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May 26th, 2011 09:00
Radeon 5870 drivers?
Dear all
I own a Dell/Alienware Aurora with a Radeon 5870 video card.
I am aware that I have to stick to Dell's video drivers and that it's not possible to directly install ATIs generic drivers.
Dell's support site list's the following "recommended" drivers (inter alia):
- Radeon 5870 Drivers, dated 23 October 2009 (!)
- Newer (= may 2011) drivers for radeon 68xx and 69xx-series (but not for the radeon 5870).
Can I install the 68xx/69xx drivers or do I have to stick with the old (clearly outdated!) drivers? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
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hbk123
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May 26th, 2011 09:00
There is no rule saying you cannot install ATI's drivers, in fact it is probably better to do so:
Here is a link for the drivers: support.amd.com/.../AMDSupportHub.aspx
someoneidontkno
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May 26th, 2011 09:00
I installed the new reference drivers after deleting the old drivers (and using Driver Sweeper) - works flawlessly (so far).
Thx for the help.
someoneidontkno
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May 26th, 2011 10:00
Thanks, worked perfectly.
Do you happen to know whether my graphic's card firmware is up to date? (BIOS Date: 2010/9/21).
Many thanks in advance!
Tesla1856
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June 11th, 2011 13:00
Well, your VideoBIOS is newer than my Dell version 5870 (my Aurora is about 1 year old now).
I haven't seen a VideoBios posted for the Dell 5870 cards yet, but they usually only do that if the VideoBIOS changes are critical.
Primary Adapter
Graphics Card Manufacturer Built by AMD
Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Device ID 6898
Vendor 1002
Subsystem ID 0B00
Subsystem Vendor ID 1002
Graphics Bus Capability PCI Express 2.0
Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express 2.0 x16
BIOS Version 012.014.000.005
BIOS Part Number 113-C00101-103
BIOS Date 2009/11/12
Memory Size 1024 MB
Memory Type GDDR5
Core Clock in MHz 850 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 1200 MHz
Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 153.6 GByte/s