Thinkpads Forum

i finally got my t60p`s display replaced so its working again.

since most likely the reason it fried last time was because of some linux ati proprietary drivers, this time i definitely go with the open source drivers, even if the performance will not be that great

my question regards windows only:
is there a way to install some drivers (that has no risk of causing damage) that will turn the card into its radeon X**** series equivalent (of course with loosing its other capabilities which are only useful in CAD application) so it will be good for gaming

if possible, this will work under windows 7? or should i use xp (32 bit of course)

basically i would like to be able to run morrowind, battlefield 2142 and some old games with similar hardware requirements

You should realize by now that the Thinkpad is a business laptop, NOT a gaming laptop.
Experiment with different drivers at your own (or rather the graphics card's) peril.
Get an Alien laptop if you want to play games.

i know it is not a gaming laptop, i just wanted to know what possibilities do i have if i want to play some games.
every sane person uses desktop computer for gaming anyway... i just want to be able to play some games when i`m not home

Did you actually try these games and experienced issues due to the card being a FireGL, not a Radeon?

dr_st wrote:Did you actually try these games and experienced issues due to the card being a FireGL, not a Radeon?

no, because it affects my operating system choice.
xp is an older operating system and modified driver more likely exists for it, but i would prefer windows 7 because it performs better and support tends to shift from xp to windows 7

i didnt really see any performance increase switching from a v5250 to a x1700 driver...
maybe they fixed the gaming driver handicap between those cards a long time ago...

My buddy has a 15.4 T60P. With the 5250.
Never played newer games but did play Unreal 2004 and UT3 with no problems.
Running Vista buss.

SaberX wrote:My buddy has a 15.4 T60P. With the 5250.
Never played newer games but did play Unreal 2004 and UT3 with no problems.
Running Vista buss.

that is just enough for me, so i wont be tweaking around then.

another question that are the drivers that get installed by the windows update service the best solution or should i go with manually downloading the drivers and installing them one by one?

printf wrote: another question that are the drivers that get installed by the windows update service the best solution or should i go with manually downloading the drivers and installing them one by one?

Use System Update.

"With modded Catalyst drivers, the V5250 can be modded to a X1700 with a better game performance but worse application performance."

http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobili ... 382.0.html

I never fiddled with the drivers on my old T60p, but I do remember it didn't do too badly with the gaming side of things. I played Far Cry 2(low-ish settings), NWN2, Oblivion, and Source games on it without much of a fuss. Most games I had to use SXGA+ resolution to achieve playable frames, but it did pretty decently. It's not a dedicated gaming rig by any means, but I liked my 15" UXGA IPS for the Web development classes I was taking(we were only allowed to use Notepad to edit HTML; making changes to several pages at once was much easier with a high-res screen), and the V5250 was great for the few games I liked to play on the go. It was an awesome rig.