Laptop/notebook video-card drivers

[Eric Legge]

Greetings Techspotters,

When you try to find a driver file for a video card on a laptop/notebook computer at http://www.ati.com/ you are greeted with this message -

"You MUST use the drivers supplied with your laptop or notebook computer, or obtain a driver update from the manufacturer of your laptop or notebook computer."

Does anyone know why ATI doesn't provide the drivers from its site?

Eric,

http://www.legge40.freeserve.co.uk/BuyerBeware.htm

 

[Th3M1ghtyD8]

Perhaps it is because of the tight intergration into the rest of the laptop chipset, (for example some chips share memory), and so ATi are unable to make a driver that would be compatible with all laptops.

What laptop do you have ?

 

[Arris]

Originally posted by Th3M1ghtyD8
Perhaps it is because of the tight intergration into the rest of the laptop chipset, (for example some chips share memory), and so ATi are unable to make a driver that would be compatible with all laptops.

What laptop do you have ?

Precisely the reason. You should go to your laptop manufacturers website and get drivers from them (usually modified ones of the chipset manufacturer)

 

[Vehementi]

Ditto, you should be able to get the drivers from your manufacturer.