***ENVY 14 Gaming Lounge***

I believe I am catalyst version is 11.10 and 2d driver is 8.01.01.1199

 

OMG SMOOTH ON 720? If I use auto the settings are set some to medium-high and on 1366x768, its unplayable, i will try to reinstall windows and install 11.10 over stock drivers and see if it works, wish me luck, also ironman do you have the preview? the ones that got out on sept 26??

 

11.10 preview drivers @ 09/28/2011
Driver: 8.901.0.0

holy -=-=, did you say reinstall windows?

1. go safe mode.
2. go to device manager and remove the drivers for both intel and ati cards and choose not to save the driver software. (for 2nd gen, idk if intel is there)
3. restart.
4. open any ati driver update setup file and choose remove all ati software.
5. restart.
6. install stock.
7. restart.
8. install latest driver. (11.10 can be found here under preview drivers.

 

it is strange but when I play on auto, at 1280x720 i get like 35 fps wich is great, but when I lower things i get less fps? could this be because of beta?

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Also on bfbc2 i get like 40 fps in dx11 and everything on medium, also cleaning my fans helped me a lot with the heating i do it once a month i clean everything and now it rus really good, be sure to not be playing on heat surfaces or something like that.

 

I think it might be a problem of the beta, because when I play on Auto and 800x600 the game runs smoot even 50 fps, but when I increase the resolution just to 1024x768 it goes to 25 fps! thats insane! And it Doesnt Matter if I put the game all in low and 1024x768 im sitll getting bad fps! Ill just hope for release and see if it works better!

 

Do you use Flux?

 

wth is flux? lol

 

this I believe

 

Hey guys now I have another problem, I reinstalled windows (cause my comp was slow as hell, could be that i have a 5400rpm hdd but anyways, i reinstalled) and i updated the drviers to 11.9, NOW the release notes says that I need to have service pack 1 installed to catalyst drivers work, but I yet dont have sp1 installed and the AMD drivers installed fine, im right now downloading the SP1, but should i reinstall the AMD drivers after SP1 is installed?

 

not unless you see issues in game. It shouldnt be a problem

 

Skyrim.

Will it run?

I know min specs aren't out yet, but what is your opinion?

 

Maybe in low, but I dont think so..

 

depends. it doesn't have DX11 yet.

It may be a somewhat upgraded New Vegas, stat's requirement wise. (or it may be a brand new thing...though it seems like it's a mixture)

still getting it on the 360 though.

 

anyone play RAGE on thier 5650? I watn the game but I've heard its very hard on GPU's....is it playable at 720?

 

I dont think so about rage, some youtubers claim to run it but, idk, maybe with the patch by ATI.

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Also has anyone tried GTA IV? I dont mind run it on low as long as I can play it

 

Hmm New Vegas runs fine here...

 

well, I was trying to run it at 1600x900 on ultra (with aa off and vsync off) so....yeah.

if I drop it to high and put it on 1280x720 it runs fine.

 

Grand theft auto IV?

 

no. That was fallout new vegas.

I dunno what you'd need to do to get GTAIV to run right.

I know OCed 5650s at 1336x768 could run it (with fraps recording)

so...it could probably run at medium or so with a decent (but not insane) draw distance. I should check that out sometime.

 

I've been playing Batman Arkham with a 1st gen HP Envy 14 (radiance). It would run flawlessly to a point, but eventually would overheat and crash my system. I'm now running it at a severely reduced resolution (1024x576) and most features turned off.

What is the best performance with this game people have squeezed out of their systems? I've updated to the 11.9 drivers, which maybe crash less.

 

Arkham City or Asylum, cause I played Asylum with no problems at all.

EDIT: Arkham City isnt even out yet xD, and in Asylum I played at 1366x768 with everything in HIGH except for Physx.

 

Asylum, sorry with the new game I should have specified.

Yeah, that's why I thought it was so weird: It seems to run on max settings fine, but then crap out randomly.

 

Have you tried cleaning your fans? When I used to play BC2 it overheated, then I cleaned my fans and everything is fine now.

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EDIT: Can anyone confirm the battlefield 3 benchmarcks on envy 14 1st gen?

 

Hey i have a question, has anyone tried bf3 on the original envy 14 with the 5650? im just wondering cuz i really want a battlefield game but if its not going to run smoothly then theres no point instead of bf3 if my laptop cant run it, i would choose bfbc2. Your help would be appreciated

 

BF3 should run fine but the graphics quality is a different issue, ill post back when I get my copy tomorrow

 

My BF3 copies came in. I'm still waiting on my HP Envy 14 to come in so I'm just playing it on the 360 for now.

