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    Best ATI4670 SXPS1640 Win7x64 drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by RadioKWO, Aug 15, 2009.

  1. RadioKWO

    RadioKWO Notebook Enthusiast

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    Making a fresh Win7x64 installation over my SXPS1640+ATI4670 system, I wonder which GPU driver would be the best one for Win7x64:
    Win7 RTM included driver
    ATI Catalyst 9.7 CCC WHQL
    ATI Catalyst 9.8 CCC (just released!!!)
    Dell driver ver.8.603.1.0000
    ATI Catalyst 9.7 w/o CCC modified with .inf files SKD9.7WOW64bit
    ATI Catalyst 9.7 CCC modified with ATI Mobility Modder Version 1.2.1.0

    Anyone got any good/bad experience with one of these? Or maybe any other alternative driver?

    It would be great to install ATI Catalyst 9.7 w/o CCC modified with .inf files SKD9.7WOW64bit (which seems to be the fastest one) and than to find a tool supporting just the basic functions like ATI had got once in CP, before they have released this *&^% CCC using .NET (still using the old ATI NGO 173 driver with my previous laptop, working flawlessly with ATI CP)
     
    RadioKWO, Aug 15, 2009
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  2. iaTa

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    ATI Catalyst 9.8 CCC.

    Or just use ATI Tray Tools with 9.7 w/o CCC if you really don't want CCC.

    EDIT: Looks like they have removed support for mobility cards. Mobility modder works fine though.
     
    iaTa, Aug 15, 2009
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    Can I get a link to mobility modder, please?m :D thanks
     
    QuadAllegory, Aug 15, 2009
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    iaTa, Aug 15, 2009
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    iaTa, Aug 19, 2009
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    QuadAllegory, Aug 19, 2009
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    Yep 2000, 3000 an 4000 series mobility cards.
     
    iaTa, Aug 19, 2009
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    Jeff Flowerday Notebook Consultant

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    Jeff Flowerday, Aug 19, 2009
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    No they aren't WHQL but that doesn't really matter does it.
     
    iaTa, Aug 19, 2009
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  10. dougcure

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    So, are the 9.8 beta mobile drivers the best choice or do I need to modify the other drivers and install them?
     
    dougcure, Aug 19, 2009
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    Use the proper mobile version if you are running Win7.

    There's no point editing the desktop version.
     
    iaTa, Aug 19, 2009
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  12. scorpeeon

    scorpeeon Notebook Evangelist

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    btw have u guys tested game performance under Windows 7 (7600 RTM version)? i'm curious how it performs compared to xp or vista..
     
    scorpeeon, Aug 20, 2009
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