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    ATI 10.12 Reference Drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by The Revelator, Dec 13, 2010.

  1. Red Dragon3

    Red Dragon3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well i finally got OD in CCC.
    But when i go to over clock it, my external monitor does not stay stable. The external monitor flickers. The laptop screen does not have any problems.
    I even tried a 5Mhz increase on the GPU clock and it still flickers.
    Any one else have this problem?
     
    Red Dragon3, Dec 18, 2010
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  2. awyongcarl

    awyongcarl Notebook Consultant

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    I've been trying out the ATI Override for a while and I'm being extremely skeptical about it. It has a test function that allow user to test the overclocking value and I just went 805/1200 for the lulz cause I know it won't work. But guess what? It tells me SUCCESS. lol

    Anyone here messing around with the override?
     
    awyongcarl, Dec 20, 2010
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  3. NuckChorris

    NuckChorris Notebook Consultant

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    It will tell you success, but that doesnt mean its going to be stable in games with higher demand on the GPU instead of their "test."

    The true way to test it is to run Furmark for 5 to 10 mins or some GPU intense games.

    Red Dragon3, I have not experienced this at all. I have tried OC'ing mine to 800/1100 and it works perfectly when connected to my U2410 via DisplayPort. I dont get any flickering at all.
     
    NuckChorris, Dec 20, 2010
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  4. awyongcarl

    awyongcarl Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm been on 805/1200 for an hour in COD:Black Ops. No signs of problem at all o_O
    Well not like Black Ops is THAT intense anyway.
     
    awyongcarl, Dec 20, 2010
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  5. rafiq_p

    rafiq_p Newbie

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    Not sure if this has already been mentioned anywhere but overdrive can be enabled on Dell drivers by editing the following values in registry:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATI\ACE\Settings\Graphics\OverDrive2\Accessible = All
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATI\ACE\Settings\Graphics\OverDrive3\Accessible = All
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATI\ACE\Settings\Graphics\OverDrive5\Accessible = All
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATI\ACE\Settings\Graphics\PowerXpress\AutoSwitchingFeature\Accessible = All

    Reboot and Overdrive tab should now be visible.
     
    rafiq_p, Jan 3, 2011
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  6. The Revelator

    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    These do not work for me. Keys not present.
     
    The Revelator, Jan 24, 2011
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  7. Zswickliffe

    Zswickliffe Notebook Evangelist

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    This worked perfectly for me!
     
    Zswickliffe, Mar 22, 2011
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