Series 7 Chronos All Models: Push for SAMSUNG to implement "FIXED MODE" in BIOS

[alexgiusti]

Thanks man! I changed the powersave to BETTER PERFORMANCE and runs diablo 3... the beta is down this moment, so i can t see the results , but your explanation was very very helpful. tkz

[tetrium]

And diablo 3? Someone played? i played but fullscreen 1600 it works slowly... i change to 1240 or 800x 600 and works fine... I tested withe the cord pulled off.. The amd only works on cord? The high definiton only works when the notebook is plugged?
i am using the 8.940 but i tested only wth the cord off... i dont know if diablo is using intel or amd...

I haven't played Diablo but I basically have the same problem with framerates when the computer isn't plugged in. It's not surprising, since most laptops' performance goes way down when using battery power. So it's not really a problem with the computer.

But the problem with the graphics being slow...That I don't know. It might actually be a problem with the graphics switching, but I don't play Diablo so I wouldn't know.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't know that the problem has been resolved already.

[phoenixfight]

Hey I hope this question hasn't been answered yet, but does anyone know why this 8.940 update isn't present on Samsung page for the S04 model? I tried looking but it wasn't there...

[XtremeProject]

Hey I hope this question hasn't been answered yet, but does anyone know why this 8.940 update isn't present on Samsung page for the S04 model? I tried looking but it wasn't there...

They pulled it off the site or didn't uploaded to current pages. You either have to find it in this long thread or someone is willing to post you the link.

[spincel]

Hey I hope this question hasn't been answered yet, but does anyone know why this 8.940 update isn't present on Samsung page for the S04 model? I tried looking but it wasn't there...

Don't know the reason for that, but there is a link in the first page if you want to download it. After that, Easy Software Manager will notice that there is an available update, but that versio is 8.930, so you just need to ignore that.

[MAMeingast]

I got a different model with the I7 and a 6750M, but I am working on a software sollution that I will make available here on this forum shortly.

I never really had any issues with heat and throttling, only when I am running WoT it seems, so I started to think and look around for sollutions, which in the end made me start to code my own tool to help with the issue.

My S7 is cooler and quiter than ever now!

I'll get back to you all soon with more info on this. Hopefully after the weekend.

Any news on this solution? I'm very interested!

Also, can anyone confirm that Civilization 5 will not run properly (very low framerate) even with the 8940 drivers and everything set to high performance? Any ideas?

[Luterin]

Any news on this solution? I'm very interested!

Also, can anyone confirm that Civilization 5 will not run properly (very low framerate) even with the 8940 drivers and everything set to high performance? Any ideas?

I got a tool done that is working, just need a few small changes and some text/information added. I'll try to get it done during the weekend, if I'm not playing the GW2 beta the whole time.

Oh, and I'm pondering where to host the file. Been thinking about setting up a simple website on my Raspberry PI when it arrives, because I don't want any of my real servers to be open to the outside, but perhaps there are some other decent options aswell...

[MAMeingast]

I got a tool done that is working, just need a few small changes and some text/information added. I'll try to get it done during the weekend, if I'm not playing the GW2 beta the whole time.

Oh, and I'm pondering where to host the file. Been thinking about setting up a simple website on my Raspberry PI when it arrives, because I don't want any of my real servers to be open to the outside, but perhaps there are some other decent options aswell...

Great! Looking forward to it!

EDIT: If you need anyone to "beta test" it, I would be happy to do so!

[DaMasta]

I tested the new Lashcat driver with Catalyst 9.51
It seems to work really fast. In 3D Mark 06 I get 9800 points with only an I5.

[MAMeingast]

I tested the new Lashcat driver with Catalyst 9.51
It seems to work really fast. In 3D Mark 06 I get 9800 points with only an I5.

I decided to test them as well - now the AMD card is switched on all of the time... That itself would not be much of a problem if it wouldn't cause the fan to spin loudly all the time as well (even though the load on the GPU is 0% outside of any demanding program). At the same time, though, Civilization 5 finally works. What to do!?!? Does anyone have any idea how to combine the compatibility of Leshcat's drivers with the automatic turning off of the AMD card when it is not needed? PLEASE?

EDIT: I wonder if maybe installing some parts of the Samsung drivers after installing Leshcat's drivers would solve this problem? But I don't know what to start with? Maybe the CCC?