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    Nvidia 266.35 beta driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by limpei1, Jan 4, 2011.

  1. icey_kitsune

    icey_kitsune Notebook Consultant

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    ok ive been gone for a while but i read over this thread 2 times now, just want some clarification. is this driver, the one linked in first post, good for m17x R1 users? or should i go with the modded one? ive been having some more dpc problems starting up recently and im out of warrenty (i couldnt pay the $500 to extend my warrenty)
     
    icey_kitsune, Jan 12, 2011
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    the beta ones off of Dell site you won't have ANY issues with them,also i curently run these "modded" ones on my SLi GTX 280m and don't have issues eighter but in terms of DPC latency and FPS in games i find the beta ones better.Just make sure you clean up the current ones properly.
     
    katalin_2003, Jan 12, 2011
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  3. icey_kitsune

    icey_kitsune Notebook Consultant

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    im using the ones off the dell site, i might just need to reboot, might have had some issue while rebooting thats causing some dpc spikes. but thanks for the reply
     
    icey_kitsune, Jan 12, 2011
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  4. acerguy123

    acerguy123 Notebook Consultant

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    is this thread just for R1 b/c i made a thread about my R2 drivers and they said to post here about it? i did but never got a responce
     
    acerguy123, Jan 13, 2011
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  5. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    ^^Sorry but there are a few members with nVidias on their R2 that might be it. As for the experience of these ones in the R1 they are pretty stable but still not perfect(close). Might want to try them out and be the first to have an answer, doesn't take long time :D
     
    katalin_2003, Jan 13, 2011
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  6. alex.galie

    alex.galie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone tried the 266.58 release yet ?

    Particularly interested in R1 crashes and WoW performance :D
     
    alex.galie, Jan 24, 2011
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  7. -l-Z3K3-l-

    -l-Z3K3-l- Notebook Consultant

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    I installed the 266 driver. Get a black screen booting and for some reason it crashed the whole machine playing a flash movie.
    outside of that it seems ok
     
    -l-Z3K3-l-, Jan 24, 2011
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    "outside that seems ok" ..... that sounds like a pretty big problem. any updates on this driver?
     
    Ralo90, Jan 30, 2011
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    I tried an install on an R2 with 285m,s ofthe 266. release driver not the beta. Screen went black during install. Uninstalled the drivers and tried again same thing. So after trying to install twice and having to do a hard restart in it I checked the driver on my cards. It still listed the 266 driver. I went on using my architecure programs, BSOD twice, one two black screens needing to do a hard restart, and one solid pink screen. Reinstalled the Dell drivers haven't had one problem since.
     
    timbo126, Jan 30, 2011
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  10. Sir_Gawain

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    Im running the 266.58 release on my R2, no problems to report. I am happy with them.
     
    Sir_Gawain, Jan 30, 2011
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    hey could someone kindly please tell me does it support hybrid graphics? cause i can't live without it. but i also want to play hp2010 and dead space 2 finally with AA
     
    hazardic, Jan 31, 2011
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