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    M17 3870 crossfire Driver question

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ComA~TosE, Dec 3, 2008.

  1. ComA~TosE

    ComA~TosE Notebook Guru

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    hi guys

    i have just got a alienware M17 with 3870 crossfire every thing works fine ,good game performance but i think the driver version that alienware have installed isn’t for crossfire and i cant find drivers any where.
    Also in 3dmark 06 it shows my clock speeds of the GPUs are half of what it should be which i am putting down to the drivers. so if you have any ideas where to get driver updates then it would be appreciated


    P8400
    2GB DDR3
    win vista 32
    3870 crosfire (driver version 8.520.4.0)
    3d mark score 11081
     

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    ComA~TosE, Dec 3, 2008
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    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    hmm.. your scores look good to me, i dont see why do you think that Xfire isnt working, probably the readings of the clocks are wrong, because if they were running on half speed, you'de be below 9k
     
    brainer, Dec 3, 2008
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    potentv Notebook Evangelist

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    ATI releases entire packages for driver installs incorporating latest drivers and extra features.
    I suggest going to driverheaven.net and downloading the latest ati drivers, also download the mobility modder.
    Run the ati driver and let it extract then when the installation process starts, cancel the install.
    Run mobility modder, direct it to your extracted ati driver file, typically on c: root directory and let it mod them.
    Go into that driver and run the installation again and let it run through.
    end enjoy mate :)
     
    potentv, Dec 3, 2008
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  4. ComA~TosE

    ComA~TosE Notebook Guru

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    ok thanks for the advise guys
     
    ComA~TosE, Dec 4, 2008
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