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    270.61 = pants

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by stevensonja, May 18, 2011.

  1. stevensonja

    stevensonja Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey All,

    With everyone going on about using the 270.61 drivers I thought I'd give it go but I've seen an obvious decrease in performance.

    I'm playing Mount & blade warband which ran flawlesslessly on max with the default dell drivers, since I've applied the 270.61 drivers its stuttering like btch.

    Has anyone else noticed adverse effects and how do I get back to the older drivers?

    Thanks people!
     
    stevensonja, May 18, 2011
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    Jetbo Notebook Consultant

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    Upgrade to the 275.27 beta
     
    Jetbo, May 18, 2011
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    humjaba Notebook Consultant

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    I tried running these drivers with BF:BC2 and the screen wouldn't stop flickering (black). So I went back to the drivers included on the resource DVD. (267.whatever)
     
    humjaba, May 18, 2011
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    I also saw a noticeable decrease in performance when running benchmarks and some games. For now i'm sticking with the dell drivers.
     
    mojorific, May 18, 2011
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    How do you downgrade back?
     
    Mudig, May 19, 2011
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    Serephucus Notebook Deity

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    Search for "Beta and archived drivers", and download whatever version you want.
     
    Serephucus, May 19, 2011
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    Download the older driver from the dell.com website. Uninstall your drivers (via control panel), and restart. After restart, install your original driver that you downloaded.

    One more restart and you should be back to the original.
     
    mojorific, May 19, 2011
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    The correct drivers also come on the Resource DVD that came with the laptop.
     
    humjaba, May 19, 2011
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    got the same thing, those drivers suck
     
    mrbee33, May 19, 2011
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    Perfect.. worked a treat. I downloaded the latest video drivers from DELL for the m14x and at it freaked out saying I'm trying to run a 32-bit exe for 64-bit window... FAIL ..

    Went back to the drivers on the resouce CD and my games running nice again.

    If it aint broke don't fix it :D
     
    stevensonja, May 19, 2011
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