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    And Nvidia releases 331.65 WHQL

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MickyD1234, Oct 28, 2013.

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    Finally, a decent driver. 12% in BF4, not bad... Hopefully the next has similar gains.
     
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    Is the 331.65 for all the 17 regardless of video card. I mean I have a new 17 with 770m nvidia card . And also mine has driver 311. Something . My computer works fine . Should I update to the 331.65 or is it just for the 780m. Or should I just leave it alone and not worry about it . I do have battlefield 4 on the way .
    Just curious thanks.
     
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    It's for all Nvidia cards, just that dell only support the one on their drivers site - meaning that you usually have to install their released version to get support. Not a big deal. Just make a note of the exact version you have so you can go back to it if needed ;)

    Try an in-game benchmark and get some numbers before trying - post results :D
     
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    I recommend at least upgrading to 314.22 which was the most stable for me. Currently using 331.58 and it is as good. The ones in between had too much stutter and 320.18 burned/damaged GPUs.
    Will try 331.65 today.
     
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    Agree, that's the one I have always reverted to up to the last WHQL.

    Just giving this one a test in BM AO - all looking sweet - boy does that game run well, best FPS in any game I have and seems even better now! Shame there is no in-game benchmark to see actual numbers :(
     
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    Identical performance to the previous whql driver (331.58) for me, tested on the following game benchmarks: Metro Last Light, Batman Arkham City, Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, F1 2012. No issues so far. (3DMark11 score also identical)
     
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    Thanks, same games and same results for me as well, probably more about trying to fix all the problems....
     
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    Just noticed this after posting in the 331.58 thread xD I get dire performance in GW2 with that driver, hopefully this one sorts it out for me.

    EDIT: Fixed it up nicely. I'm happy now :p
     
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