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    Skyrim Ambient Occlusion / 290.53 on Newer 3GB gt555m?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Latromi, Jan 19, 2012.

  1. Latromi

    Latromi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there anyone who has been able to install this driver and have it work?

    I would like to be able to use Ambient Occlusion on Skyrim, but the install just fails without a modded INF file and Laptopvideo2go doesn't seem to have a working link for the modded INF.

    I currently was able to get 269.37 to work, but for some reason it doesn't unlock the Ambient Occlusion like many sites are saying it should.

    Any help on getting a driver that WILL allow ambient occlusion for Skyrim on the newer card would be awesome.
     
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    Latromi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, with some tweaking using Nvidia Inspector I was able to get ambient occlusion to work with Skyrim. Still have yet to get the 290.53 beta driver working, but that isn't so important to me as getting AO to work.

    I used the settings this imageshack image said to do. I did it on Nvidia Inspector 1.9.5.9, so you don't need the same version he has, the current latest will do the trick. Imageshack - snap2d.png

    I found that image via this youtube video: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - NVIDIA Ambient Occlusion - YouTube

    Now together with those tweaks and the rest of the tweaks found in the Nvidia Tweaks guide, Skyrim is looking and playing great!

    Guides: Five Fast Skyrim Tweaks Guaranteed To Make Your Game Look Better - GeForce
     
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    Hey Latromi,

    I have the 290.53 running without any issues

    have been running those for about 3 weeks now and playing skyrim and modding it heaps without any dramas.
     
    D3athScyth3, Jan 19, 2012
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