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    New nvidia beta 270.51 drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by widezu69, Mar 30, 2011.

  1. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    As title says. Will test and report.
     
    widezu69, Mar 30, 2011
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    kasperkno Newbie

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    Mine just crashed - second times in two days. And the recommended drivers crashes in the game "league of legends". The only one working for me is the stock drivers, but cant find them anymore -.-
     
    kasperkno, Mar 30, 2011
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    pepemosca, Mar 30, 2011
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  4. widezu69

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    Reverted back the the WHQLs because custom refresh rates aren't working.
     
    widezu69, Mar 30, 2011
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    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    I've just never had good luck with non Dell drivers on my M15x.
     
    JWest, Mar 30, 2011
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    Which version are you using?
     
    pepemosca, Mar 30, 2011
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    267.76. It works fine for me. Good performance and compatibility. Brightness controll etc all present.
     
    widezu69, Mar 30, 2011
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    They seem to work well for most applications - except that 3dmark06 performance in the first scene (at least) dropped bu a factor of 3. I think it's an aberrant setting, because performance other wise seems fine.

    Joe

    PS - I figured it out - it was settings. Now all is fine - and 3dmark is 12040 - a bit higher. (740QM, 8GB, 260m, and 600x900 display.

    J
     
    Jdpurvis, Apr 2, 2011
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    ...I've tried all the drivers on my Dell OEM GTX460M and I conclude that the 267.76 works the best of the lot. I won't be trying other drivers anytime soon because quite frankly I'm tired of shuffling around my video drivers..not that it's a lot of hassles anymore...but because I think I've found the best drivers for my system as of today. I play Crysis 2 @ 1080p,advanced settings and FPS hovers around 35-45 and I'm pretty satisfied.
    Just my 0.02. ;)
     
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    DraZziW Notebook Consultant

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    yep 267.76 work flawlessly on 460m :D
     
    DraZziW, Apr 3, 2011
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    Hey guys give me please a link for 267, I use 259. :D
     
    Metalocalypse, Apr 7, 2011
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    pepemosca, Apr 7, 2011
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