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    ATI "FirePro" or "FireGL" V5700?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Jayonhavok, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. Jayonhavok

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    I just wanted to make sure these were the same cards. Lenovo calls it the FireGL V5700 for the W500, and ATI calls it the FirePro V5700 and refers to it as a Workstation card without specifying if it's for mobile workstations. I'm just confused because I found a driver update for the card posted yesterday(Oct 22) and didn't want to screw up by DLing it if it's not for my card.

    Here's the link for the update.

    http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista64/firepro-vista64.html
     
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    I'm also looking for the linux driver for the FireGL V5700 that we have in the Lenovo W500. It seems like this card isn't even listed on AMD's website... I couldn't find it on the links above, am I missing it?
     
    kevin071586, Nov 17, 2008
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