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    E-wrecked's Modded ATI Driver Collection for M17 - Performance enhanced, fullscreen resolution scaling enabled!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by E-wrecked, Jan 30, 2009.

  1. oARCHONo

    oARCHONo Notebook Enthusiast

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    that is correct, any smaller resolution than 1920x1200 I get black bars all around, I am currently using some ati drivers windows update gave me... they work okay i guess... with these I only get black bars all around with resolutions higher than 1200x800 and smaller than 1920x1200.
     
    oARCHONo, Aug 20, 2009
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  2. oARCHONo

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    Now that I am using 9.6 I get the same results as before, the only difference is now GPU-Z says that crossfire is [Disabled (Crossfire Available) (Unsure on Vista64)]
    Hmmmmm, I looked in CCC and I see no way of enabling crossfire. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance. :D
     
    oARCHONo, Aug 21, 2009
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  3. oARCHONo

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    Now that I am using 9.6 I get the same results as before, the only difference is now GPU-Z says that crossfire is [Disabled (Crossfire Available) (Unsure on Vista64)]
    Hmmmmm, I looked in CCC and I see no way of enabling crossfire. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance. :D
     
    oARCHONo, Aug 21, 2009
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  4. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    to disable crossfire you can disable catalyst AI. or you can pull the crossfire plug.
     
    dondadah88, Aug 21, 2009
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  5. oARCHONo

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    I said "enable" but nevermind, I rebooted and that fixed the crossfire issue, but alas, i still do not have full screen scaling :(
     
    oARCHONo, Aug 21, 2009
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  6. Alexrose1uk

    Alexrose1uk Music, Media, Game

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    With current drivers, you need to go into the display settings and select the scaling method (full screen, 1:1 or preserve aspect). From what you're saying it sounds like it may be set wrong, Im presuming you've checked this though?

    The setting is actually under the monitor settings, not 3d etc

    Preserve aspect ratio is usually the best choice as it'll zoom without stretching the image unexpectedly, so you'll only get some black bars, not all black bars.
     
    Alexrose1uk, Aug 21, 2009
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  7. oARCHONo

    oARCHONo Notebook Enthusiast

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    scaling options is greyed out in ccc and set on full screen
     
    oARCHONo, Aug 21, 2009
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  8. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You have to edit the inf for it.

    i don't remember the code for it though. :(
     
    dondadah88, Aug 21, 2009
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  9. oARCHONo

    oARCHONo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know?
     
    oARCHONo, Aug 21, 2009
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  10. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    pm coolmine about it.
     
    dondadah88, Aug 21, 2009
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  11. oARCHONo

    oARCHONo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you, I pmed him.
     
    oARCHONo, Aug 22, 2009
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  12. masterfred

    masterfred Notebook Geek

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    Why was E-Wrecked banned ?

    I wanted to start a project for Windows 7 and 4850s cards ...
     
    masterfred, Oct 28, 2009
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  13. CooLMinE

    CooLMinE Notebook Deity

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    He wasnt banned thats just a "title" anyone can use. He sold his M17 a while ago so i doubt hes in the mood to mess with drivers, especially without having the hardware to test them on.
     
    CooLMinE, Oct 28, 2009
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  14. julian-nold

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    Who deleted me? :D

    Right, I am NOT funny^^ :eek:

    I don't want to make you not make this Project, but as far as I know all W7 drivers are also mobility drivers ;)

    Greetings
    Julian
     
    julian-nold, Oct 28, 2009
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  15. masterfred

    masterfred Notebook Geek

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    Glad to see that you are still here Julian, I can't imagine how much your drivers was usefull to me ...

    Anyways, you mind giving me a hand to start something for the 4850 ?

    I'll do the test =)
     
    masterfred, Nov 3, 2009
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  16. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    what do you need? I can't do scaling although I heard it's easy but I can do alittle performance tweaking on it.
     
    dondadah88, Nov 3, 2009
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  17. masterfred

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    masterfred, Nov 11, 2009
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  18. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    Lol you can still tweak them ;)

    go to donotargue.com
     
    The_Moo™, Nov 12, 2009
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  19. CyPsychotic

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    actually those drivers are from september and are beta. Last I heard was that once win7 went public there would be no more mobility drivers (hence no 9.10 or 9.11)
     
    CyPsychotic, Nov 12, 2009
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  20. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    So where are the Ewrecked drivers? The link in the original post is dead.
     
