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    will ATI ever support dedicated notebook GPU`S

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Tinderbox (UK), May 2, 2009.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

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    Nvidia have for 6 months or so, when will ATI , If not i will definitely re-consider buying an ATI GPU notebook nextime.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), May 2, 2009
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    ATI is always lagging behind. Better stick with the driver supplied by the laptop manufacturer. These are also updated from time to time on the laptop manufacturer's website.
     
    Luke1708, May 2, 2009
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    maybe next year (hopefully)
     
    boypogi, May 2, 2009
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  4. Tinderbox (UK)

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    The Toshiba software for my HD3650 is still only at catalyst 8.477
     
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    Evolution Vox Sola

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    Perhaps windows 7 will bring new change in the mobile driver market for ATI. If you go to ATI's driver download page and select windows 7 you will notice that they now have mobility drivers listed for the 4000, 3000 and 2000 series GPUs perhaps this is a good sign...

    After the whole overheating issue with nvidia mobile graphics cards I will never buy a notebook equipped with one of them.

    I have always used ATI equipped notebooks and I have no plans on changing that :D.

    HP's current driver version for my HD3450 is catalyst 8.12.
     
    Evolution, May 2, 2009
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    Yes ATI is lagging behind with drivers, my old X700 Mobility Radeon had driver that was already almost two years old, because ATI didn't release any new ones
     
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    Tinderbox (UK), May 2, 2009
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    If I were you guys I would consider trying a newer driver which can be done with modded inf's. Video drivers often include thousands of individual fixes along with individual game support and can improve stability and performance. I gained over 30% in Crysis by switching from a mid 8.5 driver that shipped on my lappy to the 9.4s. This is likely due to adding missing support for crossfire in the shipping driver and is an example of what can be gained. If it turns out the driver hurts more than it helps you can always roll back and no harm done.
     
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    Haha, I wish. Dell's last official driver for the 3450 for the Studio 1535 was posted in December of last year.
     
    Mastershroom, May 2, 2009
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    this reminds me I need to go back to my m17's original driver cause the latest ati drivers have actually decreased system performance 500 points in benchmarks and its noticeable in daily use
     
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    There is an integrated x700 , it`s built into the motherboard , but it does have it`s own dedicated 128mb memory , but it is still an intergrated gpu, you cannot remove it.

     
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  13. mobius1aic

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    Oh whoops lol, I forgot about that. I've forgotten that most low end "dedicated" laptops and older laptops with what were then good graphics technically are integrated graphics solutions. I remember my Gateway with an X600 was like that and my HP with a Geforce Go 7200 was the same way. Both dedicated + shared solutions. My we've come a long way! I had thought you were referring to it being like any of those Intel POSs with no dedicated memory.
     
    mobius1aic, May 2, 2009
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