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Catalyst 3.8 Drivers to be released at 3PM EST today...

post #1 of 16
10/8/03 at 3:36pm
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How long until Sager releases drivers for the 8890/5680? I'm super excited for these, as they're supposed to triple frame rates in HALO!
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post #2 of 16
10/8/03 at 3:40pm
Nothing says they will release em.

On the other hand, i hear mobilemod works well...
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post #3 of 16
10/8/03 at 4:10pm
3x frame rate!!! its 3pm EST, now... no update yet
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post #4 of 16
10/8/03 at 4:32pm
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New drivers up on ATi's site... only a matter of time before someone hacks them for the mobility chipset
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post #5 of 16
10/8/03 at 4:58pm
so you need special drivers for the mobility radeon?
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post #6 of 16
10/8/03 at 5:11pm
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Originally posted by litehedded
so you need special drivers for the mobility radeon?
Not really, ATi just doesn't handle mobile driver releases because a Dell m10 could be completely different from a Sager m10. But... In the past you could use this stuff called MobileMod to install normal catalyst drivers on mobile chipsets.
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post #7 of 16
10/8/03 at 5:22pm
different how?
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post #8 of 16
10/8/03 at 5:23pm
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Different power requirements, battery saving methods, etc.
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post #9 of 16
10/8/03 at 5:27pm
BUT! They must be re-written to have those kinds of features. Even then, they may be nothing more than a modded INF (install file), which can be made useable too.
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post #10 of 16
10/8/03 at 6:41pm
So I don't see M10 or Mobile 9600 in the Catalyst 3.8 INF Files. What does hacking the inf file entail? Presumably just directing the install to use a driver meant for another card. Which one? The 9600 Series?

In a review article of the M10 I saw reference to a display control panel tab that set power/performance features of the M10. Why isn't this in our approved drivers?
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post #11 of 16
10/8/03 at 8:18pm
How do you install the catalyst drivers. When I try to install them it dosent work.
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post #12 of 16
10/8/03 at 8:22pm
Wow, that MUST be qualified as the laziest post EVER! Not only did you NOT have to use the search button, but the answer was a mere 4 posts above!

No hard feelings, but this was covered literally 4 posts above... Read them. The mobility chipsets are NOT supported by ATI, so the stock drivers won't work. That's why everyone's talking about hacking the inf files.
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post #13 of 16
10/8/03 at 8:25pm
whoooo... what a dumb ass I am. I was looking at a page and thought it said mobility drivers as I was reading it. Goes to show you what too much time on the computer can do to your brain.
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post #14 of 16
10/8/03 at 8:49pm
Lol, I know what you mean... Once had to work on this big video editing project. Started in the morning, I was braindead by afternoon, and forget the evening...
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post #15 of 16
10/8/03 at 8:59pm
Actually its more or less been messing with this screen problem. I am still patiently waiting on a bios update from sager... Makin me NUTS!!! But I am sure it will be fixed.
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post #16 of 16
10/9/03 at 12:56pm
I installed the ATI Catalyst 3.8 Drivers.

First I Moded the drivers using instructions from here:
http://www.driverheaven.net/patje/

This still won't install, so then I went to Device Manager and updated the card manually.

Then I went to the ATI Control Panel directory from the 3.8 and installed the Control Panel.

I also installed PowerStrip and found my threshold for no video artifacts with overclocking was Engine: 400mhz, Memory: 250mhz

I got a score of 3217 using 3dMark03
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