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    Catalyst 12.7 Beta

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by San Pedro, Jun 24, 2012.

  1. San Pedro

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    San Pedro, Jun 24, 2012
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    I wouldnt mind some feedback as well.
     
    JoeyFUZZ911, Jun 25, 2012
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  4. San Pedro

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    Thanks for the link.

    For the 6990m Alienware users I don't recommend the driver.
     
    San Pedro, Jun 27, 2012
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    i agree, I just played with the 12.7 "official" drivers and i still get screen corruption!

    I rollbacked to the 12.4 drivers.
     
    JoeyFUZZ911, Jun 27, 2012
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    Thank you guys, great feedback on that version
     
    Alienware-Frank_L, Jun 27, 2012
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  7. Andycinoz

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    I tried the newest drivers, and was told my graphics card was not found.... :S

    Rolled back to the Dell supported version, whichever that might be....!
     
    Andycinoz, Jun 27, 2012
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    glad i did a system restore before installing this one, it detected my cfx5870 as firepro m7820. 12.6 is still working good though.
     
    basshyde, Jun 30, 2012
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    Guru3D forum feedback was pretty negative for these.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
    Chris_c81, Jun 30, 2012
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  10. weinstein888

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    The last few times I've used "leaked" drivers that were in beta but not released by AMD themselves, I've had very poor results. Very please with 12.6 so far. If there are any known advantages to these though, I'll play guinea pig again :p
     
    weinstein888, Jun 30, 2012
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    tried them, afterburner wont work so no OC, went back to 12.5
     
    HaloGod2012, Jun 30, 2012
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  12. Greywolf22

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    I just installed the "official" 12.7 beta driver from the AMD main web page and working great so far. Benches are a little bit better and haven't seen any performance or screen problems. So far very happy with them.
     
    Greywolf22, Jun 30, 2012
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  13. StZu

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    Really now? 12.7 afterburner does not work? Darn it and here I was exited.
     
    StZu, Jun 30, 2012
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  14. Quagmire LXIX

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    +1 for the 12.6 WHQL. Installed right over the Dell drivers and all thumbs, scores and FPS up. Don't care for betas myself.
     
    Quagmire LXIX, Jun 30, 2012
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  15. CptXabaras

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    Grey, do you have Skyrim installed? I have read that they may fix crossfire with this game.
     
    CptXabaras, Jun 30, 2012
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    I've had 12.7 installed for a while and don't have any issues with afterburner. It OCs just fine for me.
     
    SkylineLvr, Jun 30, 2012
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    hmm, after dl 12.7 afterburner shows my clocks as 0 for core and mem, and when i try to OC it just reverts the sliders, i changed ULPS in the registry too and did all the normal steps
     
    HaloGod2012, Jun 30, 2012
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    Megatony73, Jun 30, 2012
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    There are links on the page you linked to, in a sidebar to the right. For example, 64bit Windows leads here:

    AMD Catalystâ„¢ Mobility Display Driver

    EDIT: AMD warns against using these drivers with switchable graphics. Can the M17x R4 in fact continue to use switchable graphics with the 12.6 AMD drivers?
     
    kirbysdl, Jun 30, 2012
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    Yeah...so now I am lost again. Since Dell decides to use the switchable graphics option now I cant use the WHQL drivers from AMD?

    Or what...do you just not use the switch command?
     
    Megatony73, Jun 30, 2012
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    Most on here have been installing drivers from AMD after installing the dell drivers with little trouble. Installing the driver from dell first allows for switchable graphics... at least I believe this to be the case. I know that I have never really used the dell driver except as a starting base with my 6990m.
     
    San Pedro, Jul 1, 2012
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  22. c69k

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    I installed 12.7 Beta over my stock driver (no clean install) and after that my afterburner also showed 0 clocks on sliders when launched. However, if I launch MSI Kombustor first, then Afterburner, all is ok with Afterburner and I can OC + the afterburner sliders have larger OC capability than with stock driver (now max 1105 core and 1560 memory). I run on 950/1350 when gaming. I stick with 12.7 as I found no problems with it whatsoever.
     
    c69k, Jul 1, 2012
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  23. Greywolf22

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    Hey Cpt!

    Sadly not yet, have it on xbox but haven't picked it up for the PC just yet. I've heard that they did make improvement however, just no way to prove it just yet.
     
    Greywolf22, Jul 1, 2012
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    I cant seem to use my 7970M after following the installation process on AMD's website videos.

    AMD Support & Drivers

    Now I cant even open CCC as my GPU has some sort of issue.

    I did a clean install of uninstalling the CCC and installing the new one. Now these issue :/
     
    DJStarscream, Jul 1, 2012
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    A couple things I had to do; install Dell's driver 1st, and make sure that the dedicated gpu is being used when intalling the new drivers over top of the Dell drivers.
     
    San Pedro, Jul 1, 2012
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    If you are installing drivers over the Stock druvers make sure you have Fn + F7ed into your dedicated GPU
     
    StZu, Jul 1, 2012
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  27. Mr. Fox

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    The *Official* 12.7 beta is working nicely with my 7970M CrossFire setup, but the modded driver was horrible. You can get Catalyst 12.7 beta and CAP1 directly from AMD now. [ LINK]

    c69k - I have the same issue with Afterburner until the MSIAfterburner.cfg file is tweaked for overclocking. Open it in NotePad and make changes to the lines shown below.

    [ATIADLHAL]
    UnofficialOverclockingEULA = I confirm that I am aware of unofficial overclocking limitations and fully understand that MSI will not provide me any support on it
    UnofficialOverclockingMode = 1​
     
    Mr. Fox, Jul 1, 2012
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