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    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Drivers

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ::xero::, Dec 31, 2009.

  1. ::xero::

    ::xero:: Notebook Enthusiast

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  2. SerratedAuto

    SerratedAuto Notebook Consultant

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    SerratedAuto, Dec 31, 2009
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  3. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    I believe that ATI has started directly supporting their mobile chipsets, so I'd personally go with the ATI sourced drivers over the modded ones. No real need for it any more.
     
    Pitabred, Jan 1, 2010
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    Heiji1412 Notebook Geek

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    No, they only released a Beta W7 driver, but that was it. Back to modding desktop drivers as usual.
     
    Heiji1412, Jan 1, 2010
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Any particular reason you feel the need to update? Current drivers crashing?
     
    gerryf19, Jan 1, 2010
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    No. He doesn't have the software suite (Catalyst Control Center) installed even though the driver is. I have the same issue on my laptop, but it doesn't really bother me since I have no need for CCC.

    OP, you may have to use something like Driver Sweeper to clean out the original driver before you install the second one along with CCC, otherwise having both drivers on there may result in BSOD's caused by driver conflicts.
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 1, 2010
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    thank you all....but my question was, should i download and install catalyst or not? is it gonna improve the performance? this is my first ati card, till now i used only nvidia and its drivers are easier for me to deal with
     
    ::xero::, Jan 3, 2010
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  8. kanehi

    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    download from ATI.
     
    kanehi, Jan 3, 2010
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  9. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    My experience is that while you sometimes get a few frames per second improvement from driver version to driver version, it is not noticeable. The real boon to driver updates is stability. If you are not experiencing instability, than video driver updates are not the end all to be all.
     
    gerryf19, Jan 3, 2010
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    CCC will give you options like Avivo Powerplay, forcing AA, multiscreen setups, and various other options. It depends on whether you need to adjust these settings or not, that you should download it.
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 5, 2010
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