Graphic Driver

[Tribecca]

Hello everyone,

I have an issue with the Graphic Card Driver on my Sony Vaio. I own a VPCEB4M1E/WI with an ATI Mobility Radeon 5470.

In Vaio Update and on the Vaio website the latest graphical driver is Graphics Driver (ATI) - 8.723.8.2 from 19/11/2010. I've uninstalled it, and got this version intalled again, but still my issue remains. For those of you who are into video games, I recently bought Guild Wars 2, and I have a graphical glitch.

Around objects and models, I see a blue-ish texture glitch (like pixels). There is nothing I can do about (no in-game settings to fix this) and I was told it's because the outdated graphic card driver. In rest the game runs really smooth.

I've tried finding newer driver version, but the one on the AMD/ATI website I cannot use, it won't let me install that one. I called Sony Support, and they said they can't help either, as this is the only version it is. However, I find it absurd that Sony will allow me to use only a 2 years old driver, and nothing newer, even though the manufacturer (ATI) constantly releases new versions (from 2012 even).

I never had any issues with new games so far (Prototype 2, Darksiders 2) but with this one I do have, and it's quite frustrating. Is there any hope for something to be done about it, or that I can do?

Many thanks in advance,

Alex

[rich912]

Hi Alex,

The following YouTube video has helped some members but one has reported that the method failed for them - worth a try though.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dt2_thUnvJv4&v=t2_thUnvJv4&gl=GB

Rich

[Tribecca]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Sadly I couldn't make this work. Any other thoughts?

[rich912]

Hi Alex,

This thread may be of help - especially the link posted by Stan towards the end.

https://www.sony-europe.com/discussions/message/711584#711584

Rich

[Tribecca · Accepted solution]

Hi again,

I managed to solve the issue, the above link that you posted helped, with two mentions:

1. The links in that forum are expired, so if you want the version from November 2011 you have to search for ATi Catalyst Mobility 11.12 For Vista/Win7 32 bit

2. That version however didn't helped, but I found a 2012 version by googling ATI Mobility Radeon 2012 (or something similar).

Many thanks again, much appreciated!

[rich912]

You're welcome Alex, and thanks for the additional info - this will no doubt be of help to other members

[JConlon12]

I'm having the exact same problem. I too am trying to play Guild Wars 2 with the same issue of screen tearing and cannot download a new driver from Sony or from the AMD website. Would appreciate if anyone was able to give me a little more information on how to fix this problem. I am not the most computer savvy person and am not sure exactly if the fix that Tribecca used would also work for me. I think I have a very similar laptop to Tribecca, although I have the 64-bit Windows 7 version. Not sure if this all makes sense but would really appreciate any help anybody can offer.

Thanks in advance,

Jamie

[Tribecca]

Hi Jamie:

Here is where I got it from: http://torrent-windows.net/windows/drayvery/6858-amd-ati-catalyst-display-drivers-124-whql-mobility-...

It's the entire suite of drivers, you have to install the 64 bit version (same as I did). You need a torrent downloader for that.

But before that, make sure you uninstall all ATI drivers.

Good luck!

[vicentiug]

Hello Tribecca,

I am having the same issue with Guild Wars 2 and ATI Radeon 5470 graphics card. I am running Windows 7 64 bit. Could you please tell me how to update the driver to the latest one ? I desperately need help.

Thank you, Vincent.

[Tribecca]

Hi Vincent,

First download the entire driver suite from the link I posted above, it's the green button that says something like Скачать торрент (I'm not russian either so I don't know what it means). You will need a torrent downloader for that, so it's either utorrent or bittorrent.

Then you need to uninstall everything ATI related, you can do so from Control Panel - Add/Remove programs. Afterwards go to the downloaded folder and find the version which suits your system, respectively the 64 bit one and install it.

It should work, I don't have the graphic glitch in GW 2 anymore.