Video card drivers on the iMac, both in bootcamp and on OS X

[Theraker007]

Hi everyone,

I have a 2 1/2 year old iMac that I am hoping will run the game "Rift" which is windows only when it comes out in a couple of months. I installed the beta last night on windows 7 x64 and it told me my video card drivers were out of date and to go to the website: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/gpu88-catalyst-10-10e-hotfix.aspx to update them.

However, if you go to that website, the link is dead. Anyway, I am hoping you guys can help me, I have a ATI Mobility 4850 radeon graphics card (full computer specs are listed conveniently at the end of this thread) and I was hoping you guys could point me in the right direction for upgrading this graphics card in windows bootcamp. In addition, is it also necessary for me to update this card in OS X? I've never done so, I always assumed the software update would take care of it, but maybe that isn't the case?


Thanks for the help!


ATI Radeon HD 4850:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4850
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x944a
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B9090C-181
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.327

 

[TMRaven]

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

 

[Hellhammer]

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx

OS X can only update OS X drivers, not Windows. Your link is only for 5000-series and newer

 

[Theraker007]

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx

OS X can only update OS X drivers, not Windows. Your link is only for 5000-series and newer

thanks for the link ill update windows drivers now.

Im assuming I just leave OS X alone then?

 

[Hellhammer]

Im assuming I just leave OS X alone then?

Yeah, there is nothing you can do with OS X. Graphics drivers are included in OS X updates and you cannot download them separately.

 

[Theraker007]

Yeah, there is nothing you can do with OS X. Graphics drivers are included in OS X updates and you cannot download them separately.

Alright sweet.

One last question, is it possible this game will run in Parallels or will I have to use bootcamp every time?

 

[Hellhammer]

One last question, is it possible this game will run in Parallels or will I have to use bootcamp every time?

Generally speaking, Parallels or any kind of virtualization software is horrible for gaming or anything else graphics intensive. Some older games might work but newer games with good graphics are unlikely to work well.

 

[vangrafhorst]

Apple Boot Camp Windows 7 and Windows Vista Software Graphics Drivers

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/bootcamp-win7.aspx


Does it also run in Parallels?
Do I have to remove the Apple-drivers in Windows first(as is normal for windows graphics drivers?)

Thanks

Joris

 

[robo456]

If you have access to the beta test this weekend and you have a spare minute or two, can you post how it ran in Bootcamp? Thanks!

--rob