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    Razer Blade Windows 8.1 GPU issues

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by ryajso, Dec 15, 2013.

  1. ryajso

    ryajso Notebook Consultant

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    So my Razer Blade 14 came stock with windows 8.1 and as such, I have had troubles with the GPU. The newer nvidia drivers frequently crash, displaying the message "the display driver has stopped responding" and the performance is inconsistent and lower than the stock drivers. I don`t mind sticking with the stock drivers, but i was wondering why theoretical driver updates are hindering the computer`s performance. Coming from a W230ST, I found that the 765m, being a cool running chip, responded excellently to overclocking, my W230ST often achieved higher fps despite running games at 1080p than the razer running stock clocks at 900p. Whenever i try to overclock, the display driver often crashes, the performance become inconsistent and sometimes the computer blue screens.I have tried MSI afterburner, nvidia inspector, evga precision x and rivatuner. If any of you guys have had success overclocking you razers on 8.1, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share, thanks.
     
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    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Can you install the latest driver from nvidia?
     
  3. ryajso

    ryajso Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, drivers are ok now, for some reason needed a double reboot to work properly, i`m still interested in oc though, sizable performance increase just from bandwidth increase.