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    ATI Catalyst on W3V, worth it?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by lmychajluk, Feb 27, 2006.

  1. lmychajluk

    lmychajluk Notebook Evangelist

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    Anyone running the ATI drivers on thier W3V? Any noticible improvement over the OEM ATI/Asus driver? Asus doesn't seem to release drivers as quickly as ATI does...

    Thx.
     
    lmychajluk, Feb 27, 2006
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  2. naszero

    naszero Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    IRC, you can't use ATI's reference drivers on their mobile video chipsets. You have to wait for the manufacturer or use omega drivers.
     
    naszero, Feb 27, 2006
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    naszero: you are incorrect. All you have to do is go here: http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst/

    That is a direct download link to the latest mobile catalyst driver. And I defenatly recommend downloading ATI Catalyst over both Asus drivers & Omega Drivers. I got instability issues with omega that are non-existant in ATI Catlyst.

    Although I'm not a big fan of the ATI Control Centre.. :-(
     
    akaidiot, Feb 27, 2006
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  4. naszero

    naszero Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Wow...learn something new everyday. Thanks for the link!
     
    naszero, Feb 27, 2006
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  5. lmychajluk

    lmychajluk Notebook Evangelist

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    Great! Thanks for the tip! I was going to ask about the Omega drivers as well, but couldn't remember the name when I was posting originally.
     
    lmychajluk, Feb 27, 2006
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  6. Daemon

    Daemon Notebook Enthusiast

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    With the current stock drivers, I sometimes get that rainbow edge around the screen when Alt-Tabbing from Games.

    I tried to find the driver off ATI's website and it lead me to this page:
    https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=19546

    I tried it and it said ATI Catalyst was not compatible with my X600 on W3V :(
     
    Daemon, Feb 27, 2006
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  7. SRD

    SRD Notebook Virtuoso

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    I know someone that tried with their X700 and those drivers didnt work either.
     
    SRD, Feb 28, 2006
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  8. naszero

    naszero Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    so these drivers only work on the newer x1xxx series?
     
    naszero, Feb 28, 2006
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    As far as I know there is no offical support for the ATI mobility drivers on ASUS notebooks. Thus to get them to work you will still need to do the hack/mod...you can find the tool to do this at driverheaven.
    Personally after trying all 3 major drivers, I have stuck with stock drivers on my M6ne....they were the best for stability, and also for speed.
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    Underpantman, Feb 28, 2006
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