- Jan 2, 2014
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My current Toshiba laptop is getting rather long in the tooth, but I've decided to 'tough it out' until Kaveri finally hits the laptop (summer maybe?).
Anyways, my Toshiba laptop has dedicated/Toshiba graphics drivers, and Toshiba sucks at updating their drivers (essentially maybe one or two when the laptop is released, then they stop providing updates). The Catalyst installer will NOT allow me to update my drivers, as I have Toshiba drivers (tells me I'm supposed to contact Toshiba for my drivers).
I ALMOST bought an MSI/MSI clone with the Richland APU over the summer, but held off for Kaveri. For 'supporting the underdog' reasons, I will be staying with AMD in my next laptop, and the MSI GX series appeals to me with the discrete GPU alongside the APU, and for other reasons (multiple HDDs, etc.).
My QUESTION, for those of you that have owned a MSI/AMD powered laptop recently, is are you able to regularly update to the latest 'generic' Catalyst drivers, or does MSI have 'specific video drivers' that prevent Catalyst from updating?
I plan to use my next laptop for quite a few years, the one I am typing on now is about 6 years old! Hence the question...
Anyways, my Toshiba laptop has dedicated/Toshiba graphics drivers, and Toshiba sucks at updating their drivers (essentially maybe one or two when the laptop is released, then they stop providing updates). The Catalyst installer will NOT allow me to update my drivers, as I have Toshiba drivers (tells me I'm supposed to contact Toshiba for my drivers).
I ALMOST bought an MSI/MSI clone with the Richland APU over the summer, but held off for Kaveri. For 'supporting the underdog' reasons, I will be staying with AMD in my next laptop, and the MSI GX series appeals to me with the discrete GPU alongside the APU, and for other reasons (multiple HDDs, etc.).
My QUESTION, for those of you that have owned a MSI/AMD powered laptop recently, is are you able to regularly update to the latest 'generic' Catalyst drivers, or does MSI have 'specific video drivers' that prevent Catalyst from updating?
I plan to use my next laptop for quite a few years, the one I am typing on now is about 6 years old! Hence the question...