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    Radeon HD4530 Driver that works with the sims 3?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by JustinJJ, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. JustinJJ

    JustinJJ Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my dv6-1131ea, one of the reasons was so I could have better gaming ability with the Radeon card, now I'm playing the Sims 3 and all I get is the following message when I start it up:

    "We strongly recommend that you update your video driver"

    Which is all well and good but I have the latest driver, there is nothing new on the HP site, or via HP Update, or Windows Update. If I try and install the latest catalyst package it tells me that I already have the most up to date driver.

    The game is pretty choppy even at low settings, I have expected it to be much smoother than it actually has been, It's just not smooth and when I scroll around I get choppyness, I'm guessing it's to do with the video drivers but how the hell can I update them when I already have the latest?

    Card Info:
    Driver Packaging Version 8.572.1-090121a-075259C-HP
    Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
    2D Driver Version 7.01.01.861
    2D Driver File Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/Class/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0000
    Direct3D Version 7.14.10.0636
    OpenGL Version 6.14.10.8395
    Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2009.0122.1.43106

    Primary Adapter
    Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by ATI
    Graphics Chipset ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 Series
    Device ID 9553
    Vendor 1002

    Subsystem ID 3060
    Subsystem Vendor ID 103C

    Graphics Bus Capability PCI Express 2.0
    Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express 2.0 x16

    BIOS Version 011.019.000.012
    BIOS Part Number BK-ATI VER011.019.000.012.031639
    BIOS Date 2009/01/16

    Memory Size 512 MB
    Memory Type DDR3

    Core Clock in MHz 550 MHz
    Memory Clock in MHz 667 MHz
    Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 9 GByte/s
     
  2. JustinJJ

    JustinJJ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nobody any ideas? It's really bloody annoying, it plays every other game fine but Sims 3 seems to keep moaning about the drivers :(
     
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    yorubikari Newbie

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