dv6-3143us Radeon Mobility 5650 Driver/Switchable Graphics issues

[danwebb8]

Thank you for posting this, I am actually having the same problem with the old driver. It renders a new game i bought nearly unplayable due to fps issues despite having all the required specs. Really frustrating, but good to know that I am not the only one.

[houseofbacon]

Oddly enough, I fixed it today. Seriously. After going through the ringer with HP support for 2 hours, I tried something crazy: I uninstalled Catalyst. Just Catalyst, left in the driver and everything else, and rebooted. I no longer get a prompt when switching cards, and Catalyst itself is gone - but who cares? Skyrim works, as well as every previous game I had an issue with, and all that freed up VRAM got me an extra 8fps AT HIGHER SETTINGS.

[cjm571]

For anyone still looking for an answer, it seems the HP dispatched an Intern on the issue. Check out this thread; it seems that others have had some success, and I'll post my results once I've given it a shot.

[cjm571 · Accepted solution]

Looks like it worked!

Check out Cioroianua's post about half way down the page here.

The link to the zipped driver is broken, but this link worked when I tried.

This is an update to 11.8 I believe

EDIT:

Here's a link to the 11.12 drivers! Works on a bunch of cards; just follow their instructions and you'll be up to date!