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    New 10.1 Drivers from Asus

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Slone, Jul 17, 2010.

  1. Slone

    Slone Notebook Guru

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    If anyone using the stock video bios is unable to update Catalyst Control Center from the stock Asus 8.863 to a version provided by ATI without getting GSODs there is a new driver on ASUS' website that may be as stable at 8.863.

    I've updated and this is the only other version besides 8.863 that came on the Drivers CD that work. Also gave me a small boost in the Furmark benchmark.

    http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/VGA/VGA_ATI_Win7_32_64_z869210.zip
     
    Slone, Jul 17, 2010
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  2. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    erm.. the link is dead, and 10.1 is old as dirt. 10.6 is available.
     
    Xellon, Jul 17, 2010
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  3. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    And yet, 10.6 isn't stable on all asus systems.
     
    DCx, Jul 17, 2010
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  4. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    I don't have any problems with it. U sure u got the second version of 10.6? It was released in june.

    edit - y they didn't call it 10.6.1 or something is beyond me.
     
    Xellon, Jul 17, 2010
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  5. BKoolReturns

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    So how can you tell which 10.6 is which?
     
    BKoolReturns, Jul 17, 2010
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  6. Slone

    Slone Notebook Guru

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    Updated the link. I know 10.1 is old, point is, some people can't run it. Just installed and this is the only other driver that works for me. Also got a small boost in Furmark benchmarking.


    Are you sure there were two realeses and not just a beta then a full release? Either way, whatever is posted on the AMD website right now under 10.6 doesn't work for a lot of people, myself included. This does.
     
    Slone, Jul 17, 2010
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  7. DRevan

    DRevan Notebook Virtuoso

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    What does DX11 say for you, is it WHQL+can it read it's release date?
     
    DRevan, Jul 17, 2010
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  8. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    a leaked 10.6 back in march/april, thats what I heard.

    I dled 10.6 before and had issues. Fixed it with oc my gpu. Had to reinstall my ati drivers again cause my noobish brother hit the update drivers button and it did update which I was shocked about but then a bsod happened so I had to dl and reinstall 10.6.

    next thing I noticed, had options I've never seen before on the catalyst ctrl panel and an animated image when adjusting settings. and now all my 64 bit programs are working.

    me? no diea what ur talking about
     
    Xellon, Jul 17, 2010
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  9. dark_nerd

    dark_nerd Notebook Consultant

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    does CCC automatically adjust clock speeds?

    because i set powerplay to maximize battery then it sets the clocks to 300/1000 then after half an hour or so it becomes 500/1000 according to AMD GPU tool and GPU-Z
     
    dark_nerd, Jul 18, 2010
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  10. rorage

    rorage Notebook Evangelist

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    that's what it should, but I don't think it does on stock drivers
     
    rorage, Jul 18, 2010
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  11. dark_nerd

    dark_nerd Notebook Consultant

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    im using 10.6, so it is suppose to do that?
     
    dark_nerd, Jul 18, 2010
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  12. rorage

    rorage Notebook Evangelist

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    yes, but I am getting much instability cause of that, GSOD or just freezes (have to hard reset in both cases)
    I just updated to 10.6 >.<
     
    rorage, Jul 18, 2010
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  13. dark_nerd

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    i never experienced any difficulty or problems on 10.6 . Maybe there things different with models that are having them,..

    whats the safest temps for MemIO? 'cause mine sometimes go up to 100 and i would like to know if its safe to go that high
     
    dark_nerd, Jul 18, 2010
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  14. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    This 10.1 from Asus has been available since April, and is quite known on this forum. I even have it linked in my GSOD Fixes and Resource thread. :)

    And yes, it's as stable as the stock drivers.
     
    Chastity, Jul 18, 2010
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  15. Secro

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    Basically, If you don't want to overclock your GPU and having issues running other ATI drivers, 10.1 is the driver to use.
     
    Secro, Jul 18, 2010
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  16. DRevan

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    No, not to you, overall to every1 who is using 10.1. When I intalled it was not WHQL+DirectX couldn't read it's release date (not to mention that instead of Mobility 5870, it marked the card as 5800 series).
     
    DRevan, Jul 22, 2010
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