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    Catalyst 14.9 WHQL's for 7th Gen Upwards

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by paradigm, Sep 30, 2014.

  1. paradigm

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    paradigm, Sep 30, 2014
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    i guess, after all the complaining about the problematic installs, AMDATI finally fixed up the install

    the way i did this was to use the inbuilt software updater from CCC (while running in enduro mode) (? 14.7 methinks) and it downloaded and proceeded to install that threw up an error, but had managed to install most options from the get go (save critical components not being updated)

    i have then downloaded a separate driver from the site and installed it on top of the existing (somewhat updated) driverset and let it install.... all components updated and nary a fault...

    my apologies and thanks to AMD :)
     
    paradigm, Sep 30, 2014
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    Raidriar ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

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    Did they fix the switchable fixed mode? It has been absent since 14.6, which is a major issue for me as I like to keep the m18x type switching instead of dynamic switching.
     
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    I'll check it and let you know, currently I am just glad to have it installing without grief and updating its core components
     
    paradigm, Sep 30, 2014
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Any crashes in games etc?
     
    TomJGX, Sep 30, 2014
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    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    tested on my desktop cards, no problem so far
     
    CptXabaras, Sep 30, 2014
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    Cerberus Notebook Evangelist

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    Guys I'm stuck on the integrated Intel GPU, when I press configure switchable graphics I get the Advanced Display Settings instead of the GPU switching screen and I have no idea how else to switch to the dedicated GPU. Pressing FN + F7 doesn't help either.

    Any ideas?
     
    Cerberus, Oct 2, 2014
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    Switch works just fine on my Alienware 18 but I have to mention that I formatted my laptop when I saw this new driver didn't do an upgrade or uninstall / reinstall, using all official Alienware 18 Drivers from Dell's site for Windows 7 except for the VGA using AMD's latest driver

    gave me better scores, check them out below, official Alienware Driver first, then the new driver benchmarks next

    AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire with Driver 13.251.3.5 (W7)

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    AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire with Driver 14.9 (W7)

    [​IMG]
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Oct 2, 2014
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    Thanks for sharing. +1Rep
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Oct 3, 2014
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  10. paradigm

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    Aaargh, drivers giving me muchos grief in win8.1

    Will not let me install
    Ccc control panel
    ATI drivers
    Transcoding
     
    paradigm, Oct 4, 2014
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    yup switchable graphics always worked, its just that i never had to use it
     
    paradigm, Oct 4, 2014
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    The driver for laptop is amd-catalyst-14-9-win7-win8.1-64bit-dd-ccc-whql.exe, similar to the driver for desktop. Do graphic cards on both desktop and laptop use the same driver?
     
    alvinkhorfire, Oct 4, 2014
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