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    New Alienware Recommended Video Driver for AMD (includes 7970M)

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Mr. Fox, Jul 16, 2013.

  1. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    Saw this was just posted today.

    AMD Win 7 driver for Alienware Notebooks
    AMD 9.003 W74 for Alienware Notebooks










    Release Date: 7/16/2013
    Importance: Recommended
    Version: 9.003,A00 See Previous Versions
    [ Download Link]

    Compatibility




    Alienware Laptop M17xR3
    Alienware Notebook M17xR4
    Alienware Notebook M18xR2
    		 Operating SystemsMS Windows 7 64-bit
    Applies to

    • Radeon HD 6870M
    • Radeon HD 6970M
    • Radeon HD 6990M
    • Radeon HD 7970M
     
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    Mr. Fox, Jul 16, 2013
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    wheth4400 Notebook Evangelist

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    Downloading now, thanks brother Fox.
     
    wheth4400, Jul 16, 2013
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  3. Mr. Fox

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    Great! Let us know how it works, bro. Hope it's the best one yet.

    The previous Alienware Recommended driver had a release date in June of last year, so it's nice to see a new one being offered.
     
    Mr. Fox, Jul 16, 2013
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    Hmmm, I want to see results. Thanks as always , great fox.
     
    GTO_PAO11, Jul 17, 2013
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  5. TBoneSan

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    Awesome, although I'm weary of changing drivers since things have been sweet since 13.3 b3.
    Cheers for that Mr Fox
     
    TBoneSan, Jul 17, 2013
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    Installed the driver in the OP and it installed as 9.003 from 10/25/2012.

    Something must have been corrupt when I installed it. Everything on my computer became unstable. Programs crashed immediately upon opening including Alienware Respawn and Windows Explorer. Not sure what went wrong, I installed it identically to how I installed every driver I have ever installed. I completely removed this one and installed the one from AMD's website and fixed all the problems. Again no idea what I did incorrect. I doubt it's an md5 issue because I downloaded the driver twice and tried installing it twice (Couldn't have been a corrupt download twice?) (Cleanly each time) before cleanly reinstalling the latest driver from AMD's website.
     
    NickTheMajin, Jul 17, 2013
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    I find it interesting that the 7970 with good drivers is actually better in most games the the 680: with a good price tag to match , it's a killer card.

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
     
    dandan112988, Jul 17, 2013
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    These are rubbish, I knew it. AMD drivers are sucking again.

    AMD.JPG

    Back to 13.3 beta 3 for me.
     
    TBoneSan, Jul 17, 2013
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    How odd. I don't understand why they would have bothered releasing them if they're such rubbish. I wonder if they work better with the 6800M/6900M series GPUs. It's a shame the selection of stable drivers for 7970M are so few and far between. I don't remember having nearly as much driver drama with 6800M/6900M GPUs.

    The AMD Catalyst™ 13.2 Beta Drivers seems to be the preference of most.
     
    Mr. Fox, Jul 17, 2013
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    Yeah, AMD are a strange bunch. You'd think they'd have a streamlined driver upgrade function by now. Nope, still gotta tip toe around their delicate code.

    13.2 Betas are good stuff too. 13.4 + are rubbish again.
     
    TBoneSan, Jul 17, 2013
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  11. NickTheMajin

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    Those crashes are exactly what happened to me. I thought I installed it incorrectly. Guess the drivers are just rubbish.
     
    NickTheMajin, Jul 17, 2013
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