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    M17x R1 what nvidia driver do you use?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by .breath, May 31, 2011.

  1. .breath

    .breath Notebook Consultant

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    Im sticking with P06, is anyone using other versions?
    Did you tweak the bios to use them?
     
    .breath, May 31, 2011
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Disable PCI Gen2 in BIOS under Advanced Options > Graphic Options.
    Clean your current drivers and try the latest ones ;)
     
    katalin_2003, May 31, 2011
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    wacdag Notebook Consultant

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    Agreed, my preference is the latest nvidia driver + disabling PCI Gen 2. As stable as the P06 driver is you do get slightly better performance from the latest nvidia driver.
     
    wacdag, May 31, 2011
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  4. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    plus SLi support for newer games :D
     
    katalin_2003, May 31, 2011
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    gyllenbuste Newbie

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    NVIDIA driver 259.64 with BIOS A2 and disabled PCI E2.

    Seems stable after the PCI E2 was disabled (lots of audio hang, video driver restart og blackscreen/need for hard reboot power button using PCI E2).

    Motherboard was replaced a couple of months ago due to dedicated graphic cards disfunction (only onboard NVIDIA 9400 card working at that time).
     
    gyllenbuste, Jul 18, 2011
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    so.cl Newbie

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    http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-266.58-whql-driver.html

    This driver is stable and with Gen2 turned off and the onboard card disabled it runs everything except battlefield 3. I have been running this driver now for 6 months without any problems. It is a one year old driver (Jan 2011) but until the new drivers start supporting the GTX 260 sli setup in the R1, its only driver that works. 3D VISION ALSO RUNNING! :eek:
     
    so.cl, Jan 30, 2012
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  7. tyranus7

    tyranus7 Notebook Evangelist

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    you can use, lastest drivers, you just have to replace on the setup folder, with the proper modded .inf file.
     
    tyranus7, Jan 31, 2012
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