how do I update my 6490m drivers to 11.7 or above (for BF3 :P)?

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how do I update my 6490m drivers to 11.7 or above (for BF3 :P)?

I've just got battlefield 3 but when I launch it it says that I have only got 11.1 driver installed for my 6490m GPU and that it recomends 11.7 and above. How do I download and install the driver? I would like to update the drivers because there is a bit of freeze in the game from time to time, and don't get me started with the multiplayer (although I think this is downl to the large usage of the servers as it is a new game.) I've downloaded and installed CCC from ATI's website if that helps.

thanks.

oh yeh, I'm running windows 7 32bit on bootcamp (that's what I want the drivers for, not OSX as I don't game or use CAD on that)

MacBook Pro, Windows 7, 6490m GPU (the base 2011 15")

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 6:27 AM

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Arni99

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Oct 27, 2011 9:19 AM in response to alf_e

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/mobility-radeon-drivers-support/206549-ati-mobilit y-catalyst-11-9-display-drivers-notebooks-28-09-2011-a.html

Here you can find the 11.9 driver - runs with BF3 on my MBP 17 i7 quad 2,2GHz 8GB RAM and AMD6750 1GB DDR5..

Follow the instructions and all will be fine 😉.

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alf_e Author

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Oct 27, 2011 12:23 PM in response to alf_e

thanks a lot. It's updated!

getting kicked a lot though, apparently it's cos of punkbuster or something

thanks

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Answer 3

Nov 19, 2011 5:05 AM in response to alf_e

Thanks for the link, having almost current AMD drivers is allowing openCL to work properly in windows 7 - making a big difference to apps that use it.

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JohanJay

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Nov 24, 2011 2:09 PM in response to alf_e

Hi!

I just got the BF3. I got the latest base MacBook Pro 15" but amd catalyst software suite does not install even after installing the dotnet package from Microsoft. It says ther is a incompatibility with my video acard wich is proved (alf_e) to workñ amd mobility radeon hd 6490M.

Im running Bootcamp with Windows7 64bit.

Couldnt find that 11.9 driver either.

Any help or link to a former 11.11 driver or a post 11.7 driver would be much appreciatted.

Thanks! J

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JohanJay

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Nov 25, 2011 8:09 PM in response to JohanJay

I found the solution.

There is a 100+MB file from ATI that will install the Catalyst software directly, or already uncompressed. Here is the link (used through www.my-config.com website and plugin required to detect videocard):

http://www.touslesdrivers.com/index.php?v_page=23&v_code=32678&v_langue=en

or download directly here:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/DRIVERS/mobile/11-11_mobilit y_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc.exe

Saludos

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