

    tsuekasa Notebook Consultant

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    Heres a tip, all drivers suck from 10.6 to 11.2. I used to have 4870's and 10.5 ran awesome. Then upgrade my drivers and performed worst. Dell upgraded my computer to 5870's every game runs worst. Bad company runs better with one card even. I'm getting 20-40frames on all my games.
     
    tsuekasa, Mar 20, 2011
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  3. darkloki

    darkloki Notebook Deity

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    Sad... Makes me Cry in fact :( I too got upgraded to 5870's and things so far have been less then great. :(
     
    darkloki, Mar 20, 2011
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  4. tsuekasa

    tsuekasa Notebook Consultant

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    tsuekasa, Mar 20, 2011
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  5. CptXabaras

    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    Guys you should have a look a the various thread that talks about it. There are tons of infos. Just keep in mind than many of us are running those same cards with those same drivers and the experience is really good. May be you are just doing something wrong. Don't blame the system, do your research.
     
    CptXabaras, Mar 20, 2011
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    Doctor Magneto Notebook Consultant

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    I've found the stock Dell\AW video driver and vbios to be the best and most stable. Tried installing 11.2 following instructions but something went wrong and I had to roll everything back.
     
    Doctor Magneto, Mar 20, 2011
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