NVIDIA 285.27 BETA drivers released

NVIDIA have just released the latest 285.27 BETA drivers if anyone is interested.

Doesn't look like there are any substantial updates for the 335 but a few updates for the 500 series so it may help out the R3's.

NVIDIA 285.27 BETA drivers.

 

I will test these out for sure. I'll get back to you.

 

Is nvidia likely to continually update and improve the drivers for the 335m, considering its over a year old now?

 

Cool DeeVu, tell us how you go. I think I'll wait until the final drviers are released to update, unless you find they are magical

I'm not too sure. I think they've probably improved the 335 as much as they can and I'm sure they would focus their efforts on newer graphics cards, rather than older ones.

We can always hope!

 

Chances are good they are done.
They've released the 270 drivers which greatly improved the performance. Then they released the 280 which don't apply any fixes to the 300 series. Doesn't look good. I'm 90% sure there won't be any new drivers that affect 335m performance

edit: On a side note I installed them and played MW2. Normally I play without AA but now I play with AAx4 and get a couple more FPS than usual. I'd say its a success.

 

I would say they are making optimus better. I would continue to get the new versions. Maybe they can't increase the driver power. But they can work on optimizing optimus.

 

This is true.

Also, I know MW2 is not very demanding of this GPU because it is surprisingly well optimized. So I am going to try out BC2 and report back.

edit: And this will all be in 1080p (ill actually have a fps benchmark for this)

 

Results for M11x-R3 in BC2 w/ new driver:
Map: Valpariso

1080p:
Min: 23fps
Avg: 33fps
Max: 35fps

Native:
Min: 29fps
Avg: 48fps
Max: 55fps


Compare with your current driver.

 

The 285.27 driver is running really well on my M11x-R3. Great performance, and all the games I tried that didn't work right with Optimus with the stock Dell driver now work and perform flawlessly on the GT 540M card.

 

Glzmo: that's because the nvidia drivers completely disables the integrated intel GC-> no optimus
From a gamer-only stand point it's ok, but if you want to use your rig on the move the autonomy will we quite bad...

 

This is completely incorrect.

 

No, Optimus appears to be working perfectly fine with the 285.27 drivers. It uses the Intel GPU for Desktop and other low-performance stuff, while the Nvidia GPU is being used for games, Photoshop and other things.

The Dell drivers didn't switch to the Nvidia GPU properly with some games, like The Witcher 1 & 2, but the 285.27 (and I imagine some of the earlier ones as well) have a compatibility profile included for these games.

It's my understanding that, unlike with the old Hybrid Graphics, the official Nvidia notebook drivers are supposed to support Optimus by default and it certainly looks like it's working.

 

I am pretty sure he is referring to the R1.

 

Is it even worth it to download these drivers for my r1 since its not adding improvements to the 335?

 

Nah. Not really even for the minimal optimus tweaks.
the only driver for the R1 worth updating to for performance is the 275.33
You lose switchable graphics but gain 10-15fps in some games.

(At least from results on my brothers computer)

 

so what is the best drivers for the r1 performance wise? im using the 197.XXX ones that are on the dell website

 

The 275.33 gives the best performance. But you will lose the integrated graphics while you have them. You will need to set your GPU to discrete in BIOS before installing them also.

 

but using the most recent drivers doesnt do anything worse for the r1 right?

 

No. But you will need to uninstall the driver,
Go to bios,
Change to discrete and install the new one

You will lose about 2-3hrs of battery life because the gnu will always be enabled.

 

I'll download 'em & test them out for the R2.
^^

 

That is correct. r2 and r3 use the optimus program to control which card is being used. the better optimus gets the better the laptops will run. Which is a good reason to get the newer drivers. Oh and the driver support for newer games as well. A lot of time goes into these to make sure we as gamers or artists or students cant get the best out of our laptops.

 

to the op:

did nvidia update notify you of these? in the update settings with 280.26 drivers i have "include beta updates" checked yet i was still not informed of these. in fact, i don't think nvidia update has ever worked for me.

 

Ok so my 3dMarks06 score went up maybe 400-600 points (the reason is not definitive because I measured at different resolutions).

3dMark06@1280x768 - 9333 3Dmarks - BEFORE NEW DRIVER

3dMark06@1024x768 - 10178 3Dmarks - AFTER NEW DRIVER

I'd definitely recommend R3 users to pick this bad boy up.

 

Nah, I just saw that someone had posted about them in another forum so I thought I'd share it here.

I've never bothered with Nvidia update, I just let other people on this forum notify us of new releases. That's probably just as quick!

 

What did you get with it at 1280X768? You cant change the res and compare the scores

 

My comp died and I realized that. I posted that on my tablet. As soon as I finish I'll rerun the test. I'm just giving a baseline.

 

Ok so I ran it again and got roughly 260 points better than previous drivers.
9596 3Dmarks (before Driver my score was 9333 3Dmarks)

Could be a little bit better in CPU test because I was in a rush and didn't close browser and other apps ( but none were that intensive) So round to about 9600-9650 and you have roughly a 300 pt gain.

 

Nice score People are getting closer to my 10063 point mark. Maybe I should worry about getting de-throwned

 

What did you run it at? Standard settings?
Whats your overclock?

I'll rerun it later to be more precise. It was a sloppy run right before class.

 

Do you all think that this new driver may finally fix my NVLDDMKM BSoD (on the M11x R2) crashes when I play games?

I believe I have done everything possible to see if I can correct this issue.
New install of the OS (with all patches and all Dell drivers installed to factory) with nothing but the most current driver and EQ2 and BSoD. Another new install with driver 260.x and EQ2 and still BSoD. Then there is the New install and all win patched and ALL Dell drivers including the Dell GT335 Video driver and still crashes. I have done a ton of research and still have not found a solution to this challenge. It happens so random - sometimes 30 mins, sometimes 4hours. I have checked heat and it does not appear to be overheating. I even got a cooling pad to assist with heat - still BSoD. I have unclocked everything - I have over clocked everything. I think the only thing I have not is drawn the pentagram on the floor and got a bucket of chicken to assist.

Thoughts?

 

Not likely as I think thats a hardware issue on the r2 line up. You could underclock it though (or weirdly some have had success overclocking).

Edit: I talked to a Nvidia Rep at PAX Prime and showed him the issue with 3ds Max. He confirmed the issue after he checked my settings. He said he would try to raise the priority of getting this fixed. As normally they saved the Max fixes for the Pro line of graphics cards. I pointed out that most game developers work on commercial hardware since thats the target. (The slow screen response to rotating the models in DX mode).

 

I dont remember what my settings are but they are in the bench thread. If I wasnt in afghanistan at the moment I would be able to find my old settings

 

Shredd, Try replacing 1 or both of the ram chips. I had the exact same problem and it turned out to be crap memory sticks.

 

Thank you for the suggestion M11Ash - I had done just that - I not only replaced 1 but both. And then I even went as far as using faster speeds to see if that helps. Thank you for the suggestion though.
2x2, 2x4, 4x4 - and even just a 4 by itself.

What is sad is that my warranty ran out last month so doing the AW support call may wind up costing me more than the unit is worth.

~Shredd

 

Great news to hear that optimus continues to work with the official nvidia drivers!
I guess I was misinformed and I am downloading the 285 drivers as I speak

Thanks for the correction!