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    AMD Catalyst 13.1 (9.012.0 December 19) AMD Official WHQL

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Dotcom93, Jan 17, 2013.

  1. Dotcom93

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    Thanks, but I don't see any changelog information there though.
     
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    First shoot at the install and CCC crashed. I did install over the stock drivers. So I'll try again.
     
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    downloading
     
    Vozier, Jan 17, 2013
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    It's downloading really slowly... first time there was a network error, trying again. "Mins left" keeps going up lol.
     
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    I uninstalled stock drivers, didn't clean or delete anything, installed these and voilá, no problems for now. Going to try some games now.

    If it's really that slow i'll upload mine to Mediafire, just give me 5 minutes.
     
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    AMD Catalyst 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)
    AMD Catalyst 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

    AMD Catalyst Mobility 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)
    AMD Catalyst Mobility 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

    AMD HydraVision 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)
    AMD HydraVision Mobility 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

    1st is for desktop ?
    2nd for laptop ?
    3rd is ?
    can someone explain hydravision
     
    Tb5..., Jan 17, 2013
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    CCC keeps failing :(
     
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    Hydravision if you use multiple monitors.
     
    Dotcom93, Jan 17, 2013
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    Do you have Microsoft® .NET Framework SP1 installed (only for Vista)?
     
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    I see Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5

    link to SP1?
     
    Anddo24, Jan 17, 2013
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    Far Cry 3 still has boxes on DirectX 11 setting :(
     
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    just downloaded mobility 64bit... took like 30 seconds.
    will remove old drivers now and install clean
     
    core², Jan 17, 2013
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    anyone have the latest hd4000 driver handy?
     
    Exposed88, Jan 17, 2013
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    "I see Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5

    link to SP1? "

    Oh, its only important for Vista.
     
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    Ok i uninstalled All amd (catalyst and CAP2) via control panel.
    Then installed 13.1 and so far so good, i did get warning on the install, but couldnt figure out what it was.
    My 3dmark11 score went down 50pmarks, only done one run. nothing to cry about.

    3dmark11

    Oh and i have restarted plugged in twice with no BSODs so far, the install i did it unplugged anyway, was afraid to enter a driver nightmare once again.
    I haven t reinstall intel drivers.
     
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    I guess I'll install drivers only and keep the stock CCC.
     
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    I also saw this, don't know if it applies to you: "The AMD Catalyst driver requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed."
    But yes, the new CCC doesn't add anything new, only a new layout to the 3D options.
     
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    Installed over 12.11 beta 8, no problems so far
     
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    i uninstalled first and did a clean install (new intel drivers, too (12/18/2012))

    running fine... but haven't checked farcry 3 yet (black boxes...)
    guess it's not solved (at least they did not mention it)
     
    core², Jan 17, 2013
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    where do i get the latest intel drivers? i downloaded them from clevo and they're from 2012...

    also, having a hard time installing anything really, gonna do a full wipe after I get the proper intel
     
    aooga12, Jan 17, 2013
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    What is this... Google... That you speak of?

    Also, I wonder if those drivers could possibly be found on Intel's own site?!
     
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    I just did a clean install and everything is fine. Unlike in the beta drivers, now I can access the switchable graphics menu. However, I have a problem with Assassin's Creed III, the game keeps freezing and get crashed after some time of playing. But I think it may come from Windows 8, not from AMD, on Win 7 I never had this problem.
     
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    Windows 8 under the hood core for hardware support is much better than Windows 7. It could be anything, but more likely, it's a crappy port and Ubisoft didn't do any thorough testing to make sure it was sufficient and still don't care to fix it.
    - If it's running Uplay, disable the Uplay overlay support. That often crashes, even for Far Cry 3, it's a real POS. UPlay is horrible.
     
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    So i just updated to 13.1 and also the newest intel hd 4000 drivers (12/18/2012) and I still am getting low scores on 3dmark11, P1942 is the score I am getting. I uninstalled the 12.11 before so I don't know what the issue is. My power setting is set to performance and also I have 3dmark11 set to high performance in the switchable graphics. Though when I installed 13.1 and I went into the switchable graphics menu it had all my programs already there, can that be a problem where some files were not completely removed? If so what are the safe ways of removing the left over files from the old driver.
     
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    So far no BSODs with 13.1 whql


    My benchmarks did suffer a slight decrease in scores:
    3dmark11 wnet from 6610 to 6590
    3dmark Vantage: from 23353 to 22823

    haven'tn tested 06 yet but i expect similar decreases.
    nothing relevant, but hurts a bit to have lower scores, even if its a marginal loss.

    I installed CAP2 as well.
     
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  30. aooga12

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    so far installed intel + 13.1 success... only when i go to dev mgmt it still says 9.12 under the driver version.... !
     
