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    AMD Catalyst 11.4 Released including Mobility Radeon 11.4

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Bobmitch, Apr 28, 2011.

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    Historically, ATI / AMD has always been tight about letting mobility drivers out there. Nvidia just update theirs and makes them available every release. To this day, my son's GTS8600 in his Pavillion is totally up to date. The only issue with our Envy's at some point is when we decide to forsake switchable graphics and disable the Intel graphics chip and stick strictly with the AMD. Once you do that...you will be able to update drivers every month
     
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    Taken directly from AMD's Website for your information:

    Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 Windows release includes:

    New Features:

    Enhancements to the AMD VISION Engine Control Center / AMD Catalyst Control Center

    New task based Display Management controls
    Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
    New Eyefinity setup group
    Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
    AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
    This feature notifies users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available


    GPU Compute enhancements:

    The OpenCL runtime (included in AMD Catalyst 11.4) includes performance enhancements supporting zero-copy on APUs and increased performance for PCIe transfers between a CPU and discrete GPU.


    Performance Enhancements
    A number of performance enhancements are seen with the AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series:

    Call of Duty Black Ops – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single GPU configurations.
    Battleforge – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
    Batman Arkham Asylum – gains of up to 20% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
    Aliens vs. Predator – gains of up to 8% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
    Civilization 5 – gains of up to 15% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
    Far Cry 2 – gains of up to 6% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
    Just Cause 2 – gains of up to 9% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
    Lost Planet 2 – gains of up to 10% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
     
    kev007, Apr 28, 2011
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    Crap, for some reason this update boosted my Dead Space 2 FPS from max settings at 720p from ~40 FPS to over 80 .... what the heck? i love it :) thanks!
     
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    Is there a correct way to install 11.4?

    When I run the update it says i'm still running Catalyst version is 10.7 and my driver version is 8.771.1.0.

    Since I purchased the laptop from Australia, the only updates that work are from the HP Australia website, but there hasn't been any updates in ages...(lazy bums)

    The updates from the AMD website never seem to work for me. Any suggestions? :(
     
    cola286, Apr 28, 2011
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    Turns out WMP wasn't showing any videos with 11.4. After going through uninstall/re-install helz, I got it back to 11.2.
     
    nu_D, Apr 28, 2011
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    hm just played a video in WMP and it worked with the 11.4
     
    ironman, Apr 28, 2011
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    Well then, let me give it another shot. I'm going to install them now.
    But man oh man if it screws up everything again I'm going to shoot you. :p

    Update:

    It worked. Nice. ;)
     
    nu_D, Apr 29, 2011
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    how do you check they actually installed properly ?
     
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    Go into Device Manager...choose Display Adapters. Double click on the 6850...go to the Driver tab. Should be 8.841 or the like. Date will be April 2011
     
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    Would installing this over the current driver somehow disable the switchable graphics option?
     
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    no. so long as you don't uninstall the current driver.
     
    MagusDraco, Apr 29, 2011
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    Thanks for the quick reply! I just brought a Envy so I'm still a little wary about some stuff.
     
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    In my case, everything installs fine, except the CCC. So I do a custom and install everything BUT Catalyst Control Center. Drivers work fine, even with an older CCC from HP default drivers
     
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    I have not updated my ATI drivers at all yet... So should I first update them to 11.3 then 11.4 or does it not matter? Thanks in advance and sorry for all the questions.
     
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    Go straight to 11.4. No reason to step up...
     
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    aha thank god it worked
     
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    Hm even when I click custom it says that the lastest ATI driver is already installed which is 8.771.1.0.. I'm using an Envy 14 so is the lastest driver for the 5650?? Or am I missing something :confused:
     
    cola286, May 2, 2011
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    CCC not working for me too but drivers fine.
     
    jsci, May 3, 2011
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    Do you think that these would work on the Envy 13?
     
    excalibur1814, May 3, 2011
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    Hi, need help with this, having the same issue.

    EDIT: More importantly, after installing the 11.4 CCC, my pc tells me I'm still running 8.741 drivers
     
    WCASD, May 27, 2011
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    I had been running the stock drivers until three days ago when I decided to update them.

    I attempted to go from 10.6 to 11.5 and it installed the latest CCC but didn't update my drivers either like a few people have said. When I tried to install 11.5 again, it broke my switchable graphics.

    I restored to an earlier point, uninstalled the ATI drivers, ran a variety of driver and registry cleaners, uninstalled the Intel drivers and rebooted. I then installed the current switchable graphics off HP.com and successfully installed 11.5a over it.

    Has anyone else had success with 11.5a?
     
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    11.5 refuses to install for me since it says that my hardware is incompatible with it hence why I installed 11.4.

    Seriously, I have never been so confused and frustrated about installing a set of drivers before.
     
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    I have the same issue. Only CCC updates but my driver version remains the same (8.771)
     
    zirdaj, May 28, 2011
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    What's your CCC version? I tried updating to 11.4 but mine seems to be the same:
    Driver Packaging Version 8.771.1-100909a-105617C-HP
    Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2010.0909.1412.23625
     
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    I'm in the same boat - I haven't been able to get the driver to take - I'm still on 8.821-etc. and Catalyst Version 11.2 after several attempts to update.
     
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    I did download from ATI for 11.5, only updated software, not drivers. Installed the 11.4 drivers from here and now I have 11.4 drivers.
     
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    What version is my CCC btw?

    Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2010.0909.1412.23625
     
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    I don't think that that's your driver version.
    Do this: Windows button + R, type "dxdiag", go to display, then check driver version on the right hand side.
     
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    8.841.0.0

    ---------
     
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    8.771.1.0. How do I update this!?
     
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    I'm actually on 11.3 CCC with the 11.4 drivers now. Found the 11.5 version of CCC was crashing sometimes.

    I uninstalled everything, re-installed the original HP drivers from the help site and then upgraded to 11.4 drivers and then 11.3 CCC. I'm still playing around with the installs for the best configuration but I had no joy until I uninstalled, rebooted and re-installed the original HP drivers - then updated.

    I'm the German envy with Radiance - HP Envy 14-1010eg
     
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    8.850.6.0 rockin these and loving it
     
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    How so? Does it significantly improve your FPS or bootup time for the matter? :D
     
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