Vaio SR ATI HD 3470 Gaming Thread

I adjusted high performance profile for battery mode to the same option values as for AC mode.
But gaming and HD-video fps still is much less when power cable is disconnected. How to reach maximum performance on battery?

 

If anyone gets the chance to try out Medieval II: Total War or Empire: Total War on this card/their system let us know how it went performance wise. I'm thinking of buying either of these two games.

Thanks

 

WOW if you can get that high i can only imagine what a 4570 with the right drivers/overclocked could do....

 

I made a mistake. The reason that the score jumps is the resolution change. Before I upgraded the driver, 3DMark run at 1280x768. After the benchmark, 3DMark run at 1024x768 so of course the score would be higher. Unfortunately, I only have the demo version so I can't change the resolution manually.

 

hi,
if i connect an lcd to the SR via HDMI (with and HDMI-DVI adapter) will I loose sound (since hdmi carries sounds) or will I still be able to output sounds to speakrs from the SR's headphone jack?

 

you will be able to output the sound via sr's headphone jack

 

The new ATi CCC and driver have been released this Wednesday!
It's got 44.5 MBs. Downloading now, will see how it works when installed.
Hope the driver won't struggle like the 9.2's one. Be back to you soon.

Edit1: Ah dammit... Catalyst installed (although the CCC's graphic software screen shows it's still 9.01), but the driver... It won't install at any cost... Maybe we will have to wait for a new Mobility Modder version to come out if we want to have the newest drivers

Edit2: Awesome! After a few minutes of digging in google, I have found a file you have to put in ATi driver installation folder, it's like this:
Unfortunately, I haven't found a fix file for 9.3 CCC @ Driver, I'll keep digging ...
For Catalyst 9.2
After modifying the driver, put THIS file, unzip it and put it right here : ATI\SUPPORT\9-2_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_75976\
Driver\Packages\Drivers\Display\LH_INF.

Here's the proof

 

Yeah, I know about the 9.2 problem. I wrote about it on the previous page and I have the same problem with 9.3. The installation gives me an error when installing the driver and Catalyst still displays as 9.1.

 

i just installed the 9.3 version from amd ati, but i dont see the version number avaiable on my graphics software information center. how do i know if it worked other than the fact that they said it worked and made me restart my laptop?

edit: ok i installed 9.2 and it worked just like mentioned above. should i install 9.3 now even tho the catalyst driver wont show up?

 

did someone try and analyse how much fps do you have while fighting naxxramas 25man(world of warcraft)?

 

I just did a clean install of Vista x64 on my 140D and am having problems with my 3470 drivers. I initailly installed modded Catalyst 9.2 suite and found that there is a lot of horizonatal lines during motion (tearing?) when playing video on my secondary display. I then reverted back to catalyst 8.11 with no improvement.

I had no problems at all before the clean install. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

hey is it just me or is my SR showing that i have a 3450, not a 3470

 

try checking it with GPUZ.

mine reports as a 3470.

 

yea it still says 3450, before i got the 9.1 catalyst, it was 3470...

 

Mine says HD3450 too ever since I started using the modded drivers. However, there is a very simple way to check what videocard your laptop has.

Go to: Catalyst Control Center => Information Center => Graphics Hardware

Scroll down and at the end it should tell you the Core Clock and Memory Clock in MHz.

The HD3450 has 500 and 700 respectively, while the HD3470 has 680 and 800. That way, even though it says that I have the HD3450, based on the clock speeds, I know it's actually the HD3470.

EDIT:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3450.9593.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3470.9594.0.html

 

alright, good to know that its not just me

 

Has anyone tried the new Catalyst 9.4 to see if it works with Mobility Modder or the new Windows 7 drivers which are available for mobility cards without actually modifying the files?

 

hi, i have this card in my asus, o bought for gta iv and it's playable have anyone a link for a newest drivers 'cause my are a little old.. i have windows xp.. this topic has 25 pages so sorry if i don't read carrefully but i really appreciate if anyone can give my a link where to download a modded driver for my 256mb card thank you

 

You think this thread is good to look at even though I have ati radeon mobility hd 3450? I'm assuming the 3450 and 3470 is not that different.

 

I would suppose so.

 

I thought it was time to update this thread.

First of all, get the latest Mobility Modder here:
http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php
(this is the newest version - V1.2.0.0 - released THIS MONTH, fixing any problems with the post-9.1 Catalyst)

Secondly, get the latest ATI driver + Catalyst from here:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
(remember to look under Radeon, NOT Mobility Radeon unless you're using Windows 7)

Actually, it would be nice if someone who installed 7 on their FW or SR could update us if the latest normal Mobility Radeon drivers from ATI's site work, so we don't have to mod desktop drivers.

And here's proof that the latest modded driver + Catalyst works just fine on an FW with a Mobility HD3470 card. The card is still reported as a HD3450 but that doesn't affect the performance in any way.

 

Has anyone tried gaming that has specs that exceed the dedicated video memory on the SR? I was thinking of buying Street Fighter 4 but the minimum spec on the graphics card is 256mb while mines has only 128mb. I have 4gb of system ram so I was wondering if this game would still be playable if it had to use an extra 128mb from the system ram in order to run?

