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    Windows 7 8800M GTX 32-bit Drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Oceanus, Jul 29, 2010.

  1. Oceanus

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    It's been awhile since I've posted here, but I was wondering if there is anyone still here that uses an m15x (note the small 'm') and if so, what drivers they are using for their 8800M GTX?
     
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    Mm, just tried it and it gave me a blue screen.
     
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    Those don't work well with older cards for whatever reason, neither does the "Select the driver you want". I'm not entirely sure these drivers even work well with newer cards.

    Best drivers I was able to keep stable for the longest period for my 9800GTX SLI was 186.81 :( I was able to briefly sustain some of the 19x.xx drivers but I got tired of going through each and every one of them. Perhaps a 196.xx variant could work for you. Keep in mind I have SLI though, and a m17x.
     
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    I didn't realize this thread was moved. Took me awhile to find where it was. Bumping anyway for more suggestions.
     
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    Oceanus, your best bet for the 8800M GTX will be either driver versions 186.81 ( official Nvidia ) or 186.82 ( LV2go).

    You can get 186.81 here:

    NVIDIA DRIVERS 186.81 WHQL

    Driver versions 190 and up won't work well with the area 51 m15x because of binary gfx.
     
    cha, Aug 3, 2010
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    I decided to try both 186.81 and 186.82, but both have sporadic downclocking/upclocking. It's weird. It's supposed to stay at a constant 500/1250/799.99 whenever I'm running games or at a constant 200/400/100 on idle, but it seems to go up and down whenever it pleases.

    Any ideas or suggestions?
     

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    this just hapen to be a know issue with nvidia powermiser
     
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    Well, I know that. I can't recall what drivers I had before, but the ones I had long before would upclock and downclock properly with powermizer enabled.
     
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    Sorry for the late reply Oceanus.

    I haven't really checked exactly when it upclocks and downclocks, but with 186.81 I was getting high GPU temps even on idle.

    Doesn't seem to be the case with 186.82. In game, I haven't had any issues with the said driver. I do, of course, only game while on AC Power. Haven't tried testing on battery.
     
    cha, Aug 16, 2010
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