UNSOLVED
Dell Driver or ATI CCC driver
I am wondering which driver I should be using for my graphics cards (Dual ATI 5870's). I ran the 3Dbench test and I got a 14,321 ( I have seen people post that they have gotten 21,000 scores) score and it called out a bad driver......and that it wasn't FM compatible. So, should I reinstall the driver from the Dell Support page even though its dated from September, or should I be using the latest Catalyst from the ATI site? Not sure what I can do to improve my graphics.
Stay with the Dell drivers for 5870 from their drivers and software page (for now at least). Download and run GPU-Z . Be sure that the PCI-E is running at 16x for both cards. Also check the GPU BIOS and update if needed. If GPU-Z shows either PCI-E running at 8x, then follow the proceedure posted by Tesla: Troubleshooting Dual Video Cards in X-58 based AW Desktops Worked for me, hope it helps you.
Sorry, I guess I should have stated that they are the mobility 5870's in my M17X-R2.. I ran the 3Dmark06, and that is what called out a bad driver. My GPU bios is the latest of the Dell site, and I am using the 10.12 driver from ATI, not the drivers from Dell. I am wondering if I should go back to the Dell drivers.
C_ronic
431 Posts
658
0
Posted January 5th, 2011 11:00
5870s? are they mobile or normal? what benchmark are you using?