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    Upgrading to any new NV driver with modded INF. PERFORMANCE ISSUES

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by CleaningService, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. CleaningService

    CleaningService Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, I have the R3 with the 460m 60hz screen non-3d

    Every single driver i've tried upgrade to with a modded INF makes my games play <20 fps when they used to run at 40-60 fps..... I want to upgrade because apparently there are some performance increases in some games.

    So what do I have to do?/ What did I do wrong?

    EDIT: The new Beta drivers work great!! Thanks bigtonyman!
     
  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    Im currently running the 280 beta drivers with no inf file :p. the download is here this is for the 580m but works with the 460 as well. If you would like more information the download link came from here. I am in the process of reinstalling windows so i don't know if it will fix your problem of bad frame rates, but it worked alright when i used them. I suggest you give it a try :)
     
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    hmm ill have put the modded bios on here later and see if it works with my 280 drivers
     
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    oops double post :(
     
  6. zoolian982

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    btw, once you get it on the bootdisk, the command to run stuff is "thenameofthefileyoumadeit" run
     
  7. CleaningService

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    Thanks man!! Works great!