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    AMD driver updates through steam?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Diablo, Mar 16, 2012.

  1. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    @_@ I just finished playing through a bit of borderlands since I (finally) picked it up last weekend with the 2k games sale. After exiting Borderlands, steam popped open a window saying that i can use steam to update my amd drivers?? say whaaaat? anyone else experience this?
     
    Diablo, Mar 16, 2012
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  2. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    Yup, has been implemented for a while now.
     
    Mechanized Menace, Mar 16, 2012
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  3. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    AMD and steam are partnered up for windows driver updates. Doesn't work with Nvidia (or intel - but they don't really count anyway)
     
    masterchef341, Mar 16, 2012
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  4. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    How does that work, then? Would it work with a laptop with switchable graphics? What version does it update? You said "windows driver updates", does that mean it's just the same driver you'd get if you let Windows Update do it? If so, no thanks, but if I can get a 2012 AMD driver with switchable graphics on my 2010 Envy 14 by clicking a button, I'm all in!
     
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  5. Diablo

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    heh. had no idea. not that it matters to me as ill always keep up to date on my own anyways...and would be, but 12.3 (2?) screwed with the water textures in WoW for me.
     
    Diablo, Mar 16, 2012
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  6. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Yeah, they implemented AMD/ATi graphics driver updates into Steam a while ago; probably at least a year ago by now. All my computers use nVidia, though, so I can't comment on how well it works.
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 16, 2012
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I just meant that the agreement was between Valve (steam) and AMD, for delivering driver updates in windows. It has nothing to do with "Windows Update" - that is completely different. You can use steam to install the latest AMD driver, not whatever driver is being used by windows update.

    I have no idea whether it works with switchable graphics, but it's the same driver you would get from AMD directly. So, if their driver works, it will work. If the normal drivers from their site won't work, then it won't.
     
    masterchef341, Mar 17, 2012
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