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Old Apr 30, 2009, 03:00 AM   #1
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??? Which Omega driver for Mobility Radeon 9700?

Hi

I'm new to this site. I searched various threads to find an answer, but couldn't find what I wanted.

I read that I may need an older version because my system is old.

I just want to make sure that I get the right version of the Omega driver for my computer/graphics card combination.

I'm using:
HP nx7100 laptop
Intel M 735 (1.7GHz) processor
1.5 Gb RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card with 128 mb RAM

(Edit) I'm also using Windows XP SP2.

I know it's probably really simple, but I want to confirm the version number before messing with my machine.

I'd really appreciate any help.

Thanks.

(Edit) I have searched for advice on this site and others. I found a lot of conflicting information. I read that v3.8.205 might work, so I'm going to give it a try.

I'd still like to know:
what's the most recent driver version I can use?

Last edited by Schplook; Apr 30, 2009 at 11:52 AM. Reason: added questions and information update
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Old May 1, 2009, 06:22 AM   #2
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Re: Which Omega driver for Mobility Radeon 9700?

UPDATE:
I installed "Radeon Omega Drivers 3.8.205 (Catalyst 6.1)" from the archive section of the Omega drivers site OmegaDrivers.net - Home of the ATI & NVIDIA Omega Drivers. Archive

This seems to work fine and has, incidentally, solved another problem I was having with Open Office . org's "Impress" presentation sofware not displaying anything except the mouse pointer in slideshows.

This driver has given me a lot of options and resolution choices. I have had no problems, but it still didn't solve one of my issues that caused me to start messing with my graphics drivers in the first place - I can't view my computer desktop in full widescreen on my Samsung PAVV LCD TV.

I would still appreciate any advice on the following question:

Can I use a more recent version of the Omega driver?

And a new question:

How can I get my desktop to display fullscreen on my TV?

Edit: I will get the TV model name and number as soon as I can.

Last edited by Schplook; May 1, 2009 at 06:29 AM. Reason: added information
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