eonfusionwhite
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Hey, i am wondering where i can download the latest 7970M drivers as last time i did i got constant blue screens and had to do a clean install, any advice would be great thanks 
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Not sure if someone else has a better idea, but direct from the manufacturer is often a good plan.
http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx
http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx
eonfusionwhite
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i tried that last time and when i installed it i got constant blue screen?
I phoned PCS recently and they said that there aren't official drivers for the 7079M yet. The drivers on the CD, AMD and Clevo are the standard ones, but not the official ones. When you install them you just have ZERO options for tweaking your GPU in CCC. Please correct me if I am wrong, coz I really want some real drivers, so many of my games don't get recognized by the GPU... Kinda like a bad bad joke as I've had it for months now and still waiting..........>!!
Hello!?!?!??! I am getting extremely stressed out. The drivers on the Clevo website still haven't updated. I can not play MW3 and Diablo 3 after resintalling windows (They did before?!?!?) and installing the drivers from Clevo. the AMD Mobility Tool doesn't work for my Hardware apparently. It's being SO MANY MONTHS since I've purchased this card for my Vortex 3. Why are there no official drivers, how the hell is everyone else playing games or using them for normal things? Please just Private Message me with how you do it if it's something like "We use Beta drivers which work fine, but I'm not allowed to officially suggest that..." Come on!!!
Try this m8, seems to be the best way to install without BSOD
1. Download the the AMD 12.11 driver here: http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/Catalyst-Hotfixes.aspx
2. Download the Intel HD 4000 9.17.10.2867 graphics driver: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...+Processors+with+Intel®+HD+Graphics+3000/2000
3. Download Driver Sweeper, find the program here: http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4266-driver-sweeper.html
4. Uninstall all AMD files through the Catalyst manager (you can access this by going to the Uninstall a Program section in Windows and selecting "Change" on the AMD option)
5. Restart, and install Driver Sweeper
6. Restart in safe mode (type in msconfig in run, go to the boot tab, and select safe mode), run Driver Sweeper and delete both AMD Driver and Intel Display* Driver files
7. Restart in normal mode (uncheck safe mode in msconfig), install every component in the AMD 12.11 package
8. Restart in safe mode (you have to one more time or you will get a BSOD on normal startup), install the Intel HD 4000 9.17.10.2867 driver
9. Restart in normal mode and you will be good to go
*Update* I edited this to add Intel Display Driver. Make sure you do not delete the Intel Chipset drivers in Driver Sweeper!
Don't know why PCSpecialist have said there are no official drivers for the 7970m. The 12.11 driver IS the OFFICIAL driver for the 7970M!!!!!
1. Download the the AMD 12.11 driver here: http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/Catalyst-Hotfixes.aspx
2. Download the Intel HD 4000 9.17.10.2867 graphics driver: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...+Processors+with+Intel®+HD+Graphics+3000/2000
3. Download Driver Sweeper, find the program here: http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4266-driver-sweeper.html
4. Uninstall all AMD files through the Catalyst manager (you can access this by going to the Uninstall a Program section in Windows and selecting "Change" on the AMD option)
5. Restart, and install Driver Sweeper
6. Restart in safe mode (type in msconfig in run, go to the boot tab, and select safe mode), run Driver Sweeper and delete both AMD Driver and Intel Display* Driver files
7. Restart in normal mode (uncheck safe mode in msconfig), install every component in the AMD 12.11 package
8. Restart in safe mode (you have to one more time or you will get a BSOD on normal startup), install the Intel HD 4000 9.17.10.2867 driver
9. Restart in normal mode and you will be good to go
*Update* I edited this to add Intel Display Driver. Make sure you do not delete the Intel Chipset drivers in Driver Sweeper!
Don't know why PCSpecialist have said there are no official drivers for the 7970m. The 12.11 driver IS the OFFICIAL driver for the 7970M!!!!!
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Thank you so much dude! Okay I will do this tonight, and let you know if I have any problems. I have a question, will this driver I'm about to install support 3D? More specifically I want to run games at 120Hz. I have a ASUS 3D Monitor capable of 120Hz and a Dual Link cable, but with my current out of date driver I only have the 59Hz and 60Hz option.
EDIT For Intel I cannot find the 4000 9.17.10.2867 on that list. So ima go with 15.28.7.64.2867 as it finished on same number as what you said, also it's Previously Released, not the Latest, hope that means most secure and thats why you suggested it.
EDIT2: I've done this but, when I used Driver Sweeper I only Cleaned the AMD - Display. I could not find Intel - Display, only Intel - Chipset and that is my CPU driver right? It works okay for now. I see that I have more options in CCC now, also now I can play MW3 and Diablo3 on max settings with great FPS again. Also in CCC Information it says last update 11 November 2012 and that it's the latest one. I installed the 12.11 Beta, do I not have the official one but the latest Beta instead? My only Question is what I asked above. How do I make it 120Hz?
