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    Nvidia Verde 270.51 beta driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DivineAura, Mar 30, 2011.

  1. tr0picana

    tr0picana Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can we pleaaaseeee get a hybrid driver set for R1 users?
     
  2. Revoluxon

    Revoluxon Notebook Geek

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    Request: Could anyone please link me the latest Intel Graphic driver for a M11xR2?

    I need them to test stability with these new Nvidia drivers, I've been trying to find them using the search function of this forum, with no luck >.<

    Thanks in advance.
     
  3. okdoki

    okdoki Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are you using EVGA precision with this drive?
     
  4. ajslay

    ajslay Overclocker, PC Builder

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    yes, i use precision with this driver. but your milage may vary when overclocking. not everyones gpu is the same. some people can get a higher overclock then me, some people cant increase anything more then 20 mhz without crashing.
     
  5. hadou

    hadou Notebook Consultant

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    Don't joke with me duuude! :mad:
    :D

    WOW, going from my 260.99 to this one NOW! Finnaly Nvidia did something very useful about The Witcher. No more driver swaps :) .
     
  6. WAZZ UP

    WAZZ UP Notebook Geek

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    2321 are the latest from intel, been using them with 270.51 for awhile and its working with no issues :)

    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19906&ProdId=3231&lang=eng
     
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    Revoluxon Notebook Geek

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    What sort of differences in frame-rate do you see in-game? Maybe some examples? Thanks..
     
  9. Afro Z

    Afro Z Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nvidia stinks. These drivers are no good for Left 4 Dead 2 but reverting to 260.99 kills Lead & Gold dead. ARRRGGH!!!!

    Anyone know a version that will work with both games?
     
  10. i has m11x

    i has m11x Notebook Evangelist

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    I haven't tried overclocking yet, but I noticed that if I alt + tab out of NBA 2k11 now, it causes a black screen and I have to kill it in task manager.
     
  11. bunnybash4

    bunnybash4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have used these for L4D2 no problems... there might be something else causing the the issue for you...
     
  12. hiarieshi

    hiarieshi Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried very high shaders?
     
  13. darkdomino

    darkdomino Notebook Deity

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    These drivers do not work for very high shaders on L4D2. If he's saying they do, it's because he's not using very high shaders.

    Also the persistant "white haze" that was quite noticeable in the last set of drivers is a little lessened now... but it's still there. It becomes very apparent in some areas... but it's less now.

    Lead & Gold crashes at startup as well. I don't think this is driver related, I think the devs broke something in the latest update. This is an indy game, so it wouldn't surprise me if this is the case.
     
  14. Afro Z

    Afro Z Notebook Enthusiast

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    The driver situation for the 335M is pitiful. A known problem with a major game survives how many revisions? Nvidia is not helping themselves here.

    And there must have been an update to L&G that broke it 'cause when I was trying it on these drivers it was working for me. I didn't tweak any settings though (the game's graphics aren't all that no matter what you do). I only realized I had to revert when I went to try Left 4 Dead 2 yesterday. Terrible.
     
  15. darkdomino

    darkdomino Notebook Deity

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    I've noticed something strange about these drivers... My framerate doesn't seem to be as high as it was... I get about 50 FPS starting out in Starcraft 2, where before I was getting upwards of 80... however the framerate seems to be more stable. If that makes any sense. The FPS seems lower at times, but I don't see any slowdowns.

    The game is also smoother when enabling Ambient Occlusion. Where before I saw a huge FPS hit whenever I turned it on, now my framerate (with it turned on) seems much more stable.

    I don't know what they changed, but I guess this is a good thing. If I start seeing crazy drops in framerate, I may switch back... but right now I guess I'm happy with the performance I'm getting.

    The performance boost using Throttlestop really boosts my FPS, but I am reluctant to use it all the time for fear of wearing out my hardware prematurely. I may have to get over that fear if I want to see increased performance.
     
  16. zarzak

    zarzak Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone know how these work with the witcher in terms of fixing the texture slider and aa slider problems? (they don't work on anything after 260.99 or something)
     
  17. oncewasperfect

    oncewasperfect Newbie

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    These make The Witcher EE work without the -dontforceminreqs hack, which in turns makes those sliders work.
     
