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    Best X1400 driver for Vista on E1505?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ellandry, May 18, 2007.

  1. ellandry

    ellandry Notebook Consultant

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    looking for best gaming performance
     
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    Matt Notebook Deity

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    No reason to post this twice, man.

    Arguably, it'd be easiest to just use the Dell driver. You might not get better performance out of a different driver. Then again, there are people who claim Omega drivers actually increase performance. If you really want to know, try out a couple different drivers and see if you notice a difference.

    However, I warn you, be extremely careful with this is. You don't want to screw your computer. Also, if you don't notice a different between drivers, "roll back" to the Dell driver. Sticking to the driver that was made for your particular computer is always safest.

    Matt
     
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    ellandry Notebook Consultant

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    yeah i looked and i dont see any Vista Omegas yet and ati took the mobility drivers off their website :(
     
    ellandry, May 18, 2007
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    mr_bots Notebook Evangelist

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    I've tried some Catalyst 7.2 i downloaded from ATI before they took the Vista drivers off, Dell's X1400 Vista drivers, and ATI's 7.4 desktop drivers with mobility moder. I don't really notice a difference in them in performance. The modded desktop drivers seem to cause the screensaver to stick for a couple seconds after waking it up after the monitor has turned off. I'm planning to just switch back to Dell's drivers since their the supported, preferred ones.
     
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    im liking mobility catalyst 7.2 the best, i cant find them anywhere though so i had to mod desktop 7.2s. Im getting that screen flicker thing sometimes also but its not a huge deal.
     
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    Charles P. Jefferies, May 19, 2007
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