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Finally managed to update my drivers and boom?

Sermon

By Sermon,
Posted on: 2010-05-01 19:42 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

Posted

I was wrestling with a system error that prevented me from removing anything ATI related and tonight I finally got it hammered out, so I updated my 4850 to 10.4

I was rewarded with a pop up at log in saying my card supports ultra mode (I didn't previously get this after I17, though my 9.2 drivers did indeed support ultra mode with some odd graphical glitches).

Well, now I don't have to worry about that, as my 'ultra mode' tweaking section doesn't actually do anything remotely 'ultra' looking like it did with my 9.2s. It just looks like the shadow and water effects from pre-17... and playing with my water settings crashes the client.

Did I upgrade too far? Are 10.4s not working with UM?

edit: Ok, looks like shadows are working (which is the feature I actually liked so yay) but water is a no-go. It just crashes the client, and there's no reflective quality to it like there was this morning.

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What method did you use to install the drivers?

My standard method is to first install Driver Sweeper but not run it yet. I then download the drivers from ATI but don't run them yet. Then I remove any ATI entries from Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs (for XP) or Programs and Features (Vista and 7) but don't reboot yet, open Device Manager and uninstall the Display adapter listing for my card then reboot into Safe Mode. Windows 7 tries to install drivers even in Safe Mode so I again go back to Device Manager and uninstall the Display Adapter listing for the card then run Driver Sweeper and let it remove anything ATI Display related and reboot into Windows. Cancel any new hardware wizards that may come up. Windows 7 auto installs the default drivers so I uninstall them again from Device Manager but don't reboot. At that point, I run the driver installation I downloaded previously and let it install everything then reboot.

Now, I did have an oddity today when I did this in that the Catalyst Control Center didn't install. I tried doing a Repair Installation with the Catalyst Install Manager but with no success. So, I downloaded the standalone installer for the CCC from the ATI driver page and ran that and everything worked and listed correctly.

Perhaps something didn't install correctly for you?

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First I downloaded the drivers, putting them in the middle of my desktop for easy access. Then:

1. Add/Remove from control panel. Previously this was what was stopping me, but reinstalling the catalyst control center got rid of the 'improper side by side configuration' error that had been driving me crazy.

2. Boot to safe mode.

3. Run driver sweeper.

4. Reboot

5. Install drivers

My first attempt at this failed, as there was a problem installing the driver for some reason so I then:

1. Add/remove

2. Boot to safe

3. Driver sweeper

4. Reboot to safe

5. Driver sweeper again, just to be sure.

6. Reboot to normal.

7. Install drivers

This time everything installed perfectly, smooth as could be.

The game looks beautiful, never better, except that water effects slider is instant client death. After playing for an hour after posting this I am quite pleased with the new drivers, and I hated the water effects any ways, it's just the leftover tech in me that frowns knowing there's a reproducable crash lurking about.

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You may want to load up the Test server and help test whether their solution for that is working and give them feedback.

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Yesterday's patch did indeed fix my problem. Game zones look incredible now.

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