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    mobility hd3650 help

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by yodawg, Sep 15, 2008.

  1. yodawg

    yodawg Notebook Consultant

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    i have the mobility hd3650 ddr2 and i was wondering how to get the best/latest drivers?

    the ati site doesnt have the mobility drivers and the default toshiba ones are the old 8.452.2.0 version and the driver modder thing doesnt work with vista 64 bit?
     
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  2. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    having the same problem here :(
     
    shinakuma9, Sep 15, 2008
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  3. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    Just gotta ask to be sure, but are you guys sure you downloaded the 64-bit Catalyst drivers?
     
    Prydeless, Sep 15, 2008
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  4. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    The mobility modder works perfectly in Vista x64.
     
    Ayle, Sep 15, 2008
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    i just downloaded the 8.8 catalysts and used mobility modder to convert them.
    Installed it and followed the instructions, however, in dxdiag, it still shows up as 7.1.x.x drivers
    ????

    Im using vista x64
     
    shinakuma9, Sep 16, 2008
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  6. Prydeless

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    Did you have that driver version installed before trying the 8.x versions? If so you might have to run a driver cleaner first to get all the old files out. Asides from that, did you check to see if your performance has improved? Could just be a little glitch.
     
    Prydeless, Sep 16, 2008
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  7. shinakuma9

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    ok i dont get what to do now...
    Um, under device manager, it gives me driver version as 8.5.x.x or something
    under dxdiag its 7.15
    under catalyst control center it says 8.5 as well
    whats going on...?
     
    shinakuma9, Sep 16, 2008
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  8. Ayle

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    That's perfectly normal: while you installed the catalyst 8.8, the different components of the package are not at at version 8.8. But if you want to be safe uninstall them and use driver sweeper to clean any remnant of the previous drivers and reinstall...
     
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  9. shinakuma9

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    what driver cleaner should i use?
    i uninstalled the display driver in device manager and im using driver cleaner pro to clean with ATI i said.
    its finding nothing so far.
     
    shinakuma9, Sep 16, 2008
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  10. yodawg

    yodawg Notebook Consultant

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    which drivers give the best performance with the mobility hd3650 ? and is there a way to monitor temps with this card?
     
    yodawg, Sep 16, 2008
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  11. calvincoetzee

    calvincoetzee Newbie

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    I would highly recommend the mobility modder.
    My toshiba A300 came stock with catalyst driver 8.4. I tried to play flat out ultimate carnage and it would have under 25FPS on low graphics.
    After i installed version 8.8 with the mobility modder my FPS was acceptable under high graphics settings

    Also note, my vista base score increased to 5.1, previously limited by the RAM which was 5
    The RAM speed increased to 5.4. I dont see a connection between catalyst drivers and DDR RAM but it did increase my score and FPS

    Please don't wait around for OEM's to release new drivers, instead use mobility modder and get the most out of your notebook.

    http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php

    enjoy :cool:
     
    calvincoetzee, Sep 17, 2008
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  12. yodawg

    yodawg Notebook Consultant

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    calvin can u describe the process for updating your hd3650 drivers? like which program did u use to uninstall the default drivers and which method you used to installed the new ones?
     
    yodawg, Sep 17, 2008
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