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    AMD 7670m drivers help?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by linksta, May 10, 2014.

  1. linksta

    linksta Notebook Geek

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    Yes I know, this gpu is from two years back lol
    So I have the e series 14p back from 2012 (non touch version) and I've had an issue I've never addressed to.
    My graphics card is a AMD Radeon 7670m (1gb) but it doesn't perform like one..
    examples would be like diablo 3 I have to turn it down to min settings and I go around 20-25 fps..
    I've checked with gpu-z and it says my gpu is running and I've definitely set my games to run on the gpu via catalyst control

    My guess is my drivers have problems.. I've checked latest drivers though Sony's vaio update app and the last video card driver update was back in 2012.. so I have my doubts
    Should I be going on AMD's website and be looking for a driver update? and are drivers for graphics cards specific towards a different laptops or does one driver update work for every laptop with that graphics card?
    thanks to anyone who can help, would like to finally get some decent frame rates while gaming haha
     
    linksta, May 10, 2014
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  2. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Have you checked your heatsinks for dust build up. Get a can of compressed air and clean it all out.

    If your gpu is overheating it will quickly throttle to remain at acceptable temps. This unfortunately means your performance is destroyed.

    Yes you should go to amd website and get the latest mobile drivers. Just make sure before you install to COMPLETELY remove your current driver. Uninstall and run a program like physion driver sweeper. Once you have rebooted go ahead and install new drivers.

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    King of Interns, May 11, 2014
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  3. Undyingghost

    Undyingghost Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm using 13.14RC1 and works just fine, D3 runs at 60fps. Make sure you are using dGPU not iGPU.
     
    Undyingghost, May 11, 2014
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