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    M11x R2 nVidia 296.10 Drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by toddburns87, May 15, 2012.

  1. toddburns87

    toddburns87 Newbie

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    Hi All,

    Trying to play Diablo 3 and says I have out-of-date drivers. I have the latest drivers from Dell but want to download the new Verde 296.10 from Nvidia. Game has been freezing and can't load cutscenes.

    Any way I can bypass the Optimus drivers and get these new ones??

    Please let me know asap I can't find what I need from searching the forums
     
    toddburns87, May 15, 2012
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  2. M11xDude

    M11xDude Notebook Consultant

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    Just go to Nvidia's site and download the 296.10 drivers from there. You can install over your existing Dell drivers.

    Drivers - GeForce
     
    M11xDude, May 16, 2012
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    Tolux303 Newbie

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    I have the same M11x except for the 250gb hdd and I simply can't get Diablo III to run on an acceptable level. Hell breaks loose as soon as I use skills or encounter more than 4 mobs at the time.

    I'm unsure if it's extreme fps drops or just lag but characters and mobs seems to teleport sometimes..

    I've done everything I could think of to try and speed the pc up and I run it on all the lowest settings..

    Any thoughts? : / Help appreciated..
     
    Tolux303, May 19, 2012
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  4. stupertaco

    stupertaco Newbie

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    As someone who has struggled to get D3 to run stably, I feel your pain. What ended up helping me was downclocking to 425 (I used MSI Afterburner). I also set my shadows to low, while keeping the other 2 graphics settings at high. I have had one freeze since doing this, and I have a feeling that's due to the game as tons of people are reporting freezes/lag/drops/bsod. Also, I'm not sure if it really helps or not, but I am running a cooler as well.

    Hope I helped!
     
    stupertaco, May 19, 2012
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