Game goes black on advanced graphics or any anti-alias

I just got an HP Pavilion dv7-6195 laptop. The graphics card is a Radeon HD 6770m. The OS is Windows 7 64-bit. For the sake of time saving, I copied over my files from my old computer (Windows Xp 32-bit if that's at all relevant). I was told upon loading the game that I would not be able to play without updating my drivers. I found the appropriate drivers for my machine on the HP website and installed them. After rebooting the game loaded fine, or so I thought. The first thing I did was set the resolution to 1600x900 (my screen). After that, I tried changing the anti-alias setting. Upon doing so, everything except the boxes for my map and inspirations went completely black. This was true for 2x and 4x. The game will also not let me switch my graphics to anything higher than recommended before this happens. Does anyone have any ideas?

Offhand, I would guess that since you have ATI graphics that you are using Catalyst drivers that are 11.X. I am guessing that X is 6, or maybe 5.

Currently, Catalyst 11.X and CoX aren't playing very nice. Some that have tried the 11.7 pre-release have claimed good things, and hopefully they will change that.

In the meantime, you could try rolling back your video drivers one version at a time and see if that improves things. Different people have found different versions that work for them. Some are 11.5. I seem to be the only one that 11.4 works for. Many claim 11.2 or 11.3 are the good ones.

Here is to hoping 11.7 solves our issues.

I can't say for sure what version I'm running (probably 11.6 though). For now I'll just stick to what my desktop can put out and hope that 11.7 fixes the problem. Thanks

After upgrading to catalyst 11.7, I am still having this issue. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I have not tried Driver Sweeper, but am absolutely willing to. You wouldn't happen to have a reliable link would you?

After trying Driver Sweeper I'll make a post on the AMD forums if my problem persists.

Thanks!

Alright, I'll make that post. I'm using mobility modder, and the drivers still aren't installing for some reason though.

Everyone is slamming the drivers, but it may be as simple as an incorrect setting. Open up your catalyst control center, go to Gaming > 3D Application Settings, and tick "Use application settings" under SMOOTHVISION HD:Anti-aliasing.