  18. DigDung

    DigDung Notebook Geek

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    with these drivers the screen seems to be blank for me on a dual monitor system with darksiders.. works just find on the mx11 screen, but no dice on an external.. hear audio and all, just a black screen.. went back to the 267.76 and worked again. I could run the windows experience with the newer drivers as well without crash, but prefer being able to play darksiders at the moment..
     
  19. Dieselville

    Dieselville Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've noticed a performance increase in WoW with these drivers. I haven't tested any other games besides WoW and Batman, both run very nice...
     
  20. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    That is strange. My wow starts up with a black screen with audio on these drivers o_O
     
  21. theparadox

    theparadox Notebook Guru

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    267.76. Confirmed by me.
     
  22. Mackan

    Mackan Notebook Evangelist

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    Must be a nightmare to be a graphics driver programmer... Why is it that they have to break some games, and optimize some others, at every revision?
     
  23. theparadox

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    Because they cant realistically test every game out there before release. Also 267.76 works with over 30 games ive tested on it since release. With the exception of Grand Theft Auto IV. Great driver version.

    Does anyone know if these work with 3D acceleration on google chrome 11 beta+?
     
  24. bigun08

    bigun08 Notebook Consultant

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    Ok these must have been designed in heaven.. they work no crashing no lockups no overheating and this has finally become a gaming laptop.. Thanks you Nvidia for seemingly getting it right this time.. Oh yea
     
  25. Rypac

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    Yep, these are definitely the best and most compatible Nvidia drivers I've used in a long time.
     
  26. darkdomino

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    I agree. these drivers are very good/stable.

    Now if only they'd get the shader glitches in Left 4 Dead 2 fixed, they'd be perfect.
     
  27. okdoki

    okdoki Notebook Enthusiast

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    and wow bugs too
     
  28. M11x ftw

    M11x ftw Notebook Consultant

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    What driver exactly are we talking about?
     
  29. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    *facepalm*

    these drivers:

    NVIDIA DRIVERS 270.51 BETA

    will have to see if MW2 works with the drivers.
     
  30. shadowghost21

    shadowghost21 Notebook Guru

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    Yeah tell me about it.
     
  31. zhed

    zhed Notebook Guru

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    What bugs about it i was about to dl but then saw this
     
  32. AlienTroll

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    They need a hybrid version of these drivers. Screw you dell! But then again, it's a beta driver, not WHQL. Also, Black Ops runs a little better. But they really still need to do some tweaking. L4D2 ran great on my previous drivers, I don't know about these drivers because my cousin hasn't came to house in a long time, L4D2 is so boring alone.
     
  33. Vallejo

    Vallejo Notebook Consultant

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    Can an m11xR1 handle this driver ? Is this driver only for R2's?
    Because if the R1 can handle this driver without issues... I WOULD INSTALL IT RIGHT NOW :D
     
  34. DavyGT

    DavyGT Overclocker

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    Yes. Just go into BIOS and change from Switchable to Discrete. Then you can use any nVidia driver.
     
  35. Vallejo

    Vallejo Notebook Consultant

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    But if I do that I would not be able to change between graphics with FN+6... And thats not really what I'm looking for. So, if I do stay with the Switchable option, can I still use this driver without issues ?
     
  36. DavyGT

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    Not until someone makes a switchable version. They've been lagging behind lately though.
     
  37. B4n6k3

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    aww, lots of positive comment...., worth to try I guess..... :D
     
  38. DivineAura

    DivineAura Notebook Evangelist

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    It is strange that playing flash games on IE9 (using IGP, Nvidia will crash IE9) seems a lot lagger than chrome (tried using nvidia but no Nvidia GPU activity there)?
     
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    Just installed beta driver and it seems like I've a little drop in frame rate in Crysis 2. My max temp are little bit higher, 75*C. I think I'll rollback.
     
  40. Bevil

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    i got 107 points extra in 3Dmark 11 :) sweet, almost 3K

    Clevo p170hm, GTX 485m!
     
  41. DivineAura

    DivineAura Notebook Evangelist

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    3k? o_O
    *shocked*
     
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