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    Is Minecraft crashing for anyone else w/ HP drivers? Dv6tqe with 6770m (yes I am on fixed graphics)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by AluminumFalcon3, Dec 4, 2011.

  1. AluminumFalcon3

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    I'm using the most recent HP drivers released around late November (11.9). They've worked wonderfully, helping me out immensely with my FPS on Battlefield and Assassin's Creed.

    Minecraft initially launches fine, and plays well. However, after a minute, the game freezes--in fact, the whole display freezes. The screen goes black then comes back on, and I get a notification that the AMD driver has stopped responding and recovered successfully.

    I've tried with PowerPlay on and with PowerPlay off, and it crashes a few minutes in regardless.

    Any help?
     
    AluminumFalcon3, Dec 4, 2011
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    xAcid9 Notebook Deity

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    No problems for me.
     
    Dr. Bass, Dec 5, 2011
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  4. AluminumFalcon3

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    I tried what you suggested xAcid9. Copied the atioglxx.dll into .minecraft, ran MSI, turned off power play, etc. Minecraft doesn't crash, but it doesn't run well either. Lags a bit, doesn't render far even when set to do so, etc. It's better than the Intel Chip, sure. But it isn't utilizing all of its resources.

    So I turned PowerPlay back on. The game runs A LOT BETTER, but unfortunately crashed again...

    Why does turning off PowerPlay hurt my performance?

    @ FixingMyDell it's probably because you're using the DNA drivers.

    EDIT: To make things even stranger, when I run Minecraft w/ PowerPlay, MSI afterburner says my GPU usage is 0%. Huh?
     
    AluminumFalcon3, Dec 6, 2011
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  5. AluminumFalcon3

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    So it seems Minecraft runs best with PowerPlay on, but crashes. Without PowerPlay it runs very poorly but no crash.

    I see this on BF3 too, with PowerPlay it plays very well (no crashes). Without, it's as if it's running on the integrated chip.
     
    AluminumFalcon3, Dec 7, 2011
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    HP posted a new driver yesterday- go to their site, click on drivers, enter your computer's serial number, and download the driver. I've had this problem for a couple months and I know what it's likee... you don;t even know how happy i am right now
     
    Pengwon, Feb 18, 2012
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    Any links? I went to HP page and it still showing the old driver.
    When you turn off PowerPlay, the Core and Mem clock will stuck@100/150.. try follow the link i posted in 2nd post.
     
    xAcid9, Feb 18, 2012
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