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    The Best Catalyst Driver...YOU have ever USED...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nader_rizk2003, Mar 27, 2010.

  1. nader_rizk2003

    nader_rizk2003 Notebook Evangelist

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    Just want every one to tell us the best catalyst version he\she used to their ATI 4670...is it

    1- 10.3 From AMD.com
    2- 10.3 From strags.com
    3- 10.3a review
    4- From dell.com

    COZ i feel that 10.3 is NOT the best driver
     
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  2. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    10.3 from ATI and 9.12 from ATI(i know that wasnt listed but i get similar performance as 10.3)
     
    Mechanized Menace, Mar 28, 2010
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  3. nader_rizk2003

    nader_rizk2003 Notebook Evangelist

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    it should not be listed friend....i just mentioned examples....any one can mention any version he\she prefers
     
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    9.12 and 10.3 from ATI and stags
     
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    upgrade from 9.10 to 10.3. so far it 'appears' to be a little faster on game - using ati hd3670. only dislike right now is that it doesn't save scaling factor when connecting my hdmi to plasma.
     
    cccplus, Mar 28, 2010
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    Ckhurana Notebook Consultant

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    Guys,

    My system specs are as in the signature.

    I downloaded the '10-3_vista64_win7_64_dd_ccc_wdm_enu.exe' from the ATI site. And performed the following steps in order -

    1. I uninstalled the DELL drivers;
    2. Re-booted in safe mode;
    3. Ran Driver Sweeper;
    4. Ran the driver executable to extract latest driver;
    5. Ran the driverheaven mod utility to mod the 10.3 drivers;
    6. Installed the drivers via the setup.exe;

    At the end of the installation, I get 'Installation completed with warnings'. Opening the log file I find that 'Driver Install Failed'.

    I don't get any other message at this point. I did this for 10.2 as well but got the same results.

    Had to revert back to the DELL version. Any idea why this is happenning?

    C
     
    Ckhurana, Mar 31, 2010
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  7. JKleiss

    JKleiss Notebook Evangelist

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    shouldnt have to mod the drivers, try download the file from this shttp://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx, would only install properly for me from this download
     
    JKleiss, Mar 31, 2010
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  8. Ckhurana

    Ckhurana Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, JKleiss. I am downloading from this link. There is a 4 MB difference of size in what I download and this download. Let me Check it out, I will install and report back here.
    Thanks again!
    C
     
    Ckhurana, Mar 31, 2010
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    One quick question though. This will install *EVERYTHING* ? Everything = CCC + Drivers (this is default) + HDMI audio support? Or do I have to hunt for these individually?
     
    Ckhurana, Mar 31, 2010
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  10. JKleiss

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    should be everything, this is the only one that would actually instal the video driver and ccc for me, others tried but failed
     
    JKleiss, Mar 31, 2010
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