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    nvida 580m driver question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by T Hefner, Dec 17, 2011.

  1. T Hefner

    T Hefner Notebook Enthusiast

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    Good morning guys

    I got a question regarding the nvidia 580m running on latest dell/nvidia driver. Has anyone gone with the latest driver on nvidia www site? also, is the latest on nvidia site a improvement over the dell/nvidia driver 269.03?
     
    T Hefner, Dec 17, 2011
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    widezu69, Dec 17, 2011
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    The latest driver from Nvidia will definitely be better than the one from Dell due to stability and performance fixes that the older Dell driver does not have.
     
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    T Hefner Notebook Enthusiast

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    and what do you guys recommend as far as updating nvida drivers go.... whats the best way in your opinion?
     
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Well I used to think that the nvidia installer was pretty good a cleaning up the old drivers. I was wrong. I suggest you go into your Uninstall Programs Dialogue, uninstall the nvidia Display Drivers, restart. Open up the same thing again, remove PhysX and everything else. Download Driver Sweeper, install. Reboot into Safe Mode, scan for nvidia files, clean. Reboot install new ones.
     
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    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    Wow widezu! really?? what is the clean install option leaving on the computer? should we do the same too? what do you recommend??
     
    maxheap, Dec 17, 2011
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    I usually just install the new driver over the old one. Not sure why people say it's not recommended, but it's always worked fine for me. Once in a while I use the clean install option just to clear up old files, but I never really clean up my computer entirely of the old driver before installing a new version, it's too much of a pain to do it everytime a new driver is released.
     
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    I do it for have no old driver bias. I came from the 8600m GT days when laptopvideo2go just emerged. I've been testing drivers for over 6 years so I do that process to completely rid my computer of anything to do with the older drivers. The uninstaller doesn't full work as old files get left behind, registry values remain unchanged and a few things. To the day-to-day user it shouldn't make a difference. I'm OCD and I just want things done perfectly.
     
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  9. T Hefner

    T Hefner Notebook Enthusiast

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    widezu,
    gotcha, ill give it a shot. driver sweeper works pretty good?

    thanks

    -Tim
     
    T Hefner, Dec 17, 2011
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