T43 w/ ATI X300: Use Win7 drivers or Lenova drivers?

[catback]

Hi,

I have a T43 with the ATI Radeon X300 video card. I recently installed Windows 7 and after running a Windows update, noticed that it installed it's own video drivers for this card. It seems to work fine but am wondering if I should still install the video drivers from the Lenova website. Any additional features/performance to be gained by using the Lenova drivers?

What is the maximum resolution available via the laptop's VGA port?

Does the ATI X300 offer hardware acceleration on the T43?

[Harryc]

There are no Lenovo W7 drivers for a T43, with the exception of the UltraNav Driver.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 58597.html

[catback]

You're correct. I have the 2668 version which only lists video drivers for XP/Vista. So is it safe to assume that the only video drivers available for Win7 are those installed by running Windows Update?

[Harryc]

Yes

[lukee]

I suppose you can use Vista driver also. Works fine on Windows 7 - at least with FireGL V3200, which is lightly modified Radeon X600. Vista driver contains ATI Control Panel, where you can set up / tune many features provided by the card. With driver from Windows Update you can't.

[Xenomorph]

There are no Lenovo W7 drivers for a T43, with the exception of the UltraNav Driver.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 58597.html

While many say they are for Vista, there are at least 8 drivers to download from Lenovo for a T43 for use with Windows 7. Several do specifically mention Windows 7 support.

I wrote a guide for Windows 7 on the T43, and I downloaded quite a bit from Lenovo.

http://xenomorph.net/misc/guides/t43-win7/

After installing Windows 7, I downloaded and installed drivers for these from Lenovo:

Winbond Trusted Platform
System Interface Driver
Power Management Driver
HotKey Driver & Apps
ThinkVantage Active Protection System
UltraNav Driver
Power Manager
Intel WiFi Drivers & Apps

The ATI X300 drivers are from Windows Updates.

Also, ThinkVantage System Update 4.0 (Windows 7 only), works great with the T43 to find Windows 7-compatible driver and software updates:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... pdate.html

[Dottore]

Drivers can use the Mobility Radeon

ATi Catalyst Mobility 10.10 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/ ... dd_ccc.exe

ATi Catalyst Mobility 10.10 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/ ... dd_ccc.exe


One thing ...
Bluetooth bothering me. Although drivers are installed and not to enable mobile communication, an external speaker.