What is the best AMD driver for an AMD Radeon R7 M265 2GB Graphics Card?

[fAEtusDeletus]

Hey guys,

I have a Lenovo laptop G510:

Intel Core i7-4700MQ 2.40GHz

AMD Radeon R7 M265 2GB dedicated video card

8GB Ram

I'm running on Windows 10 Pro 64x

I bought the Laptop back in 2015 and game on it from time to time, but I know it's not very good for that and most recent games don't run quite well.

I also experience difficulty with most AMD drivers, especially with switching between the dedicated graphics card. This is why I've gone back to this old one and I've noticed unplayable games become playable once more, but I wonder if there is a newer driver, capable of improving the framerate even more.

My current driver version is 15.200.1045.0 (6/22/2015), rather an old driver, but is the latest, and only one, the Lenovo website offers.

Games, which I noticed improvement in, once going back to the old driver: All the WWE 2K games, Hitman(2016) older titles including Fallout 3.

[Omega]

The latest one.

You are currently running a 3 year old driver + all the issues which come with running outdated GPU drivers.

Install 18.5.1 (Stable) or 18.7.1 (Unstable). Don't update, wipe the old drivers with DDU and install the new ones.

You need to make sure the GPU is properly configured in the Crimson Control Panel if you are having issues with it not switching to the discrete chip.

[mtono]

hello Omega and others!

i never had any troubles updating my gpu drivers by uninstallation of the older drivers and installation of the newer one without using DDU. i think nvidia and AMD know best how to install/ uninstall thier drivers. what is better with DDU? i think nothing. and in earlier days the use of, for example, registry cleaners was sometimes a big trouble, because the registry cleaner deleted data that would have been necessary for windows to run( i noticed that in windows XP times ~15 years ago).
my question is: why do I need DDU?
btw: in the software is a "donate" function. i think this is all the person who was programming the software wants from the user of DDU.
i dont want to be offensive. i just doubt that this software is necessary. what do you say? sometimes i become angry when i see software like DDU with "donate" button, because i doubt that this software is needed.
kind regards

[Sapph]

Originally posted by professor pilz:

hello Omega and others!

i never had any troubles updating my gpu drivers by uninstallation of the older drivers and installation of the newer one without using DDU. i think nvidia and AMD know best how to install/ uninstall thier drivers. what is better with DDU? i think nothing. and in earlier days the use of, for example, registry cleaners was sometimes a big trouble, because the registry cleaner deleted data that would have been necessary for windows to run( i noticed that in windows XP times ~15 years ago).
my question is: why do I need DDU?
btw: in the software is a "donate" function. i think this is all the person who was programming the software wants from the user of DDU.
i dont want to be offensive. i just doubt that this software is necessary. what do you say? sometimes i become angry when i see software like DDU with "donate" button, because i doubt that this software is needed.
kind regards

DDU cleans ALL possible files of the driver.
If you uninstall it normally through Windows, it may leave some files behind that will mess with the new.
It simply makes it sure the driver installation is completely fresh.

DDU is a great program to have and has fixed countless of driver problems that may have arised from installation gone wrong or old drivers still persisting even after normal uninstall.


DOnate is there because the person is doing such a great job for free and offering the program for free. He has used his free time to make a useful program that helps with huge amount of issues.
So if user feels like it, they can donate to support his work.

[mtono]

yes, but i don't think that nvidia and AMD are not able to let this be done without DDU. that is all I want to say...i am sorry

[Sapph]

Originally posted by professor pilz:

yes, but i don't think that nvidia and AMD are not able to let this be done without DDU. that is all I want to say...i am sorry

Of course you can just uninstall the drivers normally through Windows. But as I said, that can leave some files and registry behind which will mess up with the new installation.

DDU just simply makes it as if the driver never was there. And you can make a complete fresh install.

So using it in this case is a precaution. Otherwise it's used as a fix for various problems.

[mtono]

ok. I just wnated to mention, that I never had troubles without DDU.
kind regards

[Raoul]

Originally posted by professor pilz:

ok. I just wnated to mention, that I never had troubles without DDU.
kind regards

Well actually AMD had a support page where you could download a similar program like DDU which would do more then what the uninstaller does for the driver getting rid of old registries and files that get left behind but DDU is a godsend really because its a very easy way of letting you get to safe mode clean out the drivers wether integrated nvidia or amd and then restart it for you almost like installing your os from scratch. Definately recommended and nothing like the old registry cleaners that would delete essentials and cause issues.

Originally posted by PumpkinSmasher79:

I also experience difficulty with most AMD drivers, especially with switching between the dedicated graphics card. This is why I've gone back to this old one and I've noticed unplayable games become playable once more, but I wonder if there is a newer driver, capable of improving the framerate even more.

You should check form the amd site for a newer driver for that exact card ( I see a 2018 for the m265 listed) and try to update it vs the lenovo site which doesn't always get the updated revisions listed. It will fail if you select an incompatible one or if Lenovo software locks you out of updating it. If it does try a different compatible version till you get one that goes through and try to uninstall your current one before trying again.

[gjeszka]

Hi, is there any more fresh and working driver for g510 r7?

[Cathulhu]

https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/amd-radeon-r7-series/amd-radeon-r7-200-series/amd-radeon-r7-m265
The latest was released back in 2021.

[gjeszka]

Laptop hang up at ~80% of installation. Im wait 15 min and reboot. Need to test it, but this is creepy.

[jeffpmaxs6]

Originally posted by mtono:

yes, but i don't think that nvidia and AMD are not able to let this be done without DDU. that is all I want to say...i am sorry

I agree DDU was something I learned about when I first started PC ing 24 yrs ago, but unnecessary and not a fix all, if fix anything.

[rokushiki1234]

very good