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    Best driver for my XPS M1530 8600M GT?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by umhaha, Aug 13, 2010.

  1. umhaha

    umhaha Notebook Consultant

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    I know my laptop is getting a little old, but I still play few games and want to be able to play them at a higher, but playable settings. What nvidia drivers would you recommend for me?

    my specs:
    Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.2GHz
    3070MR RAM
    DirectX 10
    NVidia GeForce 8600M GT
     
    umhaha, Aug 13, 2010
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  2. Kilador

    Kilador Notebook Consultant

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    nVidia 186.82 works very nicely, but it may get a bit outdated soon.
     
    Kilador, Aug 13, 2010
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  3. hidz7

    hidz7 Notebook Consultant

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    hi kilador...may i ask?

    did you overclock your gc?the 3dmark06 seems very high for 8600m gt..
     
    hidz7, Aug 13, 2010
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  4. Kilador

    Kilador Notebook Consultant

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    yes, it is overclocked 625/800 constantly, and gives me almost 5800 3Dmark06 ^^
    Anyway, I saw somewhere in this forum a M1530 with a bit more than 6000, dunno if that notebook is still alive tho :p
     
    Kilador, Aug 15, 2010
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  5. hidz7

    hidz7 Notebook Consultant

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    lol..but yours is still going strong..and that's very good thing when overclocking :)
     
    hidz7, Aug 15, 2010
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  6. taruian

    taruian Notebook Consultant

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    Try 258.96_notebook_winvista_win7_32bit_international_whql Driver.
    My gpu idles at 54c with this driver. :)
     
    taruian, Aug 15, 2010
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  7. Kilador

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    Yeah, I'm one of the few happy M1530 users in this forum (probably because 97% of users posting here are the ones with troubles).
     
    Kilador, Aug 15, 2010
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    I got 6516 pts on3DMark06, overclocked at 715/1033
     
    mirage_bg, Aug 15, 2010
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  9. Kilador

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    That's quite a good score! Although I personally would be afraid to clock the memory that high, as it's got no temp sensor on it.

    Nice to see other functional M1530 around here ^^
     
    Kilador, Aug 16, 2010
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  10. Moa

    Moa Notebook Guru

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    Max 78 degrees? How is that possible, i often reach 90, with completely lint free fan and arctic cooling paste 580/800
     
    Moa, Oct 17, 2010
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