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    Ubuntu and GTX 580m

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by xlawx, Sep 29, 2012.

  1. xlawx

    xlawx Notebook Evangelist

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    hey guys I actually got wine to work with starcraft 2, however the performance has been decrease alot. I'm trying to OC my GPU through ubuntu, does any one know a way? or if i can flash the Vbios, that woukld be fine too. thanks.
     
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Uhh it's probably cause Nvidia drivers for Linux suck...there's no amount of overclocking that would make a difference if the base problem is poor driver support.
     
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    That's rather a shock. Mostly I see linux for software developing purposes.
     
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    xlawx Notebook Evangelist

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    wow this went on tangent....


    back to the question, is there anyway that i can flash the vbios rather than using MSI afterburner? and FYI its not that bad, if i can OC my GPU i can probaly bring starcraft to ultra.
     
    xlawx, Sep 30, 2012
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