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Hi,

I just installed a T7600 CPU in my T60p and want to upgrade from 32 to 64 bit (Windows 7).

Has anyone found a good video driver for 64 bit (or 32bit).

Note: I have not been able to find the proper windows driver for 32bit. I am running 8.561.00 which was not designed for Windows 7...

Thanks,

If you are looking only for the driver (not Catalyst Control Center - CCC), then Windows should be able to download the proper driver via windows update. Finding a working version of CCC for the FireGL card under Windows 7 is whole another story.

Thank you for the reply... I did not think windows update would work... I somehow have found a version of CCC to work with windows 7... just am worried about the driver.

.... I am very interested to hear from anyone who has installed Windows 7 64 bit on a T60p with FireGL v5200 video... My specific question: What is the driver version and release date of the driver you are using.

Thanks,

Marin85 wrote:If you are looking only for the driver (not Catalyst Control Center - CCC), then Windows should be able to download the proper driver via windows update. Finding a working version of CCC for the FireGL card under Windows 7 is whole another story.

I found an improved driver which includes the CCC...

Credit goes to "ozzyboy" from the forum linked below...

I have been using this driver & ccc for a week or two... it provides improved performance in 2D and 3D according to PassMark's Performance Test software.

Here is the link:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/archiv ... 13124.html


Here is detail about the package:

This are modded by me with DHmodder from Ati Radeon desktop drivers. I have tested only on 32bit operating system (XP and 7).
For notebook use only.
Download:
Ati Display Video Driver vs 9.11
ATI Mobility ptr Windows XP 32/64bit (http://fbx.ro/bnzre0v6h862sxol)
ATI Mobility ptr Windows Vista/Windows 7 32/64bit (http://fbx.ro/rxhntyxnivuh64go)

MIRROR (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=8c65 ... 6071f6b9ad 2d50d3ca935cbde7375ca78c)

Supported moddels are:


Windows 7 / Windows Vista
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 4330
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 4530
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 4570
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4650
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4670
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4830
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4850
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4860
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4870
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4870 X2
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3430
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3670
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3850 X2
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3870
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3870 X2
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3450
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3470
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3650
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3850
ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL T2/T2e
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3100
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3200
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5000
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5100
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V7100
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V7200
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9500
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9550
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 SE
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 XL
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 XT
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1350
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1450
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1800 XT
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1900
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X2300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2400
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2400 XT
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X2500
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2600 XT
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series
ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100 Series
ATI RADEON XPRESS 1200 Series
ATI RADEON XPRESS 1300M

Windows XP
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 4330
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 4530
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 4570
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4650
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4670
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4830
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4850
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4860
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4870
ATI MOBILITY Radeon HD 4870 X2
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3430
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3670
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3850 X2
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3870
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3870 X2
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3450
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3470
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3650
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3850
ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL T2/T2e
ATI MOBILITY FireGL 7800
ATI MOBILITY FireGL 9000
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3100
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3200
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5000
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5100
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V7100
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V7200
ATI MOBILITY IGP 320M
ATI MOBILITY IGP 340M/345M
ATI MOBILITY IGP 9000
ATI MOBILITY IGP 9000/9100
ATI MOBILITY RADEON
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9200
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9500
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9550
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 SE
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 XL
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 XT
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1350
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1450
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1800 XT
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1900
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X2300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X2300 HD
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2400
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2400 XT
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X2500
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 2600 XT
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series
ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100 Series
ATI RADEON XPRESS 1200 Serie

has anyone else tried this? is it in fact the holy grail for the firegl?

I installed and it looks like all is there.
Windows7 ultimate v5250
Thank you "ozzyboy" and Turboqueef
Oh! this one was the first program I install in a clean HD after installation.
So this may be in fact the the holy grail for the firegl.
I wish it will work on OS X but not.
To bad.
You know I may even keep this book (laptop) T60p.

teladoy wrote:I installed and it looks like all is there.
Windows7 ultimate v5250
Thank you "ozzyboy" and Turboqueef
Oh! this one was the first program I install in a clean HD after installation.
So this may be in fact the the holy grail for the firegl.
I wish it will work on OS X but not.
To bad.
You know I may even keep this book (laptop) T60p.

When running Windows 7, how much RAM does the base OS need? The T60 only goes up to 3 GB, is that enough? Vista 64 on my T61 takes 2.5 GB and that's just with Firefox running. I am considering the T60p because of the display.

What RAM have to do with this post.
Please do a new post in the main don't jump in in one that talks about video card no RAM.

teladoy wrote:What RAM have to do with this post.
Please do a new post in the main don't jump in in one that talks about video card no RAM.

You're right, its a secondary point. I am wondering if its worth it to run Windows 7 64-bit on a 32-bit system. If the base OS takes up most of the 3GB than just about any app you use will force the system to start paging / swapping badly. If that is the case, why bother running in 64-bit with a 64-bit driver. Wouldn't running 32-bit and using the 32-bit driver be better? Not directly related but not unrelated either.

vand3537 wrote:has anyone else tried this? is it in fact the holy grail for the firegl?

I've just installed these drivers on my new old T60p. They work well. Aero works, and Powerplay changes the graphics chip clock speeds as expected. It did take a while to download though... the site that is hosting that driver did not seem to be very fast.

I tried to install this on my R51; no go. And you're right, the download took forever. The site is based in Romania, so I guess that's to be expected.

goofyGAguy wrote:I tried to install this on my R51; no go. And you're right, the download took forever. The site is based in Romania, so I guess that's to be expected.

If the R51 is the one in your signature, then I wouldn't be surprised that it doesn't work - it has a Radeon 7500 and that is not supported by that driver at all.

Terrahawk wrote: If the R51 is the one in your signature, then I wouldn't be surprised that it doesn't work - it has a Radeon 7500 and that is not supported by that driver at all.

According to Turboqueef's last post in this thread it is.

38th line under XP.

You're not installing it in Windows 7? Sorry, I assumed we were talking about Windows 7 here, where it is not listed.

Glad to hear this driver is working for most of you.. I am still using it with zero problems...

Jeff B

I just noticed that ozzyboy has posted an updated driver (10.2). I just installed it with no problems.

Not sure what updates he made.. did notice a slight improvement in 2 & 3 D performance on passmark.

I need to run for a while to determine if it will conflict with anything... will post update in future to let you know.

Jeff B

Note that anyone can do this mod themselves using the Mobility Modder tool: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php (formerly known as DHModTool when the site was DriverHeaven).
Just download the desktop drivers from ATI then process with the mod tool.

I haven't used this recently but the old version worked fine for my Mobility Radeon 9700 several years ago.

I tried the Mobility Modder with the 10.8 drivers and it did not work with the FireGL V5250. Apparently support for that generation of video chips was removed with the release of the 10.3 drivers.

ATI has separate releases that include what they call 'legacy' support; the latest of these was Catalyst 10.2. Previous legacy release was 9.3.
FireGL V5250 (and Radeon X1700 which is based on the same core) is considered 'legacy'.

Turboqueef wrote:I just noticed that ozzyboy has posted an updated driver (10.2). I just installed it with no problems.

Not sure what updates he made.. did notice a slight improvement in 2 & 3 D performance on passmark.

I need to run for a while to determine if it will conflict with anything... will post update in future to let you know.

Jeff B

Just upgraded my Seagate Momentus 250GB/5400 to 500GB/7200rpm and did a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit and windows update then I install Ozziboy updated drivers (10.2 ) and then run Lenovo system updates. ATI's CCC is running as well........So far everything is running OK and no hiccups and BSOD. .