What's the best M11xR1 GPU driver that allows switchable GPU?

I've looked through the whole forum and it seems like there hasn't been much development on GPU drivers for M11xR1 at all.

And yes, I mean GPU drivers for M11xR1 that doesn't disable the switchable graphics feature.

So, are the best drivers just the ones from Dell?

I read Nautis1100's post already, and it just seems like too much hassle, and I haven't come across benchmark results between Dell's drivers vs Nautis' drivers yet.

 

Currently your only option is the OEM dell site drivers - and yes limited choice!!!!

 

Just chill man. Its only been 3 months since the last driver came out. Dell/Alienware just want to crash test the drivers properly. My friends have a radeon driver from sony that dates back to January. So our driver dates back to April, but I am sure/hoping they are working on a new one.

 

Sony chose not to participate in ATi's mobile reference drivers program.

Just like Dell isn't participating in nVidia's Optimus program (since no new drivers for R2, either!)

 

Sigh. I hate these poeple thinking they are making the decisions easier for us. If we wanted limited software and specific drivers, we wouldve bought a Mac.

No but seriously, its just annoying. I understand the R1 is different, because the drivers have to be specially modified, but why can't the R2 just form part of the normal nvidia optimus stuff? Silly people.

 

there is no work around for nvidia driver ? over for the m17 and m17x we use the work around trick to force ati driver to install enve is dell/AW opted out

 

lol... yeah it took them 6 month to come up with a polling rate touchpad fix for m17x. Good luck getting old waiting for m11x drivers.

 

Our switchable graphics drivers are just plain strange. They are two different drivers that have to work together, in concert, from two different manufacturers...



Basically, they are near impossible to mod. One bright light, it Nautis has shown Optimus on the R1 is possible via modded drivers (since the PCIe still exists, and according to nVidia, that is the only prerequisite).

 

Personally, I haven't found any issues with the current R1 drivers. I've played most of the latest games, and they run very well. I understand the desire for the latest and greatest, but until I buy a game that doesn't work on this beast due to the older drivers, I'm fine.

 

Flash Player 10.1 has issues when using intel graphics and hardware acceleration with the current release. Doesn't affect all videos, but it's there and it's fixed by either disabling hardware acceleration or getting newer intel drivers.

 

Oh, now I know why youtube sometimes messes up


Also, IE9 crashes like a mad dog every 10min on my (almost completely clean, save SC2) m11x r1, while my desktop handles it without ever (knock on wood?) crashing,

 

IE9 also uses GPU acceleration, so I bet it's related.

 

Check out this thread.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...ntel-driver-issue-11xr1-oc-enabled-issue.html


Perhaps bump it & see if erawneila ever got anything to happen.

 

erawnelia got promoted out of Alienware a bit back...