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    Drivers went to crap

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ElectRo`, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. ElectRo`

    ElectRo` Notebook Enthusiast

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    How can a driver that ive been using since it came out just go to crap all of the sudden

    Ive been using 169.09 video drivers from LV2G for a long time. I mainly play CS:S and got a decent 150-180ish fps standing still and meybe a 80-100ish playing. All Depending on how many people are in the server. Use a script to remove simple things nothing to complex. Even COD4 is playable. I had reinstalled Vista from upgrade anytime CD and didnt use the acer recovery CD. Fresh install really didnt pickup my mic no matter how loud i talked into it so i reinstalled the driver from acer since the newest driver from realtek causes ingame lag. Found my voice just fine but i thought that is what caused me to skip every few secs ingame. Reverted back to original sound driver and it still skips. Like my rates arent fixed but they really are , itll pause quickly every 2-3 secs
    I NOW have tried
    174.31
    169.29
    180.40
    180.70 << currently on
    and none had the same performance the 169.09 had but it did remove the skip. I also tried going to back to 169.09 and no joy
    the most i get is 100 fps nothing over that and average about 40ish. 50 man office isnt even playable anymore a crappy 20 fps compared to 50 fps standing there

    only thing i can think of it something is conflicting with something, next option is imma reinstall video drivers to default acers, reinstall CS:S and then play for like 10 min and see how crappy they are, and install the 169.09

    im sick of trying to find the perfect drivers and sick that i cant play a game without thinking these drivers are crap lets go find new ones.

    Vista Home Prem
    T5250 cpu
    256mb 8600 gt
    2 gigs ram
    undervolt to the lowest possible settings
     
    ElectRo`, Dec 21, 2008
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  2. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    What about the 179.28 drivers from Nvidia?
     
    ScifiMike12, Dec 21, 2008
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  3. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    I don't usually think it is a big deal, but after uninstall your drivers, you should boot into safe mode (F8 at startup) and run Driver Sweeper. THEN boot into normal mode and install your new drivers. Driver Sweeper will be able to clear out remnants of Nvidia and Realtek so you know no driver remnants are causing conflicts or issues.

    Try the new Mobile drivers released on Nvidia's website, ScifiMike12 mentions them above.
     
    StormEffect, Dec 21, 2008
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