Fix for AMD + Intel switchable graphics (Laptops).

[Conrad B. Hart]

Ok so I decided to try the game on my laptop and exactly what other users have been reported happened: It's not picking up correctly the high performance dedicated card, and only the Intel integrated.
I found a fix on the rockstar forums which actually makes the game playable with the RIGHT card, the dedicated one.
In my case it's a HP DV6 with a Radeon HD 7690M XT + Intel HD 3000.

FIX:

Wow.. Installing the Leshcat's 13.12 UnifL driver fixed the problem as this driver set lets us choose who mode we want (Dynamic or Fixed).
Steps:
Uninstall both AMD and Intel driver from your system.
Download DDU and install it.
After the drivers have been unninstalled, use DDU to remove the driver's leftovers/garbage files
Now download the Leschat 13.12 UnifL or 14.4UnifL (Don't download anything above 14.4 as latest versions doesn't support Fixed mode)
Install the Leschat's Driver set.
After reboot, go to your BIOS setup, and make the switchable graphics option to Fixed mode.
Now restart and log in to your account.
Rich click and select "Configure Switchable Graphics" and make the system run under "High Performance" mode.
Now, open GTA V.. Voila! There you go!
Installation Manual: http://leshcatlabs.net/manual_chm/
Download the package: http://leshcatlabs.net/downloads_unfil/

Link to the source[support.rockstargames.com]
Please note that the user there recommended using version 13.12 of the Unifl drivers I instead used 14.14 and it worked just fine(They're the newest available that allow you to use a fixed configuration) DON'T use the new beta drivers. they didnt work for me at all!
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Also note that this will make your laptop use only the high performance dedicated card
Don't forget to uninstall every other driver and follow the instructions carefully.
If you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll see if I can help.

[눈_눈]

My laptop not support Fixed mod. Only selcet Dynamic mod ....T.T

[Conrad B. Hart]

Originally posted by AliceKor_new:

My laptop not support Fixed mod. Only selcet Dynamic mod ....T.T

did you check on your BIOS settings?

[눈_눈]

Originally posted by Conrad B. Hart:

Originally posted by AliceKor_new:

My laptop not support Fixed mod. Only selcet Dynamic mod ....T.T

did you check on your BIOS settings?

Yes. but I can't found switchable setting.....

[Cod Enjoyer]

OH MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GOD

[Scientist Dog]

I have't tried because I can't imagine how awful the perfonmance would be with one year old drivers.

I've tried in my desktop with an A10-7700K APU and I went from playing with Normal settings to High/Very High updating from 14.12 Omega to 15.4 Beta.

It must be unplayable with a 7670M (in my case) and old drivers, my APU is three times faster than that discrete mobile GPU..

[Conrad B. Hart]

actually no. It runs pretty decent for what it is. I mean I still play the game mostly on my desktop. but when I'm at work I like to play at my laptop lol and honestly since it runs with directx11 it was pretty bearable on medium settings and fluctuatin between 55-65fps.

[r4u1]

did anyone try this on win 8.1?

[mastel]

I have this same problem with switchable graphics, but as soon as I'm switching to fixed mode (aka UMA in my case) windows keeps telling me there are no AMD drivers installed and the ATI desktop has to be removed. Also there is no entry in the context menu which allows you to change the mode to High Performance.

Any suggestions?

Btw I'm using the 14.4 version, the 13.12 won't install.

[Pregnancy_Test]

Originally posted by mastel:

I have this same problem with switchable graphics, but as soon as I'm switching to fixed mode (aka UMA in my case) windows keeps telling me there are no AMD drivers installed and the ATI desktop has to be removed. Also there is no entry in the context menu which allows you to change the mode to High Performance.

Any suggestions?

Btw I'm using the 14.4 version, the 13.12 won't install.

Originally posted by Damn it Today is Monday:

Originally posted by Clark303:

Who hasn't seen it, THIS fixes it for now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeelGDyaI0g
Try this, it works for me. btw I'm using the latest beta driver on Windows 7

[mastel]

Originally posted by Damn it Today is Monday:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Clark303:
Who hasn't seen it, THIS fixes it for now:


YouTube™-Video: GTA 5 Intel/AMD Switchable Graphics HOTFIX V2
Aufrufe: 20,929
Simple: Open game, open hotfix, done. Hotfix download: http://techcoders.net/pages/gta5.html (Final Release: 09/05/2015) Enjoy!

