This is the update I've been waiting for! My text is alot shaper and more clear. The new settings in the control panel are a god send on my 8886. It has improved the contrast %110. Definately do this update if you don't have a UXGA sceen!

i have an 8887 and am experiencing the same problem that the 5670 owners are. i also have xp home. it seems that xp home users are experiencing this. don't worry it's a microsoft issue not an ati issue. you don't need to get rid of comp. i'm sure one of them have a fix out soon, if not sager with their version. btw, what are the new features that everyone is talking about? i see no difference in the features between the 3.2 and 3.4 versions...

It's not an issue that has to do with XP Home users only.

I have a Sager 5670 fully maxed out and run XP Pro and so does my best friend.

We are experiencing the same problem...

Ok so it affects both XP versions. But so far it looks like only the 128MB Radeon 9000 equipped laptops are experiencing this problem.

I recommend using the Sager supplied drivers or the 'new' ones available at the sager website (very slow download) for the time being. If someone with the 5670 or 8887 is willing to test these drivers with various options and settings and get it to work then it will be great...

In any case its not a big deal really...

(gsferrari with a smug smile coz his OLD 5660 still rox!! )

Just being anal...

we'll get it to work or s-seven.net will come out with the modded ones before ya know it...dont worry peeps...

i just wanted to let you guys know i have noticed on a D3D ring screensaver I run after installing the messed up 3.4 drivers the fps on the ss increased 2 fold. i hope this means good things for me when i run planetside.

sorry to burst your bobble, but s-seven.net won't be releasing any more drivers. It's on his site. He just had a kid... always ruins your fun

Test what gsferrari? I'm game...

Having the Rez Reset prob no matter what i do, only the Included sager drivers are staying at the set rez...

I do what works for me and so far I havent done badly. Its weird because I got my first PC 3 years back and now I have this laptop - i've actually learnt a lot after joining the forums...not forgotten i still am da nOOb though

I dont think the RADEON 9000 series is DX9.0 compliant because these cards were released before DX9.0 was released my MS. I find it quite odd that ATI doesnt have a 128MB Radeon 9000 listed on their website...
http://mirror.ati.com/products/builtmobile.html

I am fairly sure it is a problem only with the 128MB M9 equipped systems. I dont have such a system with me to play with and thats what I meant when I said "Those with the 8887 or 5670 please help test these drivers for functionality"

I hope someone comes to your rescue...this shouldnt be such a big problem really...I wonder what they changed in these drivers that causes so much trouble...the 3.2's never had such issues...

I tested bf1942 with the cat 3.4 and the see-thru textures are still there!!! AHHHHH! Oh well, maybe it's a bf1942 thing. Maybe the 1.4 release will fix all that. These drivers do seem to help a lot with the frame rate and fluidity, but I don't think they are meant for the Sagers yet...

DO you have DX9.0 or 8.1 ?? If you have DX9.0 you will see the see through stuff...I dont have this problem with the Cat 3.4 drivers...work flawlessly

drivercleaner doesnt do a thing same results

The problem happens even when the drivers are installed stand alone.

By the way, I have also tried the latest driver cleaner, no luck either.

Just for the record....

I have 8887-V (128MB Radeon) and I installed the new 3.4 drivers with not too much difficulty. It seems to be a clean install. I also have the problem where it boots into a low resolution.

Ah well. I'll screw with it and see if I can figure a way for it to boot at a saved resolution. I don't plan to roll back to the previous drivers, these seem to be more robust. I'll bench the thing and if the previous 3dmark is better than maybe I'll roll back, till then I'll suffer the low-res boot.

=Vex=

I have a question... Who besides Clevo ( Sager ) has the 128MB M9? The reason I ask is that the ATI specification for the Mobile Radeon 9000 states that it comes in three variations, the 32/64MB on chip memory and the discrete with external memory...

So is Clevo using the discrete with their own memory configurations, or have they been using the on chip variation and just gone to the discrete with the 128MB models. I was just wondering...

Redundant

On my 8887 the Catalyst 3.4 drivers also give me the booting up at low resolution symptom. I don't think there's any fix for that.

Looking at the display properties, the LCD display cannot be selected as the default display. That option to select a main display seems to be totally absent from this current driver. So I'm assuming that on bootup, the computer can't tell which display is the main one - the LCD or the rear port for an external display. So it must be setting the low resolution to avoid any trouble.

Still, I don't mind setting the resolution everytime I boot up. As it is, I often exit various games and find the desktop wallpapers have shrunk, so I have to reset the wallpaper each time. This also happens on my desktop computers with NVidia cards so it's not just on my 8887.

Off topic, DX9 makes such a big difference in the new games. Playing GTA Vice City at 1600x1200x32 and almost no slowdown on the M9. I can wait for the M12 or M13 for sure