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
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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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Hey, I had the same problem. Not sure if you've figured it out yet, but I did.
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/117061.page#1408656
That explains the steps I tried and the final solution. Read the top part in the blue box, at least.
And here is the modder that I used on the drivers
http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php
Good luck!
Radeon HD4530 Driver that works with the sims 3?
Discussion in 'HP' started by JustinJJ, Jul 22, 2009.