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    Which drivers does Just Cause 2 work with?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by UnivHQ, Aug 15, 2010.

  1. UnivHQ

    UnivHQ Notebook Guru

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    The game was running fine with the stock drivers but after I updated to the Dell 257.30, I cant even start the game anymore. I keep getting the DirectX error. So anyone who has this game been able to run it with any other driver expect for the stock?

    thanx
     
    UnivHQ, Aug 15, 2010
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  2. outspaced

    outspaced Notebook Consultant

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    258.96 works great, the game runs so well on my r2.
     
    outspaced, Aug 15, 2010
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  3. BhavinsAWalphaomega

    BhavinsAWalphaomega Notebook Enthusiast

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    Have you had any luck with Transformers War for Cybertron?
     
    BhavinsAWalphaomega, Aug 15, 2010
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    Haven't tried that but if there's a demo I'll have a go.
     
    outspaced, Aug 15, 2010
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    THX5334 Notebook Evangelist

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    It also works great with this driver set. This driver set plays everything and is great but does not fix the punkbuster issue.
     
    THX5334, Aug 15, 2010
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    Radam Notebook Geek

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    I am using the 258.96 beta drivers still (which are basically the same as mainstream), and it works great for me!
     
    Radam, Aug 15, 2010
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  7. BhavinsAWalphaomega

    BhavinsAWalphaomega Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks everyone! I am going to try this driver. I had the other modded one, 18xx.79 and the battery life suddenly went down. I put the old driver back and now its hovering at the usual 6+ hours. What do you guys with the 258.96 drivers see in terms of battery life (normal web browsing, nothing heavy)?
     
    BhavinsAWalphaomega, Aug 15, 2010
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    kopicha Notebook Evangelist

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    I get 5-6hrs on avg depending on what I do most of the time including the 189.79 drivers. I have not seen any battery impact between drivers myself so far. I dont normally look at the windows battery meter since that is completely not accurate. use BatteryBar it will give a more accurate result. Also if you notice a drop using BatteryBar will allow you to check on the avg battery drain as well. From there you can really determine if there is really an increase of power consumption after the drivers switch.
     
    kopicha, Aug 15, 2010
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