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Sager Ati 8.0 Drivers

post #1 of 16
8/11/04 at 4:16pm
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http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/tech_sfwrdls.html#1

woot woot ill try them out now!



-Chris-
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post #2 of 16
8/11/04 at 4:23pm
WTF? What about the 9600, 9000, etc?
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post #3 of 16
8/11/04 at 4:23pm
oh hurray, 4080 is now unsupported. woohoo.
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post #4 of 16
8/11/04 at 4:32pm
What version of the Cat drivers are in the 8.0s?
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post #5 of 16
8/11/04 at 4:42pm
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Originally Posted by mmarkin
WTF? What about the 9600, 9000, etc?
Thats just the way sager works sorry.


-Chris-
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post #6 of 16
8/11/04 at 5:36pm
Yeah, thats a first timer for me too. *ing eh. Funny thing is that nothing has changed other than the video card. I'll see if the 8.0 drivers install on my 9600. If not, I guess I'll go the hacked install way.
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post #7 of 16
8/11/04 at 10:26pm
A shortened version of *.inf file contains the following. First time I tried post something with too many characters. It specifically says it is for the 9700 or M10. So it might work with the 9600 but not the 9000.
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;-----------------------------------------------
; ATI Display Information file : ATIIXPAG.INF
; Installation INF for the ATI display driver.
; Copyright(C) 1998-2004 ATI Technologies Inc.
; Windows XP
; Base INF Last Updated 2004/02/11

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
Provider=%ATI%
ClassGUID={4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Class=Display
DriverVer=03/22/2004, 6.14.10.6436
CatalogFile=CX_14930.CAT

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir = 11
ati2mtag.Miniport = 12 ; drivers
ati2mtag.Display = 11 ; system32

[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect=*
;
; Driver information
;

[Manufacturer]
%ATI% = ATI.Mfg

[ATI.Mfg]
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series" = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_05101558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_05111558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_05121558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_05131558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_05141558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_08701558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_08711558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_08721558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_08731558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_08741558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_03761558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_04711558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_04761558
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Series " = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_00041854
;
; General installation section
;

.............

;
; Localizable Strings
;
DiskId = "ATI Technologies Inc. Installation DISK (VIDEO)"
GraphAdap = "Graphics Adapter"
ATI = "ATI Technologies Inc."
ATIR200="Chaplin (R200)"
; Driver Information Entries
; These items will be set by IHV...
DriverMfgr="ATI Technologies Inc."; IHV name
DriverVersionID="7.xx"; The IHV driver version
BaseDriverFileName="ati2mtag.sys" ; Key file for version
BaseDriverFileVersion="5.13.01.3210" ; version of key file
; These items will be set by IHV and updated by OEM
DriverOEM="ATI Technologies Inc."; name of the OEM
DriverFamily="Video" ; device family (NIC, Storage, Video...)
DriverProduct="ATI Radeon" ; Specific Name of device (chipset, for example)
DriverDescription="Graphics Driver" ; Description of device (product name, OS or system supported)
DriverOEMVersion="Centralized Build" ; OEM-specified version
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post #8 of 16
8/12/04 at 1:37am
"DriverVer=03/22/2004, 6.14.10.6436"

I've loaded so many Cats and Omegas I've been keeping informal notes. Mine say those are Cat4.4s (Omega 2536a).
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post #9 of 16
8/12/04 at 2:02am
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Ya they are the cat 4.4's but the display driver is 8.0
INFO on ATI site if you look at the first line in there it says driver version 8.0. I was merely just posting this for the people that don’t game or don’t want to use anything but official driver for their 5690/8790's (WHAT YOU DONT GAME! ) and they just want to update their drivers to the latest sager release.

I would recommend the 4.5 omega cats. They actually work when trying to watch any type of video media (the 4.6-4.7, and even up to beta 4.9s cannot play DVD’s or any type of AVI, MPEG, ect.) I'm just hoping they fix this in the official cat 4.8 releases. And they get good performance out of games.


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post #10 of 16
8/12/04 at 1:51pm
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Originally Posted by GoodRiddance
I would recommend the 4.5 omega cats. They actually work when trying to watch any type of video media (the 4.6-4.7, and even up to beta 4.9s cannot play DVD’s or any type of AVI, MPEG, ect.) .
Try turning hardware accelleration down a bit in your DVD player. That smoothed out the stutter on my system (MR 9700 running Cat 4.9B drivers). It's a minor sacrifice, but one I'll pay willingly for the performance boost I get in my games. Of course, I'd still love it if they just fixed the drivers...
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post #11 of 16
8/13/04 at 4:50pm
I just went to Sager's 4750 download page and they have:
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Driver for Windows 2000, XP (Version 7.9) 11-Aug-04
My current driver is 6.14.10.6422 01-Jan-04 (from display properties).
Two quick questions.
1. These version numbers are different from the 4.5-4.9 numbers you are posting. What is the difference (pardon my ignorance)?
2. Can I just install this Video_D4Xk.exe, or do I need to un-install something first? (There are no instructions anywhere on Sager's site).
Thanks.
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post #12 of 16
8/13/04 at 5:27pm
Does any of the driver for the 8790, from sager or omega have the powerplay function for the 9700?? is there a way to turn it on?
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post #13 of 16
8/13/04 at 5:29pm
with my experience with ATI Drivers... you would have to uninstall the privious version first. Then install the new one. Check ATI's website they may have more info.
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post #14 of 16
8/15/04 at 4:16am
I tried the drivers that were on Sager's page and didn't see much of a difference. So I looked at the file dates and noticed that they were from March 2004. At that point, I went back to 4.5 (which is from a week or so later). I was hoping the new drivers had optimized 4.6 or 4.7.

Oh well, I guess if it isn't broke, don't fix it. I can wait longer.
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post #15 of 16
8/15/04 at 11:04am
Yup, I did the exact same thing Ratmyr. I had the Omega 4.5s installed and then tried the new Sager ones and got 4 points less in Aquamark. But I like the interface of the Omegas better so I switched back.
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post #16 of 16
8/16/04 at 1:15pm
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I think thats what evey one was doing and that sager or clevo or who ever makes these drivers needs to release them a little faster and more often. but what do we know we just give them our money. Good thing there is Omega to use
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