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    AMD Radeon 7970M and Sager Still Issues?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by snowfi6916, Oct 5, 2012.

  1. snowfi6916

    snowfi6916 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have heard that the AMD Radeon 7970M has had some performance issues on Sager laptops. I haven't heard anything new about if it has been fixed or not.

    I'm trying to decide between getting a nVIDIA 680M or the Radeon 7970M. If I can save $200+ dollars, I would like to.

    Have they fixed this issue yet? Thanks.
     
    snowfi6916, Oct 5, 2012
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  2. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Enduro driver fix should be due this month
     
    Mobius 1, Oct 5, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    The problem is Clevo laptops cannot disable IGP thus resulting in poor performance. Alienware laptops can turn off the IGP and don't have issues. As Mobius has stated, a driver fix coming out should fix the issue very shortly.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Oct 5, 2012
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    From multiple sources, the driver should be out in a week or less. And just an FYI to others, it's a hotfix, meaning it's a stop-gate, it's something to help us until the next official driver is out.

    Also would like to add, that AMD is still optimizing drivers for the 7xxx series. The GCN core is a big departure from their previous, with a big emphasis on GPGPU, as AMD's focus is on parallel processing. So we may see some performance improvements still even after they resolve the switchable issue.
     
    Zymphad, Oct 5, 2012
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