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Best Driver

Celestial_Lord

By Celestial_Lord,
Posted on: 2011-11-22 24:32 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Hi all, i was wondering if anyone has an idea on which is the best driver for me to download (asuming it is the driver).. im using an ATI Radeon HD 4600 series.

My problems started after that latest download when CoH login screen said my drivers where out-dated, so obviously i downloaded the newest driver i could the "Catalyst 11.10", Thats when my problems started i would crash at least twice a session, NPC's would jump all over my screen (as if they were time warping... sorry cant think how else better to explain this) and my game would completly freeze for 4-5 minutes at a time.

Now that to me is enough, being from no problems what-so-ever to this.. my game is almost completely un-playable. Anyway heres what ive tried so far.. ive downloaded and tested the following drivers: Catalyst 11.10, Catalyst 11.9, catalyst 11.8 and the catalyst 11.7..No luck (i wish i could say ive tried them all but that is realy time comsuming and im sure its not doing my computer any good either) ive run the repair program on the NCsoft installer, ive de-fragged my comp, cleaned my system and toned down (to bare minimum) my in-game settings. Nothing has worked.

Any help or sugestions would be greatly appreciated

@EndGamer

 

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Thanks ill give them a try

@EndGamer

 

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Originally Posted by FREAKZILLA View Post
Hi all, i was wondering if anyone has an idea on which is the best driver for me to download (asuming it is the driver).. im using an ATI Radeon HD 4600 series.

My problems started after that latest download when CoH login screen said my drivers where out-dated, so obviously i downloaded the newest driver i could the "Catalyst 11.10", Thats when my problems started i would crash at least twice a session, NPC's would jump all over my screen (as if they were time warping... sorry cant think how else better to explain this) and my game would completly freeze for 4-5 minutes at a time.

Now that to me is enough, being from no problems what-so-ever to this.. my game is almost completely un-playable. Anyway heres what ive tried so far.. ive downloaded and tested the following drivers: Catalyst 11.10, Catalyst 11.9, catalyst 11.8 and the catalyst 11.7..No luck (i wish i could say ive tried them all but that is realy time comsuming and im sure its not doing my computer any good either) ive run the repair program on the NCsoft installer, ive de-fragged my comp, cleaned my system and toned down (to bare minimum) my in-game settings. Nothing has worked.

Any help or sugestions would be greatly appreciated
1. What operating system, and 32 bit or 64 bit?

2. I do not believe that City of Heroes ultra mode officially supports the ATi Radeon 4600 series, so you may want to disable ultra mode if it is not disabled already.

3. That is very odd that you had difficulties with the 11.9 and 11.10 drivers, as they are both very stable, imo.

What I would suggest you do is:

1. Since you had issues with the 11.9 and 11.10 drivers, download the 11.3 drivers. Go here for 64 bit Vista and 7. Go here for 32 bit Vista and 7. Go here if you're still stuck on Windows XP.

2. Download and install Driver Sweeper.

3. Uninstall the AMD video driver you currently have installed.

4. Reboot, and enter Safe Mode by pressing F8 before the Windows splash screen.

4. While in Safe Mode, run Driver Sweeper to completely remove all traces of the AMD video driver from your system.

5. Reboot again, (no need to go into Safe Mode this time though). Install the AMD driver downloaded in step 1.

@Celestial Lord and @Celestial Lord Too

 

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Thanks all for the help and advise, ive just installed the 11.3 version and have been testing it for about an hour now and so far no problems (fingers crossed)

@EndGamer

 

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Hi Freakzilla:

Please read Hyperstrike's post about asking for help.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=231628

I have not done any testing of CoH with HD4xxx series ATI video cards. I did however get a 4650 as a warranty replacement for an 8600GT which had 3 exploded capacitors on it. So, I'll have at least a 4650 to test CoH on now. (I just need a copy of 64 bit windows 7/Vista to run on my test setup)

On that note: I don't expect the 4600 series cards to handle ultra mode. I had a 5670 for awhile but ended up selling to a friend cheap since his video card died and he needed a cheap video card NOW. Anyways, 5670 handled normal mode very well but could only run UM with the most minimal of settings and even then I saw some lag.

11.9 should work but 11.3 might be worth trying.

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Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord View Post
1. What operating system, and 32 bit or 64 bit?

2. I do not believe that City of Heroes ultra mode officially supports the ATi Radeon 4600 series, so you may want to disable ultra mode if it is not disabled already.

3. That is very odd that you had difficulties with the 11.9 and 11.10 drivers, as they are both very stable, imo.

What I would suggest you do is:

1. Since you had issues with the 11.9 and 11.10 drivers, download the 11.3 drivers. Go here for 64 bit Vista and 7. Go here for 32 bit Vista and 7. Go here if you're still stuck on Windows XP.

2. Download and install Driver Sweeper.

3. Uninstall the AMD video driver you currently have installed.

4. Reboot, and enter Safe Mode by pressing F8 before the Windows splash screen.

4. While in Safe Mode, run Driver Sweeper to completely remove all traces of the AMD video driver from your system.

5. Reboot again, (no need to go into Safe Mode this time though). Install the AMD driver downloaded in step 1.

Ill deff follow your advice if im still having trouble, but so far so good ill see whats it like when i push it to the max, as for ultra mode on this card i have my settings mainly on recomended , there i can see reflections in water and glass, shadows move ect ect.. but does get a bit laggy when its on full ultra mode (this might be the chance i get to get the wife to buy me a new grathics card for x-mas )

@EndGamer