Yours will probably come shipped with whatever stock video driver is on the dell website. Mine did.
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Success here
Catalyst™ Install Manager
Installation Report
06/21/10 13:37:55
Hardware information
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc
Device ID 0x9712
Vendor ID 0x1002
Class Code 0x030000
Revision ID 0x00
Subsystem ID 0x363f
Subsystem vendor ID 0x103c -
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...maybe the drivers woulda worked then......
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Failed to install.
I keep the 10.6 beta set, installed on April 2010, they work fine with the games I usually play: FS9, FSX, Lock-On, FreeFalcon 5.5 and X-Plane. -
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Can someone tell me how to tell what driver version i have installed...just got my puter yesterday so would like to know whats running.....
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No problem mate.
I am quite sure you have Dell's version of 10.5 installed since that is the only driver that is 100% working so far. -
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Driver packaging version 8.692.2-100203a-095371C-Dell
Provider ATI Technologies Inc
2nd Driver Version 8.01.01.994
2nd Driver FIle Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/Co....
Direct 3D Version 8.14.10.0723
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.9263
Catalyst Control Centre Version 2010.0203.2211.39787
Nothing about 10.5 - no Catalyst Version at all.....how come my info (above) doesnt show this? - is there anything i need to do?
What does this mean i have installed (as im a noob)
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It means you have the stock video driver from Dell installed. If you want 10.5 you'll have to install it yourself. Get it from ATI website.
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Sorry I took so long, I had to go out. The ATI website only has the 10.6 driver ( That I could find.) From what I understand they dont work with the 5870 card. I could be wrong about this though. I just ran the 10.5 on top of the stock driver. Sorry but I dont have a link for the 10.5s. Perhaps Batboy or one of the others on here can hook you up. Good luck.
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you will not be able to game in full screen with 10.6 as was discovered by joker.
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not sure, since i don't have that driver installed. can someone with 5870cf confirm?
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Yes the driver from the Dell website is what you have installed.
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I'm afraid so. Sorry.
P.S . If someone has the 10.5 driver on a USB and knows how to upload it to you,you could install the 10.5 driver. I don't know how to do it. Other than that, I guess you're stuck with stock. Sorry. -
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And im assuming that 10.6 is worse than what i have now as stock from Dell, according to Joker's comments about not working full screen...(i take it this means no gaming in 1920x1200)
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Just found the driver for the gpu's from dell here:
Drivers and Downloads
Looks like i already have this installed i think.....according to my CCC
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1st thing i wanted to do when i got the pc yesterday was to check what i got installed....seems i have the latest dell offering and as you say, the others dont work....so, no point in getting 10.5 or 10.6 or anything else until AMD come up with something that DOES work huh?
BTW - I love the desk you have built......im gonna get my jigsaw and router out soon !! -
After several days of testing and tweaking the settings in BFBC2 and MOH beta, I am back to 10.5 CCC/8.732 drivers. 10.6 was really a bust, even with the updated app profile, the frame rates were just dismal with these drivers.
Here are 2 captures on the same map/same settings/almost same spot. 10.5 drivers (Right screenshot) had more than 3x FPS. Only downside is game load time is increased with going back to 10.5. -
I keep hearing that the AMD drivers are not compatible with the dual 5870s but do they work with the single 5870? I just want to upgrade my drivers without worrying about a crash or something worst.
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I've had 10.6 installed for a day or two now. I thought it was decent at first, but now I'm getting blue screens all the time.
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i can upload it somewhere if you guys can't find it.
edit:
grab the 64 bit version from here :
http://hotfile.com/dl/45611357/b7b1686/10-5_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc.exe.html
32 version :
http://hotfile.com/dl/45631826/56fccbe/10-5_mobility_vista_win7_32_dd_ccc.exe.html -
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The factory installed drivers are 10.5
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Not sure but i think that the official 10.5 won't install on Dell's 5870 CF cards but Dell's version installs fine. Nevertheless Dell's version IS 10.5 like Lozz here mentioned.
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...the 10.5 version is said to solve a loading bug in BFBC2 (unusually long load times)... and the default dell drivers still have that bug...
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Well I hope AMD and dell fix this driver problem when the 10.7 drivers come out next month.
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Could someone please refer me to any info available on this:
I've read through this entire thread and can't find an answer.
I recently received a alienware replacement m17x with dual 4870's in crossfirex. My catalyst control center is version 9.7 (shipped that way from dell). Ive tried numerous times and can't get it to update. I download the link from ATI and try to install but it always says the same thing "all drivers are up to date". however if I look under information in catalyst it still says version 9.7 and the 4870 drivers are 8.680.2.0 from 11/25/2009.
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Updated to Bios A06 and I still have the same problem...
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Found the workaround for updating the file to read "true" and it worked for me. 10.6 installed fine and seems to work well.
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ATI Catalyst 10.6 announced!
Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Aranthira, Jun 16, 2010.