ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

diveben · May 10, 2006, 04:44 PM

[color=black]My IBM T42p died last month, and they recently replaced it with a Lenovo T43p. It has this sweet ATI Mobility FireGL V3200 chipset, but I am not sure which drivers to install.[/color]

[color=black]I could install the Lenovo driver, version 8.163.1.1.1-060121a-030334C from March 7, 2006.[/color]

[color=black]I tried to install the ATI FireGL Unified driver set downloaded from the ATI website, but it does not support the Mobility chipsets.

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[color=black]I also see I can modify the Catalyst drivers and make them work with it also.[/color]

[color=black]If I'm not using the laptop for Word or Excel, I'm using it for video games.

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[color=black]Which driver would be best for 3D games? Modified Catalyst, or Lenovo FireGL[/color]

[color=black]Pretty much, how can I get the [color=darkred]best 3D GAME performance[/color] from this hardware?

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patje · May 11, 2006, 03:05 AM

good question, difficult answer (for me)
I don't have experience with FireGL cards and how they operate ingame.
If I were you I'd try to mod the normal catalyst drivers using the modtool and do some tests.
I think the Lenovo driver is based on catalyst and not on unified FireGL dirvers, but I could be wrong.

If you need any help, lemme know.
Patje

May 10, 2006, 04:44 PM	#1
diveben DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	ATI Mobility FireGL V3200 [color=black]My IBM T42p died last month, and they recently replaced it with a Lenovo T43p. It has this sweet ATI Mobility FireGL V3200 chipset, but I am not sure which drivers to install.[/color] [color=black]I could install the Lenovo driver, version 8.163.1.1.1-060121a-030334C from March 7, 2006.[/color] [color=black]I tried to install the ATI FireGL Unified driver set downloaded from the ATI website, but it does not support the Mobility chipsets. [/color] [color=black]I also see I can modify the Catalyst drivers and make them work with it also.[/color] [color=black]If I'm not using the laptop for Word or Excel, I'm using it for video games. [/color] [color=black]Which driver would be best for 3D games? Modified Catalyst, or Lenovo FireGL[/color] [color=black]Pretty much, how can I get the [color=darkred]best 3D GAME performance[/color] from this hardware? [/color] Last edited by diveben; May 10, 2006 at 05:00 PM.

May 11, 2006, 03:05 AM	#2
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,476 Rep Power: 51	good question, difficult answer (for me) I don't have experience with FireGL cards and how they operate ingame. If I were you I'd try to mod the normal catalyst drivers using the modtool and do some tests. I think the Lenovo driver is based on catalyst and not on unified FireGL dirvers, but I could be wrong. If you need any help, lemme know. Patje __________________