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    344.91 whql

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Zero989, Jan 13, 2015.

  1. Zero989

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    Zero989, Jan 13, 2015
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    Will try tomorrow and drop some feedback in here. But I am almost sure it will be the same as 344.79... Just a bug fix edition with extra profiles for games..
     
    joluke, Jan 13, 2015
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    Wouldn't try it because it seems that it is Microsoft's WDDM driver. Stay away of Microsoft's Graphics driver.
     
    James D, Jan 13, 2015
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    Dam... I'm keen to try a real new set of drivers.
     
    TBoneSan, Jan 13, 2015
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    Official Geforce site doesn't show this WHQL yet?
     
    CptXabaras, Jan 13, 2015
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    Nope, this is Microsoft's version for whatever reasons.

    347.09 drivers are really really buggy though and cause crashing up the
     
    Zero989, Jan 13, 2015
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    If somebody want's to try newer drivers after 344.75 then 344.77 is for you.
    344.77 is the same branch as 344.75 while 344.80 is another one.
     
    James D, Jan 13, 2015
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    344.80 works wonders with Maxwell.
     
    Zero989, Jan 13, 2015
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    Would you sugest 344.80 over 344.75 (the one i'm using now on my desktop)?
     
    CptXabaras, Jan 13, 2015
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    I do not get it, with 344.91 are you not having throttling issues?
    I am very interested on this because I am planning to do the upgrade next month (680 SLI over here).
    Are you using vbios mod?

    Can you push clocks higher to see if throttling down appears?

    I'm glad to see that this problem is some way near to be fix it.
     
    [Nikos], Jan 14, 2015
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    That appears to be the case. They are working a charm but I am on the stock Vbios. The main issue with that is overclock max is only +135 on the core. I just literally did a run just then at +125/300 and it's in the 18k's .

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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,Alienware M18xR2
     
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    347.12 are out now
     
    Zero989, Jan 14, 2015
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    Apparently those are for the new Quadro and Tesla cards.
     
    TBoneSan, Jan 14, 2015
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    I can say for certain after running 347.09 on my laptop and desktop that i experience very similar soft crashes while gaming. The screen will just turn a solid color on both systems and the game will stop responding... Drivers blow.
     
    mikecacho, Jan 14, 2015
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    Guys HDMI IN isn't working for me here... Does it work for you guys with 344.75 or this driver?
     
    TomJGX, Jan 14, 2015
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    Driver 347.12 poor performance, 347.09 much better and more FPS.
     
    Last edited: Jan 16, 2015
    mitya_alba, Jan 14, 2015
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