clevo + 7970m

I have been reading up on this 7970m and it seems to have a lot of drivers problems, but i am not exactly sure what the problem is because everyone complains about it but isn't specific enough, is this a graphics card I want to stay away from? and who does the problem apply to. i was going to buy a clevo with this graphics card but i am not sure anymore.

 

i have no issues with either of my cards with one exception (my fault) when i installed a beta driver over a very old driver. the issue i had was my 3d clocks were stuck at half frequency like if i was running on the battery. i ran it like this for a week before i noticed that i had a massive frame drops in battlefield 3 when ever someone popped a smoke grenade. honestly i got lazy and just installed a driver over a driver but after i figured the problem out i was very impressed with the graphics power the 7970m has being i play bf3 on ultra graphics settings @ 1080p. the fix was easy though just an uninstall and wipe of the driver then reinstall of the latest version.

Ive never had utilization problems or any of the other common complaints (i dont have an enduro capable notebook so i cant comment on that) almost every single game i play is easily over the 60fps mark so i do have tearing in most games. I could enable vsync but i dont find that tearing to be bothersome at all, heck i dont notice it 90% of the time

 

okay, i guy in my dorm is selling his clevo for $700, i can't find a gaming laptop that price with that much juice, i figured the price was so low either because the graphics is a problem or he really needs beer money, but he offered that i could test games and it is still under warranty, so i don't think it will be a problem.

thank you