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    NVIDIA 265 driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by usmc1488, Feb 16, 2011.

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    I installed the new driver last night and it appears to offer a slight improvement in FPS in the games I tested so far. Fall Out Vegas saw a 10FPS improvement and the HAWK II benchmark recoreder an avg of 20FPS more on its benck mark. This is compared to the 260 driver that has been out since before Christmas. As far as temps and what the clocks are at when Im not gaming, I dont know yet. Last night was my anniversary and really didn’t have the time. Ill play some more tomorrow and report back. These drivers were installed on my Area 51 M17x with dual 9800m GT’s.

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    Still no SLI profile for Fall Out Vegas or Tier One!
     
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    Can you link me to this driver? Thanks.
     
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    ...I made a mistake as you can see its the 266.58 driver. Sorry.
     
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    Installing on my m15x now. Sadly I actually use my m15x ALOT now compared to my other systems.
     
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    double POSt
     
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    Did not work for me, and was not pretty as I crashed and got BSOD.

    But I gotta ask... Why are you using 32 bit drivers? or better yet why are you using 32 bit Windows? I installed the 64 bit version and it was a no go with my 9800m GT
     
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    Im still using the stock vista home premium 32 bit that the system came with. I have 0 issues with 32 bit vista, I do not need 8 gigs of ram, and I dont want my Fusion lighting to not work so I havent bothered upgrading.
     
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    darkloki sorry to hear but I doubt any new NVIDIA driver will work for the good old Area 51 M15x, a shame because my machine is proof that the hardware is still viable. Apparently its a good thing that the Area 51 M17x didnt have switchable graphic cards, as I can still run the latest drivers.
     
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