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    NVIDIA GTX 460M driver 285.62 WHQL

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by pepemosca, Oct 25, 2011.

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    pepemosca Notebook Evangelist

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    pepemosca, Oct 25, 2011
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    Yup already installed them on my M18x their great! Helped my frames with BF3.
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Oct 25, 2011
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    yup they helped out a little with bf 3
     
    kurupt, Oct 26, 2011
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    Hola, somebody already tried to overclock with 285.62 driver ?

    I have the impression it crashes earlier
     
    dutchess63, Oct 26, 2011
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    Nope... Sorry :|
     
    pepemosca, Oct 26, 2011
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    Did anyone tried overclocking with 285.62 yet?

    I have the impression 285.62 crashes earlier compared to older 280.26

    Max I can push = core 885 versus 910 with 280.26.
    In 3dmarkvantge the difference is about 800 Performance points less

    Next to it being a horrible installation, had to remove manually the old driver, modify the inf / add my device/hw ID,
    load the correct sections in inf, etc etc
    A few nvidia seconds (read hours) later ...

    I wonder why it made WHQL
     
    dutchess63, Oct 30, 2011
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    The installation was smooth on with the GTX-460M. Strage what happened with yours 560.
     
    pepemosca, Oct 30, 2011
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    Yeah it depends whether your hardware id is listed the drivers inf file. If not the driver wont install. You can find a lot of good posts spattered around on the forum how to add yours if yours is missing.
    Done that succesfully...

    But the performance dropp is what worries the most :eek:
     
    dutchess63, Oct 30, 2011
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    Here is a good source for modded .INF: 28x Series GeForce Driver release - LaptopVideo2Go Forums

    Is someone having Windows Aero crashes with this driver?
    Today I had 3... Strange.

    The Minimize, Restore and Close icons disapear.
    The Task bar changes colors.

    Does this happened to anyone else?
    Solutions?
     
    pepemosca, Oct 30, 2011
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    you could try upgrading to the newest drivers located here. Idk if this will help or not though.
     
    bigtonyman, Dec 8, 2011
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    Thanks, but it is a BETA. In the past I had more problems with BETA than solutions.

    Still, today I haven't got the problem.
    I started to think it was a Chrome issue.
     
    pepemosca, Dec 9, 2011
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