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    Build Info:
    DriverVer=12/19/2012, 9.012.0.0000
    9.012-121219a-151592C-ATI
    Catalyst: 13.1
    CCC: 2012.1219.1521.27485
    D3D: 9.14.10.0945
    OGL: 6.14.10.12002
    OCL: 10.0.1084.4
    Sign Date: January 11-16 (Microsoft WHQL)
     
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    4 consecutive reboots and no BSODs yet. Temperatures also showing up again in Kombustor. Cautiously optimistic about this driver! I'll post again with performance details.
     
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    I uninstalled the BETA 11 & installed this. Now I can't see any options in CCC. Just some basic options like resolution, etc..
    Also, there's no more "Switchable Graphics" option anywhere anymore.

    Tried uninstalling just the CCC component & reinstalling the one from 12.11 BETA. Same results. Switchable Graphics options just seem to have vanished. CCC opens up, but all it has is "Add/Remove Displays" & "Display Management" which barely has any options.

    EDIT: It seems the card is not being used at all. Games were running off the Intel HD4000. In Device manager, I can see the new driver, 9.12. But the CCC doesn't have any options.. & there's no Switchable Graphics.
    I'm on Windows 8 x64.

    Any help, anyone?
     
    Invincible10001, Jan 17, 2013
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    Where do i find that info? I'm obviously a noob :(
     
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    Does anyone know why CCC isn't detecting my tv or built in display, with this version or any previous versions?

    All I get on the control panel is this.
    http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3954/82139327.jpg

    It should look something like this, that's also how it looks on my pc. I'm hoping if I get this displaying properly I can stop it from switching to 1080i in DX10/DX11 games.

    P150em, 7970m, Win 7
     
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    So far I'm very satisfied with this driver. From the moment I installed it I had zero problems-kombustor with temperature works, no bosd on startup, 3d mark scores around the same, but the biggest diffrence ist that bf 3 now worls every time I launch. Didnt test F1 2012 yet, which had problem launching on high performance mod with every driver- will install and report.
     
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  37. Invincible10001

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    Are you on Windows 7 or 8?
     
    Invincible10001, Jan 17, 2013
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    Right Click "My Computer" -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> Right Click "AMD 7970M" -> Properties.

    That'll give you the date & the version of the driver that's currently installed. What I had posted were the details from the first post of Guru3D, so you could verify that the version that you have installed is, in fact, the one you intended on installing.
     
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    yeah thats where i've been going... this is what i see

    http://i.imgur.com/eIXMr.png

    also, like last time when I updated, far cry 3 always crashes in 30 seconds... the only fix is to reinstall it from what i've tried... anyone else getting this?
     
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    Try running "dxdiag" from RUN. You'll get more information..
     
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    see i tried this but it only shows the intel 4000... is there someway i can turn on the card to show up in the diag?
     
    aooga12, Jan 17, 2013
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    anyone try to see if games (or windows, i guess) would crash/hang when rebooting while plugged in ?
     
    angrykenji, Jan 17, 2013
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    I stopped having BSODs and no crashes so far in the games I tried. I rebooted 5 consecutive times while plugged in just to be sure. I always had trouble with that in previous drivers. Overall this driver seems a lot stabler so far. :)

    Edit: There is one issue I have noticed in some DX11 games (like Crysis 2). When VSync on, the games seem to think my refresh rate is 50 Hz and FPS never go above 50. In other games like Sleeping Dogs it doesn't happen. :S
     
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    Prior to installing any new video driver please make sure to uninstall the old video driver, reboot your computer and then run a driver cleaner! Don't be surprised if this driver doesn't function correctly on your system if you skipped any of the steps above.

    Looking forward to benchmark results and stability feedback from this driver, particularly for those with Enduro.
     
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    This driver doesn't work at all for me. Followed the usual steps.. uninstall-restart-registry cleaner-install.

    EDIT: Working now.. Needed some different installation approaches. Explained in the post after this one.
     
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    What issue are you having?
     
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    I uninstalled the BETA 11 & installed this. Boom. CCC Options gone.Switchable Graphics gone.

    Tried uninstalling just the CCC component & reinstalling the one from 12.11 BETA. Same results. Switchable Graphics options just seem to have vanished. CCC opens up, but all it has is "Add/Remove Displays" & "Display Management" which barely has any options. I can't get Switchable Graphics & the 7970M is not being used at all.

    EDIT: Uninstalled all AMD crap. Installed stock Windows 8 drivers from Sager. Then just installed these drivers over the stock drivers. Works smooth.
     
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    Poor advice. Driver sweepers should only be used in worse case scenarios.
     
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    Why? I thought the advise is always to run driver sweeper every time when a new driver is installed.
     
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    No. It could end up irreversibly harming your system by removing files that aren't supposed to be removed, especially with a multi-card setup. Hell, I've had problems before with other computers because of registry cleaners deleting stuff it shouldn't be touching.

    All you need to do is uninstall the previous drivers using the tool with the drivers, and install the new ones. Or, you can simply install over them if there is no conflict.
     
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