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May 8 2008, 12:06 PM
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I was noticing that when my Laptop is connected to an Ext. Monitor the resolution doesn't seem so good. I was wondering, (Monitor Specs: 21" .20mm pitch-1600x1200max res) 1) Since I upgraded do I need to get any upgraded drives for my Display? 2) What are "ATI releases Catalyst drivers for Vista"? Filename: ATI_catalyst_8-31-100-3-2-1_vista32-64_rtm.exe 3) Should I get one? If so which? 4) Any suggestions on how to maximize my system? Here are the Specs of my laptop: Toshiba satelite L25 Celeron M- 1.5 G RAM: 2.0 G OS: 32-bit Video: ATI MOBILITY RADEON XPRESS 200. ---------- I often connect my older XP desktop to this same Monitor. Its using Nvidia card. I DL some drivers for it and it has some cool setting interfaces to tweak the display. It just seems to be more powerful. I get a ton more resolution setting w/ the Nvidia unit. The picture clarity & crispness in a lot better. Thats what got me thinking I might be missing some type of ATI Driver of Tweaking software. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -------------------- HP laptop zt1170-XP H Sp2-P3-480 Ram-FFox 1.5.0.9-TBird email-AVG free-AVG A-Spy-S&D-AdAwareSE
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May 9 2008, 07:09 PM
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![]() Computer Masochist ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 4,471 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
QUOTE What are "ATI releases Catalyst drivers for Vista"? Should be for the Catalyst Control Center, I think. Where did you find those? I was on ATI's site and couldn't find any vista drivers for your model. The lowest they went was an xpress 300 -------------------- Mark
why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around |
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