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    Catalyst 8.85 Driver (Probably 11.5 Beta)

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by The Revelator, May 5, 2011.

  1. The Revelator

    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    The newest unofficial Catalyst package is available for those who like to dabble in such things. It presents as 11.4 (April 19) in CCC, but identifies the driver as 8.85, which is the 11.5 designation. FWIW. Includes all the usual warnings about incompatible hardware and failed installation, all attributable to the Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable version included. Ignore and proceed. Works fine. [email protected].
     
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  2. inap

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    awesome!!! so have you tested this out yet rev???
     
    inap, May 5, 2011
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    Thanks, awesome... gonna install this during the next days.
     
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    Minor testing. Seems to be about the same performance wise, certainly no big jumps like we got with the 11.4's or some of the earlier Hotfix releases. Supposed to be more concentrated on graphics quality this time around.
     
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