 

on Yea i just installed 9.5 windows7, and i didnt have to mod the desktop drives. I just used the mobility drivers and it worked

 

Play Unreal 1 at 1600x900, in-game and ATI Catalyst settings all maxed out including 4x AA, 12x samples and still able to maintain 60 fps 99% of the time. I know Unreal 1 is an old game but consider this: I have another laptop with GeForce Go 7400. With the same setting at 1280x800, I could only get 30fps. So, I would say Radeon HD 3470 is a huge improvement over GeForce Go 7400. Both cards belong to the same class but the former is much faster.

 

anyone know how splinter cell: double agent runs on this computer? D2D is selling it for $4.95 so if it runs well i wanna jump right on it.

btw splinter cell: conviction looks awesome!!!!

 

from what canyourunit.com say, i can, but who knows. For 5 dollars i still say its a good deal, even if you end up not being about to run it. You can get the 5 bucks back by cutting on a few bag of chips lol.

 

So I decided to go ahead and buy it (from steam though) and I have to say I am pretty disappointed in the performance on my computer. Above water it seems to run pretty well on 1024x768 at low/medium settings. However, UNDER water it runs at only 9-10 fps which is horrendous. I should have gotten it for 360 instead.

 

hmm, guess you can play it on a desktop with a better graphics card.

 

Catalyst 9.6 is out now:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

I'll edit this post after I install to update on how it works.

EDIT: Installed and works without any problems:

 

Would I have to use the mobility modder to update my drivers? I have just downloaded the drivers so I just want to make sure before I go ahead and install them.

 

If you're running Vista, yes, you have to use the latest mobility modder. If you're running 7, not necessary since you can download actual mobile drivers from the site.

 

aah worked perfectly. thanks!

 

I picked up playing Neo Steam (The version from Atlus Online). The base stats for the game detected I could play stuff on Medium Settings (1024x768 windowed) for the three categories with shadows. It runs pretty well with that. I turned it down, but I'll probably turn it back up again, as turning it down did nothing. The only limiting factor playing this game is the uhm.... HDD in my laptop. But no fear! I'm upgrading to a 7200 rpm one.

I'm still running on the drivers that this laptop came with (well, except the Wireless card, those were awful.)

 

Just ran the Street Fighter IV benchmark test and got an average of 60fps which the lowest resolution, filters on default, AA and vsync off, with the rest of the settngs on low except character model (mid) and background (high). Very good result considering I have the 128MB card.

 

Could you please try the benchmark at 1280x800 with low settings? I'm anxious whether my T400 will be able to handle sf4 or not. (won't arrive until end of july or early August)

 

HI, sorry a stupid question from a bit of a graphics driver beginner, ive got the bog standard drivers on my sr26.. if i run and install the mobility modder with the latest drivers from ATI, what kind of results in terms of improvement would i get? is its significant? thanks

 

Hey guys, what are the temperature that you are getting with the HD3470 full loaded?

Thanks!

 

Just ran CS and TF2 and it works perfectly with surfing the web in the background on my hd3470!!

 

9.7 drivers are out, incase people dont know

 

anyone tried the game 'prototype' on their hd3470?

 

just tried SFIV on the system, works perfectly!

 

I find that you have to turn settings down real low. I either have to pick on models or background--background alone sucks up like 5-10 fps for me, and choosing between low or high model settings is 5-10 fps. The game is only playable when you're getting 55-60fps imo. I go with:

960x600 (16:10 ratio)
Models: Low
Background: Low or High
Everything else high.

That gets pretty good. If I go 1280x800 then I have to have both models and BG on low definitely. The other settings don't seem to do much--maybe 1-3 fps difference in my experience. I have played the game with models High and BG high but that's only playable in single player--the combo of lag and loss of FPS makes it extremely hard to play.

Btw, this was tested on my T400 with the AC plugged in (there's a noticeable difference in performance between AC plugged and running on battery).

 

for those who having fps issue on SF4, try use fixed framerate in graphic setting

 

i'm running mobility mod 9.7 drivers.

and SFIV runs at 60 fps for me @ 1280x800. Turned off all shadows, background high (low = no bg at all, pretty stupid), and everything else on low except for the characters on medium.

 

im noy sure if it has been mentioned before but i just found out and it makes me a lot happier. so im gonna share it.

im sure some of us with ATI cards have the problem where the screen is black when resuming from hibernate or standby, and its annoying. well, here is the fix guys. i personally have tried resuming a few times after this and it hasnt failed yet.

http://www.superwasp.net/weblog/2007/08/fix-solving-ati-black-screen-problems.htm

 

that completely fixed the problem for me. i turned on everything to high and anti aliasing as well, and it still ran fine. will be hooking it up to a projector soon and see if the bigger image shows any flaws in the graphics.

 

I'm running Catalyst 9.8 in my mobility 4650...

 

nice wallpaper, can I know where to get?

 

those playing games on this platform on vista 32, do u guys run out of memory to use even with 4gb or ram?

 

Just wanted to post a quick update on ATI's Catalyst 9.8. I personally don't recommend updating to this version (on the FW at least) because it messes up Sony's HDMI switcher (Fn + F7).

Some people may not have a problem with this because you can still use Vista's or ATI's controls to extend or switch to an external monitor but for me, it was a problem because Sony's switcher was the quickest when I wanted to watch a movie.

I reverted back to 9.6 and everything is fine and dandy. Considering I never had any real issues with 9.6, I think I'll stick with this one. I never installed 9.7 since I was out of the country for 2 months without my laptop and totally skipped that update.

If anyone has any reason to believe that 9.8 will be more beneficial to the laptop, I'd like to hear what it offers extra just so I know if it's worth updating.