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    New Z2 GPU driver released!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by SirRobin, Nov 17, 2011.

  1. SirRobin

    SirRobin Notebook Evangelist

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    Installed the driver on my machine.

    First, in the device manager the ATI Radeon is recognized as HD6700 - not as HD 6650 as before

    Second, there was one Warning true the setup, i think this is from the missing WHQL signature?

    Third, missing settings part for intel on kontext menu - maybe it´s possible to fix this through a registry setting?

    Thanks for the work!
     
    SirRobin, Jan 9, 2012
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  2. miki69

    miki69 Notebook Evangelist

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    kinda stupid question: when not connected to PMD, I still have bunch of AMD/CCC apps running in the background, is this normal?

    With my previous VGN-Z when in Stamina I had only Intel graphic control panel, and when in Speed, Nvidia would kick in with its control panel.

    Cheers,
    Miki
     
    miki69, Jan 9, 2012
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  3. Palda

    Palda Notebook Consultant

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    That's the way it is with Ati :) sadly..
     
    Palda, Jan 9, 2012
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    I've also expierienced that flash streams (justin.tv etc) freeze like every minute on hd3000 mode (with all drivers). I can't imagine why. It doesn't matter which quality I use (from 240p to 1080p). When I reload the stream with PMD it works just fine. CPU load is never more than 40%.

    Has anyone noticed anything like that?
     
    otulp88, Jan 9, 2012
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  5. ZoinksS2k

    ZoinksS2k Notebook Virtuoso

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    ^ Don't under estimate the level of Flash sucking. Try a reinstall
     
    ZoinksS2k, Jan 9, 2012
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  6. miki69

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    Interesting, that happen to me without any obvious reason, all of a sudden Graphic properties were gone from right click. (I'm talking about driver from your sig :), not this newest one)

    I had to reinstall it in order to regain this.


    Cheers,
    Miki
     
    miki69, Jan 9, 2012
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  7. RedDevil_1999

    RedDevil_1999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,
    I have recently updated my vaio z2 with this new driver but ever since that mt hard disk score in wei has dropped to around 7.5 (I had 7.8 before). Has anyone experienced that? Any idea why this has happened if it is not related with the new driver? I have installed the latest Intel RST.

    Thanks!
     
    RedDevil_1999, Jan 9, 2012
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  8. mak1

    mak1 Notebook Geek

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    ^...is it v11.0.0.1032 WHQL?
     
    mak1, Jan 9, 2012
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  9. RedDevil_1999

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    ^what does WHQL mean?
     
    RedDevil_1999, Jan 9, 2012
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  10. SirRobin

    SirRobin Notebook Evangelist

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    WHQL stands for Windows Hardware Quality Lab, it´s a signature for tested drivers from microsoft - modded drivers are not certified, so a WHQL warning is shown during setup...but this is not a problem!
     
    SirRobin, Jan 10, 2012
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  11. RedDevil_1999

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    Cheers. I must clarify that it is the original set of graphic drivers (ie those on page 1 of this post) which I updated, not the universal ones. It is just strange that the hard drive score dropped gradually after that....
     
    RedDevil_1999, Jan 10, 2012
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