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Which graphics driver for my macbook pro early 2011 for bootcamp windows 8 pro do I use? Does it switch between AMD 7400 and Intel graphics 3000? Is there a way to make it switch or will it be automatic?
I have had problems where screen scrambles or turns blue with narrowly spaced vertical white lines. I generally just reboot my system and the problem goes away for awhile. This problem has not occured with OSX Mountain Lion, only happens with Windows 8.
What is the recommended solution? Surely Mountain Lion Boot Camp should have appropriate graphics driver support for Windows 8 by now!
As Windows can't switch graphic cards of your Mac, Windows only uses the AMD graphic card. From what you say, it may be a driver issue, so I recommend you to download the most recent driver from the AMD website > http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
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