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    K53TA Crossfire not working!!?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by georgy95, Feb 16, 2012.

  1. georgy95

    georgy95 Newbie

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    Sorry if this post is already asked or this is wrong place to ask, im new here

    So..I brought this Asus K53TA
    but not getting performance as expected!
    It has A6 3400M with HD 6720G2 graphic card. (APU)
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    Specs:
    AMD A6-3400M 1.4GHz(2.3GHz)
    4GB DDR3
    AMD HD 6720G2 1GB
    Windows 7 64bit
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    So question about Cross fire is.. i enabled the crossfire but i think thats
    not the best this machine can do.. so a guy asked me to install this "GPU-Z" software, which will give me details about GPU, which i did!
    and when i select "AMD HD 6500M Series" it shows Crossfire enabled
    and when i select "AMD HD 6600M Series" it shows Crossfire Disabled!

    *Pics Attached*
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    I dont know if it is normal or not, but this thing is making me uncomfortable!
    is this the way it suppose to be?

    and one more question is..
    what drivers do i install? on AMD site
    they have graphic card driver for "A6 3400M" as well as "AMD HD 6xxM
    i have both.. what to install?

    Thanks in advance..
     
  2. neutrality721

    neutrality721 Newbie

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    i just bought this same laptop yesterday,and would like to know how this works as well
     
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    JOSEA NONE

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    dchinu Notebook Geek

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  5. georgy95

    georgy95 Newbie

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    its a laptop, so i guess it cant be overclocked much..
    is it safe to overclock up to 2ghz?

    Actually i cant figure out what graphic card it is...
    it says Radeon HD 6500M and 6600M series (6500 or 6600?) with A6 3400M
    and on the notebook it written "6720G2 1gb"

    so this thing is making it difficult to find drivers, or search problem related to it...

    when i go to AMD site to download driver, i get stuck there again
    as you can see they have "Radeon HD series" and "A- series (Apu)
    [​IMG]


    when i select "Auto detect and download"
    it detects "A6 3400M" :confused:
     
  6. Sxooter

    Sxooter Notebook Virtuoso

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    The IGP is the 6500, the dedicated GPU is the 6600. A lot of good info on overclocking the AMD Llano and a dedicated GPU can be found in the HP Llano overclocking thread, including how to use crossfire / dual graphics and what are the best AMD catalyst drivers to use.