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    Anyone Tested New Verde 280.26 Driver?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Brodygs9630, Aug 9, 2011.

  1. Brodygs9630

    Brodygs9630 Notebook Guru

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    So I noticed that a new driver was released today, anyone notice a performance increase with it? I just updated my driver yesterday, and went through the whole process of removing all previous drivers through safe mode and such, and would rather not go through all of that again if there's no big improvements. It isn't listed as a change for the changelog on the drivers page, but just wanted to confirm.
     
    Brodygs9630, Aug 9, 2011
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  2. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Doesn't seem to change anything for the 335m or 540m (no changes to the 300m or 500m series).
     
    DeeVu, Aug 9, 2011
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    Brodygs9630 Notebook Guru

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    Ok, thanks. Not gonna install it then xD
     
    Brodygs9630, Aug 10, 2011
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  4. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    yeah, I feel that the last driver that will impacted the 335m was the 275.33 driver.
     
    DeeVu, Aug 10, 2011
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    kfruit Notebook Consultant

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    Tried it, nothing different so far. I REALLY hope thats not true DeeVu, I'm having a lot of problems with HoN and LoL. Seems to be optimus related. That or something with flash >.>
     
    kfruit, Aug 10, 2011
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  6. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Me either. Just looking At it from a point where the 335m is not as new as it used to be. We will see. I play LoL too so for everyones sake we can hope that if it's not driver related then it's patchable.
     
    DeeVu, Aug 10, 2011
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    When I click the search for updates in the Nvidia control panel it shows no updates, only a beta update...
     
    Vidaluko, Aug 10, 2011
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  8. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    You have to go online to get it.
     
    DeeVu, Aug 10, 2011
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    I can confirm that these drivers work well on my 17x 460m, but I can't say if they would be beneficial to you guys. Most all of my problems were Optimus related but I got a hold of modded BIOS to fix that. Maybe you guys here in the 11x forums have access to something like that?
     
    Zerophoenix, Aug 10, 2011
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  10. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    There isnt. The only modded BIOS we have is one that increase GPU voltage.

    The 280 drivers so far don't impact our GPUs at all (at least by reading the notes)
     
    DeeVu, Aug 10, 2011
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    potentiality Notebook Consultant

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    No fix for the 3D Max viewport rotation bug. :(
     
    potentiality, Aug 10, 2011
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    Yeah, same here. I was hoping this driver would fix the problems.. sigh. :(
     
    Shaco, Aug 11, 2011
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    Installed the driver on my M11x r1 and I cant seem to turn on my 335m Halp!
     
    zodster, Aug 14, 2011
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    Only the drivers released directly from Dell/Alienware for the R1 are switchable..if you want to use other drivers you need to switch from switchable to discrete mode in your BIOS.
     
    zmarselle, Aug 14, 2011
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