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Anonymous
11 years ago
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Dragon age inquisition update your amd radeon driver

I was trying to launch this game and it told me that i need to update from my driver 13.1 to 13.9 the problem is my card does not even have a 13.9 driver when I checked the AMD site. I have 2 ATI rad...
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    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    I've found a workaround. It's as simple as editing the Catalyst version number in the registry editor.

    Search for and launch "regedit" (minus the quotes). navigate through this: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class

    In here you'll need left click on each entry and click on the folder 0000 and look for where your amd driver info is. The actual folder designations are different for different people but this screen cap will show you want it will look like when you find the right one.

    http://puu.sh/cVAZT/e55f71d681.png

    Once you've found it look for the key titled Catalyst_Version. Double click on it and change the number to whatever number the prompt had been saying you need. Save the changes and then load up the game. The game fully loaded up for me, so hopefully it'll all work for the rest of you.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

I have a 5770 and mine says update to 13.12 and I have 13.4

I've tried installing the 13.12 package, but it doesn't update to it. I even went as far to uninstall all of my AMD drivers and install fresh, same thing happened.

This is ridiculous, I should not be screwed out of playing a game I spent money on for **bleep** like this. Especially when I can play games that have even more intense system requirements than this.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Since im bored and can't play ill solve this for you Piratex.

Windows 7 64 bit - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%207%20-%2064

Windows 8 64 bit - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%208%20-%2064

Windows 7 32 bit - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%207%20-%2032

Windows 8 32 bit - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%208%20-%2032

Hope that helps. We people on 48xx cards are screwed at the moment though.

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Sadly that doesn't help as it just won't update from 13.4 to 13.12

    It will install everything just fine, but it still won't elevate the Catalyst verison to 13.12 even on a fresh install.

    Could be that since I have Vista 64bit it doesn't support 13.12 even though on the website it shows the 13.12 package for Vista 64bit? I have no idea.

    Ultimately there shouldn't be something that says "You can't play unless you have this version xx.xx" I mean hell, I can play Assassin's Creed Unity and Shadows of Mordor on my current setup. Pretty sure I can play DA:I.

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      Anonymous
      11 years ago

      Sorry that didn't help.  As far as I can see also I am double boned as AMD has apprently dropped all vista support along with the 4xxxx series of cards.  Whoever made up the minimum requirements needs to be sacked.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        11 years ago

        It's okay. I'm double boned like you. Though it is ridiculous when I can play Assassin's Creed Unity(not all that well, but still playable) which doesn't support Vista 64bit either and has even higher minimum requirements than this. Infact I actually meet and in a few instances exceed the minimum requirements for this game with the exception having Vista. I KNOW I can play this game on my rig, but instead I get shafted by some stupid dialogue box. They need to remove that, and soon.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      11 years ago
      @PiratexCore wrote:

      Sadly that doesn't help as it just won't update from 13.4 to 13.12

      It will install everything just fine, but it still won't elevate the Catalyst verison to 13.12 even on a fresh install.

      Could be that since I have Vista 64bit it doesn't support 13.12 even though on the website it shows the 13.12 package for Vista 64bit? I have no idea.

      Ultimately there shouldn't be something that says "You can't play unless you have this version xx.xx" I mean hell, I can play Assassin's Creed Unity and Shadows of Mordor on my current setup. Pretty sure I can play DA:I.

      Keep in mind that the official system requirements for this game call for 64bit Windows 7 or 8.1, so if you're running Vista you're on an unsupported OS. Whether it's a technical limitation of your system holding it back, or an administrative decision by either Bioware or AMD to discontinue support for an out-of-date OS, they were pretty clear up front that this game requires a version of Windows that's newer than what you're running. 

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        11 years ago
        @ pdegan2814 wrote:

        ‎11-18-2014 07:35 AM

        @PiratexCore wrote:

        Sadly that doesn't help as it just won't update from 13.4 to 13.12

        It will install everything just fine, but it still won't elevate the Catalyst verison to 13.12 even on a fresh install.

        Could be that since I have Vista 64bit it doesn't support 13.12 even though on the website it shows the 13.12 package for Vista 64bit? I have no idea.

        Ultimately there shouldn't be something that says "You can't play unless you have this version xx.xx" I mean hell, I can play Assassin's Creed Unity and Shadows of Mordor on my current setup. Pretty sure I can play DA:I.

        Keep in mind that the official system requirements for this game call for 64bit Windows 7 or 8.1, so if you're running Vista you're on an unsupported OS. Whether it's a technical limitation of your system holding it back, or an administrative decision by either Bioware or AMD to discontinue support for an out-of-date OS, they were pretty clear up front that this game requires a version of Windows that's newer than what you're running. 

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        pdegan2814 were not bitching about the OS but the fact AMD has dropped ALL support for 4k series cards and below over a year ago.  They do not make any drivers be it for windows 7 or 8 for 4000 series or below.  So why the hell is 4870 their lowest requirement when AMD will not be issuing official drivers to fix any issues that will ever develop.

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      Anonymous
      11 years ago

      yeah noticed the same

  • Glyth's avatar
    Glyth
    11 years ago

    can u solve the HD 8400 promblem any dragon age drivers for it? i heard u can switch  to direct x 10 but i dono how to do that

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