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    Nvidia 347.88 WHQL

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by littleone562, Mar 17, 2015.

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    littleone562, Mar 17, 2015
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    Downloading now. Hope these are the ones that bring back overclocking.
    Need some modded INFs then will install and test. Thanks! :p
     
    reborn2003, Mar 18, 2015
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    Can someone please post the modded INFs for M18R1?
     
    dr_gin_rain, Mar 22, 2015
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    It's quite easy to do yourself.. Read it up...
     
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    Hello...


    I just installed this driver on my m18x r2... im getting some weird throttling while playing bf4.... it happens randomly and it the vid card speeds drop to 2d mode like 400mhz on the core on both and ofcorse i get some heavy lagg that last a few seconds then gets back up. It doesnt seem to happen on bf3 only bf4... can any of you try it see if you guys experience anything like this? I am hoping is not my power brick
     
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    Have you monitored all your component temperature values and behaviour with charts over time?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 27, 2015
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    Might just be this driver Champ!
    I had shocking throttling issues with this particular driver set. If it continues try DDU the driver and using a different one. 347.90 is giving people some good non throttling results atm.

    Cheers. :)
     
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    Guys I am getting some serious throttling when i overclock using this this driver 350.05 and also 347.88. I am using m18x r2 with 780m SLI.
    i have seen it in battlefield hardline and battlefield 4.
    hoping it has nothing to do with my laptop and is just 2 bad drivers.

    is anyone else having this problem??????

    thanks
     
    Juang1985, Apr 4, 2015
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    LMAO, besides always crashing yes I too also see serious throttling when playing BF Hardline. Card down to 940MHZ instead of its normal 1090mhz. I don't care just want to finish and be done with it. BF Hardline just bad game.
     
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    somehow most the issues I read in forums are related to BF, sounds like a poorly coded game. I have BF 4 as well and as soon as I installed it, if I run it, it would crash right away......but a reboot fixed that
     
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    BF4 is rock stable now... Maybe 1.5 years ago, I used to get crashes however I haven't crashed for months... BF Hardline ia a bit buggy but give them some time.. Eveyrthing will be ironed out..
     
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    Umm, no offense TomJGX but if I would have been told BF Hardline was going to be so crappy I would not have spent 60USD, hard earned money on it. Either the product is fit for consumer use or it's not. If not sell it at reduced price. I shouldn't have to wait weeks or months for it to run properly. What was the point of beta testing the stupid game if on launch it still has problems.
     
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    You should have read up before spending it.. I saved almost £30 on BF4+premium, waiting for a few months before getting BF4 and saving myself a lot of trouble!
     
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    Absolutely right. Should have read up on this money grubbing company that puts out triple F games before it's ready for prime time. Game would've been better if company released one fully functioning episode at a time. Like Telltales the Wolf among Us, The walking Dead.
     
    Scanner, Apr 5, 2015
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