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    Verde 301.24 BETA Driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by FearEffect, Apr 9, 2012.

  1. FearEffect

    FearEffect Notebook Guru

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    Bout to download now, thanks for that m8t
     
    mudfl4p, Apr 9, 2012
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    dragonx254 Notebook Geek

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    After installation, the "Run with Graphics processor" option is gone with right clicking, and the NVIDIA Control Panel has lost most of its features.

    I'm wondering if it's broken.

    EDIT: Never mind, I forgot that I never restarted my computer last night.
     
    dragonx254, Apr 11, 2012
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  4. Gunnar44

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    Ran D3 and Amalur for a few hours each last night. Seems stable as hell. No problems with either game.

    By the way I don't OC anything.
     
    Gunnar44, Apr 12, 2012
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    Voodooi AFK for a while...

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    I found one issue with this new driver.

    Played BF2 a couple hours ago and during games, I occasionally get a black screen (minus the mini map) for a few seconds and then it returns. Previous driver had no issues in this game. Just FYI for anyone who plays this particular game - I don't imagine it's much people since there's only a few servers up (7-8) since everyone moved to BF3.
     
    Voodooi, Apr 13, 2012
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    Also wanted to report:

    Like the previous driver before this, it's causing issues in SWTOR.

    I was lagging in warzones all night when several people were on my screen. It's as if I took a significant performance hit using this driver.

    I've never, ever lagged in SWTOR on previous drivers (aside from this one and the one before it).

    Rolling back to a few drivers ago.
     
    Voodooi, Apr 15, 2012
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    Works fine for Dota 2.
     
    DC87, Apr 15, 2012
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    I also want to report that whatever reason this driver version seem to not liking those who OC their GPU, because @800/1600 on the v295.73, it work perfectly, but with this version, Skyrim and BF3 crash just after I double click each game .exe, so I guess I'll be sticking to the 295.73 for now.
     
    CGSDR, Apr 15, 2012
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  9. CrossXedge

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    Whoa this driver is bad, my framerates are slideshows on this version.
     
    CrossXedge, Apr 17, 2012
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