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    XPS graphics issue

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bartass, Mar 14, 2011.

  1. bartass

    bartass Newbie

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    Hey,

    I am experiencing some difficulties after updating drivers of my NVIDIAŸ GeForceŸ GT 420M to the version of 8.17.12.6639. After the update was made, I have noticed that my fps drops badly when playing day of defeat for instance. everything goes smoothly until I meet somebody in the game, then fps drops rapidly to 9.

    My specs are:
    IntelŸ Core™ i5-560M (2.66GHz, 4 threads, turbo boost up to 3.33Ghz, 3M cache)
    4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
    500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
    NVIDIAŸ GeForceŸ GT 420M 1GB graphics with Optimus

    Plz help!
     
    bartass, Mar 14, 2011
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  2. bydoempire

    bydoempire Notebook Geek

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    my guess would be the issues the source engine has with optimus. i *believe* the solution is to roll back to an earlier driver version until nvidia fixes this.
     
    bydoempire, Mar 14, 2011
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  3. bartass

    bartass Newbie

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    how can I get the older version of the driver? U may download only the latest one on Dell's product support website :<

    EDIT:
    I found it, thx
     
    bartass, Mar 14, 2011
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  4. kgh00007

    kgh00007 Notebook Evangelist

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    I would download the latest version from the NVIDIA wbesite, 266.58 WHQL, I've been using it for a few weeks now and no issues when playing any games including Crysis 2 Demo
     
    kgh00007, Mar 15, 2011
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