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    Farcry 3 Graphicsproblems with AMD 7970m

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by raiden87, Dec 26, 2012.

  1. raiden87

    raiden87 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey there,

    i have a problem with FC3 and my Alienware M17x R4 with AMD HD 7970m. Ingame i get black, transcludent bars and squares on my screen. I tried to patch it to 1.04 and also installed catalyst 12.10 and the dell ones.
    Currently i'm on catalyst 12.11b11 and win8 x64.
    Is there any1 else having these problems? Could it be my 7970m?

    Greetings

    Raiden87
     
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    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    I believe the new latest beta drivers fixed the problem. :)
     
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    If you have already updated to BIOS A12 you can disable the iGPU and the problem will be gone, I believe someone had reported it was directly related to the iGPU working while in-game.
     
  5. raiden87

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    There is a Version A12 for the R4? i've tried ur solution to switch to discrete GPU only but when i hit fn+f7 nothing happens after reboot.. amd and intel gpus are both still active. If read in another thread that this bug is related to an issue with win8 and uefi fastboot. Is there any ETA on when this problem will be fixed from dell?
     
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    Are you on the latest BIOS for the R4?

    M17x R4 BIOS A09

    If so, I think you should have a similar option
     
  7. raiden87

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    yep i'am and there is no such thing!
     
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    It does relate to the iGPU for now but unfortunately you are stuck with AMD Enduro because of your wins 8 and uefi fastboot setup. Unless there are other workarounds you will have to wait for better drivers or get rid of uefi fastboot to disable the iGPU.
     
  9. raiden87

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    i think this is a real problem... alienware/dell needs to do something about it. Luis, is dell aware of this problem and if yes is there any ETA?
     
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    It could be because of the 12.11 catalyst.

    Try to roll back to Dell's M17x R4 7970m driver, make sure to completely remove the current catalyst and clean up the registry.
     
  11. raiden87

    raiden87 Notebook Evangelist

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    no i dont mean the graphicproblem.. i mean that i'm unable to switch between enduro and amd-only mode WITH uefi and win8 fast boot activatet in bios. Switching is only possible when win8 fastboot is disabled and uefi is on legacy boot!
    And i've tried the dell ones as i mentioned above :p
     
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    You're right, send me a PM with your service tag and phone number. I'll escalate the case and get back to you soon.
     
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    Is there any solution? I'm using amd 13.10 beta 2 :(