Vista Ratings: T42, 80G 7200RPM Hitachi, ATI9600, 2G ram

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silo · #1 Post by **silo** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:36 pm

I upgraded my T42 (1.7GHz, 2G ram, 80G 7200 HD, ATI 9600 64MB video) to 2G memory and hoped to see a bump in my Vista rating.

Processor 3.6
Memory 4.1
Graphics 2.0
Gaming 3.5
Hard Disk 4.7

(Here's the panel):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fb3/509845534

It didn't seem to happen. I'm pleased with the operation so it doesn't really matter,but if there are easy ways to raise that GRAPHICS: Desktop Performance score (short of canning Aero) I'd like to know about them.

Thanks,

Silo

Melvyn · #2 Post by **Melvyn** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:06 pm

silo, go to this ATI's site http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vist ... sta32.html and download the last version of Catalyst (version 7.4 by now) and you'll get some features and 3.5 in gaming score.

Mine looks like yours with 3.7 in processor and 3.5 in graphics.

Cheers.

silo · #3 Post by **silo** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:56 am

Melvyn wrote:silo, go to this ATI's site http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vist ... sta32.html and download the last version of Catalyst (version 7.4 by now) and you'll get some features and 3.5 in gaming score.

Mine looks like yours with 3.7 in processor and 3.5 in graphics.

Cheers.

Sounds great. I'll give it a try. Thx.

Esben · #4 Post by **Esben** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:07 pm

Here the scores are the same, except the disk scores a 5.0 rating. I have Catalyst 7.1 installed.

Temetka · #5 Post by **Temetka** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:53 pm

specs in sig

Proc: 3.9
RAM: 4.1
Graphics: 3.6
gaming graphics: 3.4
hd: 4.6

3.4 overall.

silo · #6 Post by **silo** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:19 am

Melvyn wrote:silo, go to this ATI's site http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vist ... sta32.html and download the last version of Catalyst (version 7.4 by now) and you'll get some features and 3.5 in gaming score.

Mine looks like yours with 3.7 in processor and 3.5 in graphics.

Cheers.

Well, I tried this. Went there, DL'd the file, ran it, said Catalyst, installed, and . . . nothing happened. My PC DOC says I've got driver 7.14.10.830 dated 8/21/06. That isn't 7.4.

In addition, my Vid BIOS is BK-ATI Ver 008.011.004.014

And I've got no ATI panel or program to run. Something tells me I made a mistake somewhere along the way.

Also, what about the "Modder" that someone said had to be used to set the ATI drivers for use in notebook/T42?

Hep! Hep!

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:43 am

silo wrote:And I've got no ATI panel or program to run. Something tells me I made a mistake somewhere along the way.

Also, what about the "Modder" that someone said had to be used to set the ATI drivers for use in notebook/T42?

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=41504

Melvyn · #8 Post by **Melvyn** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:20 am

My driver version: 8.342.0.0, dated on 2-2-2007
Catalyst 7.4

See the last GomaJabbar post for details.

Vista Ratings: T42, 80G 7200RPM Hitachi, ATI9600, 2G ram

Vista Ratings: T42, 80G 7200RPM Hitachi, ATI9600, 2G ram

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