Topic: ATi Mobility Drivers, clocking AMD 64's (Read 1670 times)

Iceman · « **on:** August 09, 2004, 08:57:26 am »

So I got my laptop this past week, but I have a slight problem. It seems that Knights of the Old Republic doesn't work so well with it. It freezes when I go to the ingame menu. I can't seem to find the proper driver update for ATi Mobility 9600 either.

Also, my AMD 64 3000+ is clocked at ~800mhz. WTF?

Monty · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2004, 09:37:46 am »

AMD 64 processors have cool n quiet technology.

Whenever there is no load on the processor the mulitplier on the CPU is dropped... the processor speed becomes 800 mhz. Reduces heat and noise apparently:

People at these AMD forums should have all the answers you need.

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showforum=1
http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showforum=7

Sirgod · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2004, 09:40:16 am »

It almost sounds like your BIOS isn't right, or that they Don't have the MB set up right. BUt It should be showing alot faster then 800 MHZ. Try out Belarc and tell us what It says Iceman.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

OR even EVEREST Home version. I'll have t ofind the link for that one again.

Stephen

Doh. Monty answered also. I wasn't aware of the drop in Proccessor speed.

Core · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2004, 10:15:47 am »

id recommend going to your pc manufacturers web site to check on the drivers for your ati card and get the letest patch for KOTOR that should solve a few problems

Iceman · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2004, 11:22:06 am »

I've tried going to the manufacturer site with no luck. Also, KOTOR is patched fully.

The_Joker · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2004, 12:42:45 pm »

Here's the dumb and obvious. You sure that isn't the bus speed?

Redshift the Kook · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2004, 01:28:53 pm »

Download GCPUID to give you your FSP clock speed, CPU multiplyer info at the click of a mouse.

Elvis · « **Reply #7 on:** August 09, 2004, 02:03:08 pm »

If it is Cool and Quiet you should be able to disable it in the bios.

Iceman · « **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2004, 03:27:36 pm »

I'll have to check on all this stuff tonight when I have a chance. Thanks everyone, watch this thread I'll report back!

Iceman · « **Reply #9 on:** August 10, 2004, 12:21:56 pm »

So I installed SP 2 and still have trouble running KOTOR. Odd. Anyways, I got both recommended programs, heres the results from GCPUID.

Processor Information
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Platform: Socket 754
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (ClawHammer)
CPU Type: Original OEM Processor
Name String: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+

CPUID Info
Family: 15
Model: 4
Stepping: 10
Process: .13
Ext Family: 15
Ext. Model: 4
Ext. Stepping: 10
Revision: SH7-CG

CPU Speed & Bus:
CPU Speed: 800.03MHz
CPU Multiplier: x4.0
CPU FSB Speed: 200.01MHz
Bus Speed: 200.01(HT)

Basic Cache Info
L1 Instr. Cache size: 64kBytes
L1 Data Cache size: 64kBytes
L2 Cache Size: 1024KBytes
L2 Cache Ratio: 1/1 (100%)

Instruction Set:
MMX:
3DNow!:
3DNow!+:
X86-64
MMX+:
SSE:
SSE2:
Thermal Monitor:

All above "Supported".

So, whats going on?

Elvis · « **Reply #10 on:** August 10, 2004, 05:35:57 pm »

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CPU Multiplier: x4.0

That does not look right. I've got a 3200 clawhammer and my multiplier starts at 10 and remains 10. My cpu also shows the correct speed 2.0. Do you see the little red stopwatch on the GCPUID toolbar. Click on it and up your multiplier. Up your multiplier to 9 and then refresh and restart GCPUID. I'm not sure why it would have the multiplier at set at 4 though.

Nemesis · « **Reply #11 on:** August 10, 2004, 05:53:57 pm »

Quote from: Iceman on August 09, 2004, 08:57:26 am

So I got my laptop this past week, but I have a slight problem. It seems that Knights of the Old Republic doesn't work so well with it. It freezes when I go to the ingame menu. I can't seem to find the proper driver update for ATi Mobility 9600 either.

Also, my AMD 64 3000+ is clocked at ~800mhz. WTF?

You might like to check out this website. Link

It appears that with the laptop that they were testing that the CPU throttled down to 800 mhz when not being used. As you boost your usage the speed increases. You might try running something that will stress the CPU (SETI at home for example

) and then use your CPU speed monitoring program.

Redshift the Kook · « **Reply #12 on:** August 10, 2004, 06:06:21 pm »

Yeah, a multiplier of x4 just isn't right on a normal computer but on a power saving laptop it might make sense. Do what Nemesis says; fire up Seti@home if you have it or you can download Prime95 (http://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v238.exe) which really stresses the CPU, check the CPU usage in Task Manager to make sure it's running at 100% and click refresh on GCPUID to see if the multiplier rises.

Redshift the Kook · « **Reply #13 on:** August 10, 2004, 06:12:36 pm »

BTW, is it only KOTOR your having trouble with? Have you tried any other games or video benchmarking tools, (i.e. 3DMark2003), to see if it works properly? It might be just a driver bug for that game.

Iceman · « **Reply #14 on:** August 10, 2004, 09:32:26 pm »

It's just KOTOR. I've played Joint Ops and a few others.

Iceman · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2004, 09:48:32 pm »

I upped the multiplier to 9.0, and it now clocks at 1800MHz. I can go to either 10 or 10.5 to OC it but I'd rather not, so thats one problem solved (sorta). I still can't run KOTOR though.

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