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    GPU in W500 is not FireGL V5700

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by veemexx, Nov 3, 2008.

  1. veemexx

    veemexx Notebook Geek

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    Ok guys, something fishy is going on. Do we really have the FireGL V5700?

    ATI's website http://developer.amd.com/drivers/pc_vendor_id/Pages/default.aspx lists the Device ID for the V5700 as 9595 and the HD3650 as 9591.

    I have updated my BIOS to ver 1.18 and CCC is identifying the GPU as the V5700. Now the weird thing is, my Device ID is still as before: 9591 - which is the HD3650 (CCC also gives you the Device ID see below).

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    Did Lenovo pull a fast one on us W500 owners? I say that because I tried to install the ISV video driver for solidworks and it didn't install because apparently it didn't detect the correct hardware! I would imagine it is because the installation is trying to detect Device ID-9595 (V5700) but the Device ID on mine is 9591.

    Anybody has any idea what is happening?
     
    veemexx, Nov 3, 2008
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  2. pcharouz

    pcharouz Notebook Evangelist

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    the 3650, and fire gl v5700 use the same core, the fire gl just has more memory..
     
    pcharouz, Nov 3, 2008
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  3. amirk999

    amirk999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    try reinstalling catalyst drivers. FireGL should be the same as Radeon except for more openGL extensions in the driver side. So if the drivers used to say radeon before, maybe they didn't install the fireGL additions.
     
    amirk999, Nov 3, 2008
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