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    R2 owners who play SC2 online...please post your drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by poetryrocksalot, Apr 28, 2011.

  1. poetryrocksalot

    poetryrocksalot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Please post your driver when you play starcraft 2 and tell me if you ever had a BSOD/system crash while playing SC2.
     
    poetryrocksalot, Apr 28, 2011
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    nvidia 270.61
    160hz w/turbo
    ThrottleStop to 30/30

    Average 50-60fps

    I've never had a crash, but recently during each game I experience at least one severe drop in frame rate that lasts for a good minute or so.

    I haven't experienced this before and don't know what triggered it. I tried overclocking my GPU but it made no difference
     
    end0fline, Apr 28, 2011
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    Nvidia 270.61
     
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    How did you guys update your drivers? Did you just use the installer? Or did you do a clean install in which you delete registry keys and old drivers with a driver sweeper?
     
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    I use the installer. Click Custom Installation then Clean Install.
     
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    i play on all low settings on my high end desktop as well as on my m11x
     
    brontosaurus, Apr 28, 2011
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    ajslay Overclocker, PC Builder

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    overclocking the gpu will make an exceptional difference in a gpu based game, not a cpu based game.
     
    ajslay, Apr 28, 2011
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    medium/high at 1280x720 smooth imo avg in 30-40. no OC.
     
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    This can't be true. These drivers, except for 260.99 will crash when playing Starcraft II and Warcraft III. Did you guys who posted here, even read that this question was directed to Starcraft II players?
     
    poetryrocksalot, Apr 30, 2011
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    260.99 worked fine for me, but i use 270.xx now.....30 fps for 2v2 on avg.....i run it on 1980 on external..
     
    Intangble, Apr 30, 2011
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