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    Which Nvidia drivers do you use?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by vortexblade, Nov 28, 2011.

  1. vortexblade

    vortexblade Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all,

    When I launch BF3 I receive an error my drivers are not up to date. Not that I really care what BF3 tells me, because on medium settings the game runs great. But it got me thinking, what drivers should I use. I downloaded the newest non-beta drivers from the nvidia site 285.62, but did not install them yet.

    Right now I use the drivers from the dell site 267.21. I have had 0 issues with these drivers in games like skyrim, portal 2 and battlefield 3 (except the message ofcouse) and never had to whitelist anything for the gt555 to kick in.

    Which drivers do you guys use, and why?
    Are there any reason not to use the newest drivers or beta drivers?


    Edit: Nvidea should ofcourse be Nvidia ;)
     
    vortexblade, Nov 28, 2011
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  2. smokingjam

    smokingjam Notebook Evangelist

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    i use 290.26. no reason i just keep drivers up to date. plus it says each time it improves certain games.
     
    smokingjam, Nov 28, 2011
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    PureXTC Notebook Enthusiast

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    After I installed the latest beta my Fire Fox had a memory leak, I had to revert back to the previous one.
     
    PureXTC, Nov 29, 2011
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    Use Google Chrome if possible because Google Chrome not only use less memory as FF and IE, it will also run/start/load faster than FF and IE too.
     
    CGSDR, Nov 30, 2011
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