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    ati tool won't work with the new 5.9 catalyst

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by tonyy, Sep 25, 2005.

  1. tonyy

    tonyy Notebook Consultant

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    Hi fellas,I just loaded the the new 5.9 catalyst driver for the x700 128mb and got the ccc which is cool but now the ATItool won't work! any ideas anyone?,I Loaded the driver with the new modtool from driver heaven the one that supports 64bit could this be the problem maybe? last question now that this new driver's in doe's anyone notice a major differance or do you have to tweak thing's in ccc to get any performance increases i'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination!! any help would be appreciated cheers. oh one last thing what's hypermemory?, and is it now activated if not how do you activate it? :acer: :amd64-2: :glossy: acer aspire 5021wlmi 1.6mhz turion 64bit, 100gb atix700 128mb, 512ram(soon to be upgraded to 2gb), 15.4 widescreen briteview, slot loading dvd rw dual layer,wifi, 6-1 card reader
     
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  2. ShockWave77

    ShockWave77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had ATITool installed before I installed the drivers. It's still installed and is still working. I haven't noticed any difference in the drivers at all. And I dont know much about hypermemory, so I'll leave that to someone else.
     
    ShockWave77, Sep 25, 2005
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  3. tonyy

    tonyy Notebook Consultant

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    cheers shockwave777 looks like i'll have to reinstall the driver with ati tool left on board!
     
    tonyy, Sep 25, 2005
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    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    why do you need the ati tool? cataylyst control center does everything the ati tool does doesn't it?
     
    circa86, Sep 26, 2005
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    ShockWave77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ATITool is for overclocking. This is the first time I've gotten to use the CCC, since this is the first official one fore laptop cards, so I may be mistaken, but I dont believe there is an overclocking option in CCC.
     
    ShockWave77, Sep 26, 2005
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    tonyy Notebook Consultant

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    :acer: :glossy:Thanks for your replies fellas it looks like the ATItool is going to be no use and beside's i don't know enough about overclocking to be safe anyway! plus i think this X700 gfx card should be enough for now! one last thing doe's anybody know anything about hypermemory and does the X700 have it? how much onboard memory do i need i currently have 512mb :)
     
    tonyy, Sep 27, 2005
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  7. DownByFive

    DownByFive Notebook Consultant

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    Just get the Omega 5.9 Cats...they have a built in OCing tool...
     
    DownByFive, Sep 27, 2005
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    tonyy Notebook Consultant

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    :acer: :amd64-2: :glossy: I have the 5.9 catalyst where is the overclock facility? is it in the ccc? if so where? :)
     
    tonyy, Sep 29, 2005
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  9. Waeggles

    Waeggles Notebook Consultant

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    The built in OC Tool in the Omega 5.9 is actually the ATI Tray Tools, which I believe he is referring too... There are a lot of issues with ATT and x700 for some reason, it refuses to work for me either.
    tonyy, I recommend you get the Omega drivers ( www.omegadrivers.net) anyway, as they were better for my x700 both performance wise as well as fixing some issues.
     
    Waeggles, Sep 29, 2005
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    tonyy Notebook Consultant

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    :acer: :amd64-2: :glossy:cheers waeggles i'll try that, by the way any idea what sort of 3dmark05 score's are fair to good for the x700? i'm currently getting 1600plus once again thanks for the reply..... ;)
     
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    Waeggles Notebook Consultant

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    I hadn't actually given 3dMark a spin on this computer yet, so I downloaded it and with Omega 5.9s I got:

    Main Test Results
    3DMark Score 2404 3DMarks
    CPU Score 3642 CPUMarks
     
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    tonyy Notebook Consultant

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    :acer: :amd64: :glossy:CHEERS Waeggles! looks like i've got some tweaking to do! we're your results with or without any changes? if with what do you recommend? admittedly i did mine after using the POWERSTRIP tool not really knowing what to adjust for the best results!
     
    tonyy, Sep 29, 2005
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    Waeggles Notebook Consultant

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    Those results are just using Omega 5.9s, no OCing of graphics at all. I don't find it worth the extra heat to do it to be honest. It runs any games I play just fine, so not gonna bother.
    Other than that, I have just tried to keep drivers etc current, disabled devices/services I don't need. Not sure what else I have done to be honest... I just do things all the time and lose track ;)
     
    Waeggles, Sep 29, 2005
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