    Mandrake, Dec 15, 2009
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  21. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I just deleted most of my drivers and all my utilities for my whitebook. I had everything to. :(

    when I get home I have to see if I see any thing left from my whitebook days.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 15, 2009
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  22. julian-nold

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    Hm I'll take a look on my external, maybe there are still some relicts :D

    Ähm ... what should I search for? 9.3? or all I can find (with a E in it's name :p )

    Greetings
    Julian
     
    julian-nold, Dec 15, 2009
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  23. TurbodTalon

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    9.12 mob-modded still won't scale to full screen until 1280x800-ish. Crysis looks like a bag of a$$ scaled at that res. Is there a fix for this yet?
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 17, 2009
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  24. CooLMinE

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    Your post confused me, how can it not scale but look ugly when it does ? Except if it does in the first place :p

    Also, yes every game will look crap if you dont run it at native resolution and will get worst the further down you reduce the resolution.
     
    CooLMinE, Dec 17, 2009
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  25. TurbodTalon

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    It makes perfect sense. The driver won't scale to full screen until you hit 1280x800. Any resolution before that, and you're playing in a box. I'd like to scale from maybe 1680x1050, or around there.
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 17, 2009
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  26. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    the driver scales rez that haves a 1/1 ratio so 4:3 or 16:9 rez won't streech to full screen only 16:10 will
     
    granyte, Dec 17, 2009
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  27. Mandrake

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    Driver won't scale? You mean full screen?

    Change your screen resolution to 1280x800. Go into CCC and select Desktops and Displays. Right click on the little computer and select configure. Under scaling options select Full Screen. Click apply then change your resolution back to 1920x1200 and play your game.
     
    Mandrake, Dec 17, 2009
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  28. TurbodTalon

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    Yes, it does scale once I select the 1280x800 option. I was only noting that though. I actually want to play it at 1680x1050. The trick you just spoke of doesn't work for that resolution. Thanks for the help.
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 17, 2009
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  29. sky7

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    Just insert the line:

    HKR,, GXOUseSclkforProgrammableDispClk, %REG_DWORD%, 1

    into [ati2mtag_M76_SoftwareDeviceSettings] of C7_XXXXX.inf (for Win7) or CH_XXXXX.inf (for Vista) and reinstall driver.
     
    sky7, Dec 18, 2009
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  30. popscythe

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    Can I download e-wrecked driver please? The link is damaged.
     
    popscythe, Dec 24, 2009
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  31. CooLMinE

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    You really want to use drivers one years old ? :p
     
    CooLMinE, Dec 24, 2009
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  32. popscythe

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    Yes I just attach 3870 to m9750 and get no display in normal mode. I think I need driver for windows xp sp3 please
     
    popscythe, Dec 25, 2009
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  33. dondadah88

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    yeah if i was you i would use the new 9.12 ati drivers. they have a big performance difference in them compared to the 8.12 one's.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 25, 2009
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  34. popscythe

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    I cannot install them in safe mode, it says I have the wrong type of card... what may causing this?
     
    popscythe, Dec 25, 2009
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  35. ShinJ

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    ShinJ, Dec 25, 2009
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  36. fusionsenses

    fusionsenses The Unbannable

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    I didn't know you can install driver in safe mode.
    Safe mode is usually used to remove old driver.
     
    fusionsenses, Dec 26, 2009
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  37. ibraveheart

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    I installed Ati 9.12
    & am also getting Balck bars on the side
    (playing GTA 4)
    No Full Screen :( is that Normal for everyone ?

    Or if there a way to play the Games in Full Screen ?

    Please Help
     
    ibraveheart, Jan 3, 2010
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  38. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    cheq what rez the game is runing at
     
    granyte, Jan 3, 2010
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  39. nodeffect

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    u can't install drivers on safemode because safemode disables all devices. you dont install drivers on safemode, only uninstall.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_mode
     
    nodeffect, Jan 3, 2010
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  40. ibraveheart

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    Can someone suggest which other Older drivers working better & easy to Install on AW m17

    9.9 or 9.10 where we dont need to Mod
    PLEASE

    Its so confusing Ati dont approve of Mod
    But thats the only way to Install the drivers
    Why is that ? :confused:
     
    ibraveheart, Jan 4, 2010
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  41. Shiraz82

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    so is it best to use the newest ati drivers and mob mod them or to use ewreked ones?
     
    Shiraz82, Jan 23, 2010
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  42. Alexrose1uk

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    @ibraveheart

    ATI currently don't support mobility cards due to agreements in place with laptop providers. The 10.1 betas floating around actually do have some mobility series support.

    ATI also supported the mobility cards in thier Win7 RTM drivers before Win7 went to retail, but then said agreements came back into force.

    They've said they're hoping to roll mobility support into the reference drivers this year, dependant on manufacturer cooperation.

    @Shiraz - unless you NEED features from E-wreck's collection, use mobility modded drivers.
     
    Alexrose1uk, Jan 23, 2010
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  43. cookinwitdiesel

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    cookinwitdiesel, Jan 23, 2010
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  44. ibraveheart

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    Thank you for replying
     
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