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    Nvidia drivers: 331.65 from Dell site, really??

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by johannesynt, Nov 19, 2014.

  1. johannesynt

    johannesynt Notebook Guru

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    Hi, i have just formatted and installed win 8.1 pro. On Dell site, with my service tag, for win 8.1, i found nvidia drivers 331.65..but really? 331.65 is an old (very old) version; yesterday nvidia released the 344.75. Now, i'd like to install a stable and tested version, but not 331.65 (January 2014).
    Any suggestion? thanks
     
    johannesynt, Nov 19, 2014
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  2. Lozz

    Lozz Top Overpriced Dell

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    Traditionally, Dell only releases tested and verified stable drivers every 4-6months.

    Given the AW14 is no longer in production I doubt there will be any future updates to dell ''approved' drivers.

    Which is disappointing because I have serious problems using anything newer than 340.52, with the latest drivers this happens;

    [​IMG]
     
    Lozz, Nov 22, 2014
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    tfmc08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I get that too and it's good to know it just was not me. I decided just to use the old drivers because having to roll back to them and install the new drivers just got old fast. It sucks that they will probably never fix this problem. :cry:
     
    tfmc08, Nov 22, 2014
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    Zoiczy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im using mx14r2 and the latest driver which has no throttles is the 331.82. Any-thing else has throttles. ie.: the newest ie.: 344.75. I had tested all version and force the temperature upper than 69 degree. Im using unlocked a13 bios version, bi-di protchot is also enabled (doesnt matter on or off).
     
    Zoiczy, Nov 23, 2014
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    Snakeshadeus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea I'm having the same screen problem with any newer driver, but the last one that works for me and I have to revert to is 344.11 (downloaded from Nvidia site), maybe give it a try since it is at least newer than 340.52.
     
    Snakeshadeus, Nov 24, 2014
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    Ha! You should check out the HP Envy forums. They usually only get 1 version and they are done.

    There were a few models that never got proper windows 8 video drivers.
     
    Redbeard, Nov 24, 2014
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  7. johannesynt

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    Ok, thanks for the answers. For now, i go with 331.65
     
    johannesynt, Nov 30, 2014
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    I would like to report that I just installed the new 347.09 beta drivers from Nvidia site and the screen issue is gone, so you fellow 14 owners should give it a try, here's the link to Nvidia downloads, cheers.

    http://www.geforce.com/drivers
     
    Snakeshadeus, Dec 17, 2014
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  9. johannesynt

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    Thanks for the suggetion.
    I tried, but i got "file not found" that version from geforce.com
     
    johannesynt, Dec 18, 2014
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    Ok now the download page works.
    So, now i still have 331.65...but tell me,you after 2 days with new 347.09, no issues?
    thanks
     
    johannesynt, Dec 19, 2014
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  11. Snakeshadeus

    Snakeshadeus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea no problems at all with 347.09, it increased the performance in newer games considerably and increased my 3DMark11 score from P4346 (344.11 drivers) to P4371.
     
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    Snakeshadeus, Dec 19, 2014
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