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    nVidia 295.18 on M17xR3 w/460m

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by TexasFury, Jan 12, 2012.

  1. TexasFury

    TexasFury Newbie

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    new here, hi everyone.

    Installed it ok, but when I run BF3 it does some crazy stuff and is unplayable.

    I'm trying to rollback to 285.79 but now for some reason it requires a modded .inf when it didn't last time... so we shall see.

    Just a heads up to anyone who might be tempted to get that file of laptopvideo2go
     
    TexasFury, Jan 12, 2012
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  2. blink_c

    blink_c Notebook Consultant

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    Did you put the modded .inf in it's place when you installed the 295? Also, when installing the 295, you need to un-install all Nvidia related stuff before installing it
     
    blink_c, Jan 12, 2012
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  3. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    where did you find 295.18???
     
    maxheap, Jan 12, 2012
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  4. TexasFury

    TexasFury Newbie

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    hm... i'll try this. Does that include PhysX? And yes, I used the laptopvideo2go inf that was on the same page as the 295 file... thinking about just uninstalling everything nVidia except for the motherboard driver, and then redownloading and installing 295.18
     
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  5. TexasFury

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    TexasFury, Jan 12, 2012
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  6. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    They are from Asus. It adds an FXAA option to the 3D settings. I'm using 290.53 as they are direct from nvidia. They should be coming out with something new soon. It's about time.
     
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  7. TexasFury

    TexasFury Newbie

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    I was going to use 290.53 but kept having .inf trouble. I really hate how locked down Dell makes our laptops :rolleyes:

    EDIT: Tried wiping everything nVidia off and doing a clean install, no luck. Horrid framerates and missed renderings, I cant even navigate to the in-game graphics options to fix it.
     
    TexasFury, Jan 12, 2012
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  8. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    all the 290 beta drivers should install fine on the 460m though dont use the asus stuff as they have different stuff i guessnot . sure why you are having so many issues. have you updated to the new dell vbios? that might help idk.
     
    bigtonyman, Jan 12, 2012
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