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    Question regarding R2-5870 Xfire

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ACHlLLES, Oct 3, 2011.

  1. ACHlLLES

    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just had dell tech come over and replace my old 4870's with 5870's.

    My device manager, and GPU Z both says ATI 5800 Series card instead of actual model number-My old card used to say 4870 twice under GPU.

    Is this normal, or did the Dell send out wrong parts, or did I miss something?

    I just reinstalled the driver after the hardware replacement.

    Thanks.
     
    ACHlLLES, Oct 3, 2011
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  2. Brabostaan

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    Thats normal.
     
    Brabostaan, Oct 3, 2011
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    Thanks

    It seems like I have to call them back anyways due to frequent artifacting.
     
    ACHlLLES, Oct 3, 2011
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    Were you sure about this dude?

    I ended up calling tech support, and it now says proper names under device ID.
     
    ACHlLLES, Oct 3, 2011
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    It all depends on what drivers you are using. I think if you use the "official" dell drivers it says "5870" and if you use the ATI reference drivers it says "5800 series".

    You DO NOT want to use the dell drivers...they suck. The ATI drivers are like 10x better.
     
    Megatony73, Oct 4, 2011
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  6. ACHlLLES

    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    I see .

    My current problem is it seems its impossible to use my external monitor

    Blinks like hell and constantly changes to laptop display.

    Very annoyed at the moment.
     
    ACHlLLES, Oct 4, 2011
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    Did you see which drivers you are actually using? If you are on the "official" dell drivers I bet they are the problem because I never have trouble hooking my R2 up to my TV with HDMI.
     
    Megatony73, Oct 4, 2011
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    Having problems with display port

    Tried official and bf3 beta drivers so far.
     
    ACHlLLES, Oct 4, 2011
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