EDIT3: I noticed that now I don't have a Graphics Settings in Intel Control Centre. Did I install the wrong Intel driver? I can actually find it when I right click on desktop under Graphics Properties. From there I still cant select 120Hz for my extended screen
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Managed to get my 12.11B6 drivers working (or rather not crashing) by copying the atikmdag.sys and atikmpag.sys files from the last usable drivers (which for me were from June 12th), installing the new beta, then restart, pull the power cord out of the laptop to make Windows run on battery (the only way I found stops the BSODs), then just overwrite the beta atikmdag/atikmpag.sys files with the old stable ones.
(apparently these new drivers have problems will the Dirt engine in general; showdown and Dirt1 too)
(apparently these new drivers have problems will the Dirt engine in general; showdown and Dirt1 too)HurdyGurdy
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I concur - Using this approach works a treat. I used the files your refer to from the 12.9 beta drivers and since then I have been very happy with performance. I am still on 12.11 B4 for now as nothing indicated in the B6 notes seems to be worth it to try next version yet.
One little snag - I tried copying the files from a different install ( I run an OS on both SSD and HDD ) and the trick did not work. I had to use a file from the previous driver version installed on the same OS instance that I copied away before upgrading to 12.11. Not sure why that is, but I kept getting AMD drivers not installed if I nicked them from the parallel install I kept around.
I did not have to do the battery trick though.
Good replies regarding the original topic. To confirm what I did worked. But since this is the only place on the internet I have gotten useful help so far, I can't help but to steal the thread and ask again: How do I make my 7970M run at 120Hz? It should be capable of that...!
Also I have slight screen tearing, any known ways to fix without using v-sync?
Also I have slight screen tearing, any known ways to fix without using v-sync?
Thank you so much dude! Okay I will do this tonight, and let you know if I have any problems. I have a question, will this driver I'm about to install support 3D? More specifically I want to run games at 120Hz. I have a ASUS 3D Monitor capable of 120Hz and a Dual Link cable, but with my current out of date driver I only have the 59Hz and 60Hz option.
EDIT For Intel I cannot find the 4000 9.17.10.2867 on that list. So ima go with 15.28.7.64.2867 as it finished on same number as what you said, also it's Previously Released, not the Latest, hope that means most secure and thats why you suggested it.
EDIT2: I've done this but, when I used Driver Sweeper I only Cleaned the AMD - Display. I could not find Intel - Display, only Intel - Chipset and that is my CPU driver right? It works okay for now. I see that I have more options in CCC now, also now I can play MW3 and Diablo3 on max settings with great FPS again. Also in CCC Information it says last update 11 November 2012 and that it's the latest one. I installed the 12.11 Beta, do I not have the official one but the latest Beta instead? My only Question is what I asked above. How do I make it 120Hz?
EDIT3: I noticed that now I don't have a Graphics Settings in Intel Control Centre. Did I install the wrong Intel driver? I can actually find it when I right click on desktop under Graphics Properties. From there I still cant select 120Hz for my extended screen
Edit 1: Yer I think that will be the right one. I went to system properties then device manager to get the driver version for Intel. You could always try installing and running slim drivers just to check it is the most recent driver.
Edit 2: Thats fine, if you were using the original driver that came with the laptop you won't find any AMD display drivers when running driver sweeper.
Edit 3: Not sure, try running slim drivers, it's a free software that checks all your drivers for the most up to date ones
My laptop has been running great since following these steps. Hope you get sorted!P.S I'm not sure how to get it running at 120Hz, I'm still pretty new to all this myself. I'm sure I have seen something about this on the AMD support pages though. Try giving that a go? http://forums.amd.com/game/
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kruppsy
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I think with these monitors (ASUS), True 3D (120hz) is only supported through the HDMI v1.4 ports, I know this is the case for model VG23AH anyway. I noted you said you were using a DVI cable. Maybe give a HDMI cable try?
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No, I have a dual-link DVI. I was under the impression that DVI and HDMI only carried up to 60Hz (Maybe 75Hz) singnals. Duel-link DVI is what came with the monitor and what should be able to carry the 3D 120Hz signal.
kruppsy
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What model is your monitor? I double checked the manual of the VG23AH and it confirms what I wrote before. The 2D/3D conversion works through all ports but True 3D is only supported through the HDMIs. This of course may differ to the model monitor you have.
From wikipedia "HDMI 1.4b was released on October 11, 2011.[146] One of the new features is that it adds support to 1080p video at 120 Hz"
This is what it says in my manual http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv162/nipplepie/IMAG0280.jpg
It's a ASUS VG236. Thanks for carrying on helping me
It's a ASUS VG236. Thanks for carrying on helping me
kruppsy
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Ah well, I thought I may have cracked it! I think the HDMI route is for newer monitors, yours was made before they introduced HDMI v1.4.
So it looks like the dual link DVI should work on yours then, but there is no mention of support for ATI cards in the manual, only NVIDIA. Not sure if this is the reason?
You could always try technical support at ASUS for some answers?
Hopefully you get it sorted mate
So it looks like the dual link DVI should work on yours then, but there is no mention of support for ATI cards in the manual, only NVIDIA. Not sure if this is the reason?
You could always try technical support at ASUS for some answers?
Hopefully you get it sorted mate
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waynedance
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Is all these driver issues sorted Will I have to go through this craps soon?
Got a vortex on order with 7970 gpu.
Got a vortex on order with 7970 gpu.
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