New 7970M Windows 7 driver released by Clevo

Search for your model through Clevo's download page here: CLEVO - Download

You will notice that the P150EM/P151EM1/P170EM 7970M Windows 7 driver was updated on January 19th, 2013. The driver version is 9.1.0.0.

 

super, but I only find updated driver of P150 and P170. As for my P370E, still no update.

 

You are right. I updated my original post with the correction.

 

Has anyone tried it?

 

I am gonna try them , but the size is almost half-gig wow. But I guess they did not compress the, I will check the size of official amd driver and clevo driver size.

 

After seemingly finishing the Internet researching the 7970m, this is a sight for sore eyes. I can't wait to see the results of this new driver. I haven't purchased yet but I'd like to save $200 on a np9170 going with this instead of a 680m.

 

I was looking forward to this driver, but with how well 13.1 WHQL works, I don't think I will personally install it.

 

In light of 13.1, would you currently recommend the 7970m or just purchase the 680m and get it over with?

 

Do some searching for the games you intend to play to see how the 7970m handles them.

Unless you have a specific game need that for whatever reason everyone says sucks on the 7970m - I'd say you'd be safe to buy it. I personally haven't found any, but that doesn't mean they dont exist, I surely do not know everything.

I can tell you I am quite happy with my 7970m. gpgpu (opencl and cad work) performance was just as important to me as gaming, so the card has definitely served its purpose. I will say that I will be cautious with future amd purchases, but I do not regret buying the 7970m over the 680m. In the ways I use the card at times, I have a lot more power at my finger tips then that green machine has.

That said if you are a gamer only and have the money to blow. There is definitely no reason to shy away from the 680m. Its an awesome, top preforming gamer!

 

These are two of the main arguments people used to make when they switched to the 680M:
1) Nvidia drivers are better, more stable, etc.
2) The experience with Nvidia is oddly smoother at the same frame rate as with AMD cards.

Fast forward to now:
1) 13.1 WHQL is brilliant and very stable, besides the bunch of games that still have utilization issues and the newer games like Assassins Creed III and Far Cry 3 that have graphical errors.
2) AMD is currently rewriting some code to solve a micro stuttering issue seen with current GCN cards, including the 7970M. Imagine the frame rate changing between 60 and 30 one thousand times within one second, and you will be imagining the huge frame rate latency issue identified by The Tech Report: http://techreport.com/review/24218/a-driver-update-to-reduce-radeon-frame-times
You may have had a playable 45FPS average during that one second, but with the frame rate changing that many times by that large of a margin within the second, the appearance of smooth motion is destroyed.

I tend to recomend the 675MX for it's high performance/price ratio (if prices below the 7970M by your reseller/store, that is), so don't forget about that card, but at this point, I cannot recommend the 680M over the 7970M unless the 680M is at or around the same price. The future of GCN drivers looks promising, and AMD has been pretty consistent in rolling out new improvements with every driver.

 

I just swapped my 7970m for a 680m and I can assure you the difference is very noticeable. Just an overall far smoother experience with the Nvidia card, even when comparing it the 7970m with 13.1. The AMD card still has large under utilisation in games that I play so I'm happy now that I've swapped. To each their own though.

 

i see videos about 7970 being compared to the card that next gen consoles like ps3 will be using. my research led me to believe this card was amazing. now that i have it i agree it's more of a pain than i assumed, but i'm hoping it gets better with time.

i'd love the 680 but that gpu would have pushed the laptop i needed past $2300+

congrats

on topic: shoot, might as well try it. *crosses fingers*

 

I've swapped from 7970m to a 680m. IMHO, I can't say that Nvidia has awesome drivers. I'm still running 302.96, since the later versions causes stability issues to my game (battlefield 3 to be exact). There is only one reason to switch from 7970m to 680m ------- Enduro.

Go either one step down or one step up from the 7970m. I do not and will not recommend the 7970m for any laptop that cannot bypass Enduro. You are spending over $2000 on a laptop. By saving that $200, you will end up with a $2000 piece of machine that pisses you off.

 

I have a 560m on my current MSI GT683R until my NP9150 with the 7970m comes and I continuously have failing drivers (310.90) that crap out mid-game that causes me to restart to temporarily fix the issue. This is my first NVidia card (only because a comparable AMD video card wasn't offered by MSI) and It hasn't been a very pleasing experience. I passed on the 680m just because of my experience with this 560m and my previous -flawless- experience with AMD. The extra $390 was not worth dealing with NVidia again.

 

Can we stop the convo on 680m vs 7970m in this thread? There are tons of threads on this already. Its not on topic.

Is the new driver just 13.1?

 

The new driver is a bit older than 13.1. I believe it is based on 12.11 beta, but strangely enough, every file in the download folder was last changed in early to mid 2012. I am guessing Clevo kept all of the installation files from their older builds and replaced the driver files with the new ones.

 

Thanks for the update!

 

LOL, I just wanted to say that this made me laugh because it was so true in my case. You just nailed it. (Since I had a requirement for 3 games/simulations only and that's exactly where the 7970m sucked badly - enduro)

 

13.1 WHQL or the 12.11 Performance are the two best drivers, not these.

 

I installed the update on my Sager NP9170 and got a BSOD. I went back to the official version from Sager.

 

Not having an iGPU makes me so happy right now

 

I can still recommend the 680M for the most hardened tweakers as it has more room to overclock.

Nothing can touch it at 1050-1100mhz core clocks.

 

Guys, as earlier mentioned, it is a thread about a driver for the ATI 7970M. This is not a thread about whether Nvidia 680M is better or not. Yes, Nvidia has better drivers at the moment, but ATI has gotten better with the 13,1 release. It is still not perfect though, but we do not need to hear that the 680M is a better card in a thread where we discuss the 7970M. I'm happy with my 7970M, and I have had very few problems with it. Stick to the topic please.

 

You're about five posts too late.