Try this, it works for me. btw I'm using the latest beta driver on Windows 7

I tried this method before, but I tried it again. However, it keeps telling me that I'm opening the game to fast. I tried several timings but it keeps killing the game.
Additionally I tried the new 15.5 AMD beta driver but it doesn't fix the problem either.
I'm running out of ideas.

[Aniket]

Guys use the hotfix! It works but with a lot of frame drops ofc.
Its working on win 8.1 and win 10 as well.

@mastel : Run the hotfix as an admin after the rockstar social club auto signs in and closes.
That should fix the problem and use 15.4 Beta drivers.

[mastel]

@|WaR| Aniket: That doesn't work, too. It gives me always the same error message:

GTA V process found. Please wait..

Received exception event.
First chance exception: 1
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 0000000208B51424
Stepping over address.

Could not read from 0000000208B51424. Error = 12B

You are opening the game too fast.
Killing GTA5.exe process, try again.

Could not read from 0000000000000000. Error = 12B

You are opening the game too fast.
Killing GTA5.exe process, try again.

Could not read from 0000000208B51424. Error = 12B

You are opening the game too fast.
Killing GTA5.exe process, try again.
Could not stop debugging process 2040. Error = 57

GTA5 crashed or was closed.

EDIT: btw, I'm using Windows 8.1 and the european retail version of GTA V.
EDIT2: I think I got it to work for the first time (yay). The problem was that the power mode was on energy saving; now I put it on High Performance. But what will happen if I change a setting and the game has to restart, will it still work or do I have to use the Fix again?

[Scientist Dog]

I haven't try that fix, but I'm using this one that I've found after spending hours by trial and error. I've tried with 14.12 WHQL and 15.4 Beta, the last ones works better.

First (you need to do this only once):
Method 1:
1) Go to Energy options in Windows (I don't know the exactly names, I have my system in Spanish)
2) Advanced Config
3) Select Power Saving
4) Go Switchable Graphics - Global config
5) Select Force graphics for power saving (or something like that), in both, battery or pluged-in

Method 2:
1) Choose Power Saving Mode
1) Open AMD Catalyst Control Center
2) Go to Energy - Switchable graphics configuration
3) Select Power Saving
4) Go Switchable Graphics - Global Config
5) Select Force graphics for power saving (or something like that), in both, battery or pluged-in

Now, you have to repeat the next steps every time you run GTA.

1) Go to your Documents Folder -> Rockstar Games -> GTA V.
2) Delete setting.xml file.
3) Set your computer in Power Saving
4) Run Steam (if you have the Steam version), launch GTA V, and wait for Rockstar SC launcher to log-in and close (you will have to choose launch Normal if it had crashed before).
5) You will receive a warning window saying your computer doesn't match the minimum requirements,and if you want to proceed or not.
6) Don't touch it, and change the power mode to High performance and accept after that.
7) Enjoy GTA running on your discrete graphics! But remember to adjust game settings, because it will start at 800x600 with everything in low. Don't change settings that require to restart the game (like textures), because it will crash the next time.
8) You have to repeat this every time you want to play. So remember the best settings for your computer, because you will have to reset it every time. :(


PS: If want to run the game just with the integrated graphics, accept the warning without changing to High Performance. It will crash at the loading screen. The open the setting.xml created, and change the 2 value in "<DX_Version value="2"/> line for 0 or 1 (DX11 doesn't work very well with Intel graphics.

PS2: Maybe you can pre-set the graphics settings adding some lines to commandline.txt. I'll try that later.

http://www.gta5cheats.com/pc-launch-commands/

[Conrad B. Hart]

Please don't post more ways to run the game on your integrated cards. They are all over the internet and they don't really solve the issue. The whole idea is being able to play it on dedicated graphics cards on switchable gpu laptops (AMD in my case). So let's keep the thread on topic, thanks.

[Scientist Dog]

Originally posted by Conrad B. Hart:

Please don't post more ways to run the game on your integrated cards. They are all over the internet and they don't really solve the issue. The whole idea is being able to play it on dedicated graphics cards on switchable gpu laptops (AMD in my case). So let's keep the thread on topic, thanks.

Ehmm, that's what my last post was about, running the with the dedicated card (with AMD).

And the commandline.txt pre-settings work, so I don't have to change setting every time I run the game anymore.