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    New NV WHQL driver 332.21.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MickyD1234, Jan 7, 2014.

  1. MickyD1234

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    Thanks for the update, will try them and report back.
     
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    Working fine for me so far. I've changed my overclock settings that I'm using for benchmarks, so unfortunately no comparison data for different games.
     
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    thanks for the update. Just got the 770 installed last night so I'll install these and probably not tell a difference in whats going on. :p
     
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    When I use NVIDIA GeForce Experience to check for updates, it says there are no new updates even though I've got the 331.82 drivers installed... What's up with that?
     
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    Mine was doing that. It just appeared about 10 mins ago. Might be by country during high demand? Seems corrupted downloads are showing up :(
     
  7. MickyD1234

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    Need to get some basemark data, I'm holding off until I can get some fresh numbers to compare (and test out GFE's quick install) :D
     
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    I manually downloaded the drivers and installed them in non-Optimus mode. Is is necessary to also update the drivers in Optimus mode or can I just do that whenever?
     
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    As long as you have it installed you should be fine.

    Also can confirm its on Geforce experience now.
     
  10. MatthewAMEL

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    Took the plunge and updated my 780M tonight.

    Ran a few benchmarks (Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider) both gave around 6fps increases.

    I'm setting up FRAPS now for Skyrim.

    Metro Last Light
    Options: Resolution: 1920 x 1080; DirectX: DirectX 11; Quality: Very High; Texture filtering: AF 16X; Advanced PhysX: Disabled; Tesselation: Very High; Motion Blur: Normal; SSAA: OFF;

    •Average Framerate: 37.00
    •Max. Framerate: 141.06
    •Min. Framerate: 21.41
     
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    Thanks for sharing. +1
     
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    3DMark didn't change at all for me, scored 5032 :)
     
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    Mine won't install for some reason really bizarre got the whql version off nvidia too..
     
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    I've seen this over in the NV forum. It seems NV messed up on the installer and there are 3 installer versions with the same driver version!

    The only sure way I have seen to get the latest one is to use GFE. Get it to check for updates and it can detect the latest one if you do not have it.
     
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    Can confirm, this is how I got mine. Usually I end up downloading from the website but GFE found it for me this time and installed it no problem.
     
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    I seem to get stuttering with this driver. AC Black Flag and Batman Arkham City definitely run worse. Haven't tried a lot of other games though.
     
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    Glad it's not just me. Cheers just dl the GFE now.
     
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    You sure ? I just download & Install from the link that you give us at the page 1... and it installed just fine.... GFE detected and says it's up to date....

    Maybe because I use the .inf file installer rather than normal installer since I got the 680M on my R3.....
     
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    It was fixed about 2 days after release and GFE updated it so there shouldn't be any 'old' installers around now :)
     
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    Upgraded about this past weekend, have not faced any issues. Noticed the benchmark score went up by 110 points. :)