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    New NV Driver 347.25 WHQL

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MickyD1234, Jan 22, 2015.

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    MickyD1234, Jan 22, 2015
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    Always on the ball with nvidia updates, will try them now as well. New GF experience v2.2.2 as well.
     
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    what the!!!! still no OC support, nvidia you are really getting on my nerves here
     
    heibk201, Jan 22, 2015
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    I tried them as well and they didn't work. Went with the latest drivers from laptopvideo2go
     
    just1tree, Jan 22, 2015
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    That's kinda strange, along with dell not having an 'authorized' release on their site? Assuming this is on an AW 17 R2?
     
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    9XX card?
    10cha
     
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    Best place to make a big stink about NVIDIA's half-butted Maxwell driver support is their forum. They don't read posts here and hardly anyone is complaining in their forums. Here is a link to my disgruntled post at GeForce Community... LINK

    Please go there and complain. It might help. If nobody does, things will only get worse.
     
    Mr. Fox, Jan 23, 2015
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    Seems the problem at least got an acknowledgement https://forums.geforce.com/default/...-driver-feedback-thread/post/4430190/#4430190 this time...

    Of course ignore your post, typical Nvidia forum support :mad:.
     
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    So, after some testing this driver it's a bit of a mixed bag for me.

    On the plus it's certainly more stable than the last one. Not only can I use my overclocks that I could earlier I managed to get Heaven 4 to break 1Ghz (1006mhz)!

    In the real world though most games were the same or a little worse except BMAO, that got a bad hit on the FPS. Luckily for me my current game, AC: Unity, got a decent boost. It doesn't have a benchmark but with mostly ultra and high settings I went from 45 - 55 FPS to 55-65FPS mostly. That is on a lower overclock as it crashes at anything over +220mhz.

    Temps still under 75C, sweet card!
     
    MickyD1234, Jan 23, 2015
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