 

I'm gonna check with fraps but so far it can run battlefield 3 with the amd 11.10 preview 3 drivers.

at 1280x720.

1600x900 is sub 30 the entire way though from what I can feel.

edit: okay. 1280x720 seems to max at like 25 to 30 or so outside no matter what the settings. oh well. It feels smooth enough to not bother me too much. Hopefully they'll improve things some.

 

Just wanted to report back that a combination of new drivers, fan-dusting and it not being the hot summer have solved my crashing woes. Thanks for the assurance it was possible, I was set to play this game on crap settings the whole way through.

 

Im glad to hear that

// About bf3, I want to know if the game runs fine in ALL LOW 1366X768 can anyone confirm this please? Thank You very much. This and Batman Arkham City are my biggest concerns right now

 

Im gonna report tonight gonna pick up my copy in 2 hours

 

How'd you go about cleaning your fans. I need to do that to mine. My CPU temps are getting too high imo (88-90 celsius under load)

 

How to upgrade RAM Memory HP Envy 14 - YouTube

I figure this would make it easier, unscrew the bottom and there's your fans.

 

Also do any of you guys wich type of HDD uses the envy 14 1st gen? Cause I want to change mine but I dont know that.

 

2.5" SATA II

 

Did you ever get to playing the game? if you did, please tell me what settings you used and the frames you achieved

 

Help anyone?

So ive got a couple extra bucks in my savings (around 240) that im willing to spend and i was hoping to get an ssd, mw3 (xbox), 8gb ram upgrade, and BF3. Ive played the bf3 beta and quite enjoyed it and was hoping to get it but i also want to have enough money for an ssd. so my question is, what kind of experiences do you guys have with ssds and should i either buy a 120gb one (160 dollars) or a 60gb one (90 bucks), please help me

 

If it's going to be your system's only drive, 60 is going to be extremely claustrophobic, especially since the common recommendation is to keep 40% of an SSD free for best performance. If you're going to put the SSD or your Momentus in the optical bay, then 60 would be fine for a system drive with one or two games on it and maybe a couple commonly used programs. Honestly, since you've already got a hybrid drive, I don't think an SSD is really worth your money when the money's stretching as it is - you sacrifice so much storage and spend so much cash for what is really just a relatively small speed upgrade.

Buying a 60 GB would also allow you to buy your games and probably your RAM upgrade without significantly overspending your budget, whereas with the 120 you'll definitely have to drop one of the games.

 

Thanks, ive made my mind up and im going for the 120gb ssd since i found out i still have a couple of old games and an ipod i can sell to get more money. My other question is that has anyone played bf3 with the first gen envy? what kind of framerates can i expect? will i be even able to play this game on low settings at 1366x768? thanks

 

hi, recently bought a HP Envy 14 beats edition, with a 6GB DDR i5 and an ATI 6630, but I want to play games like COD4 and I have low fps.

someone help me?

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@liam19

define "low fps" and what settings are you playing at?

 

90-60-55 fps
800x600
graphics in automatic

i can't update ati catalyst, :S... I also did not improve much

what is the best driver?

can i overclock this gpu? clocks???

 

@liam19

Thats really weird, you should try to first check in powerplay if you have your "high performance GPU" turned on, since sometimes your computer wont register the change. If that doesn't work, try to update your drivers. Also, you can use sapphire trixx to overclock your card which is what i recommend since all the other OC programs such as afterburner dont work for me.

Hope that helps

 

also, if he's on the sandy bridge envy 14 he may need to setup manual switching.

if he is on manual gpu switching he may need to make sure powerplay isn't acting up like it does on the older envy 14s

 

hi, thanks.

the power swich is enable and the game figure "high performance gpu"

i install saphire trexxx but show intel video card, not ati :S...and clocks is 200-200 !!!

i update the driver to 11.10 but...



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the driver is not updated :S

 

it sounds like you aren't switching onto the ati card for some reason.

 

I was able to update but it still works pretty bad

how to overclock ati card?

 

check bottom of driver post

 

all programs to overclock can't help me, none shows me the clocks of gpu

 

@ironman what fps did u have in the bf3 beta? Im trying out the game before I get it and on singleplayer im getting around 30 fps but sometimes it can spike up or down. I followed your guide woth the drivers and only sae a marginal gain, is there anything else I can do to improve my framerates?

Thanks

 

I did not check for fps as it was very smooth. hopefully some people did and can share their fps. you can try overclocking but it will not give dramatic gain.