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    M17x R1 with 280M cards - crashing in WoW Cata - Advice?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Fezziwig, Dec 18, 2010.

  1. Fezziwig

    Fezziwig Notebook Guru

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    Well, just started playing Cataclysm. I get a crash where the screen freezes, and then sometimes resets after going to a black screen. Sometimes it crashes completely to black screen and I have to hard reboot. Is this an SLI problem? I am using 280M cards in SLI and 260.99 drivers.
     
    Fezziwig, Dec 18, 2010
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    it's a driver issue,try the beta ones on Dell's site (197.84) they're rock stable.
    i myself had the 260.99 and more before but never stable as the beta ones. Good gaming!
     
    katalin_2003, Dec 18, 2010
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    Fezziwig Notebook Guru

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    Darn, I was hoping to keep these 260.99 drivers. Anything earlier and I crash all the time in Dragon Age Origins and Civ V, although 197.84 were generally very stable for me. Always have had issues with the graphics drivers and my 280M cards. Guess I'll try disabling SLI for WOW.
     
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    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    This happens to me as well, 5870CF. I've heard it's happening to everyone, regardless of configuration, desktop/laptop, etc.
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 18, 2010
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    Fezziwig Notebook Guru

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    That stinks. Well, I hope Blizzard patches this quickly. I couldn't run a single dungeon instance yesterday with the black screening and such. I guess I'll try it without SLI today and see what happens.
     
    Fezziwig, Dec 19, 2010
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