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    180.48 Nvidia Drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by tanamerra, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. tanamerra

    tanamerra Notebook Consultant

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    Just downloaded 180.48 drivers and noticed a 10C drop in temps when i ran 3Dmark Vantage test. Have not tried any games yet.
     
    tanamerra, Nov 19, 2008
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    directly from Nvidia? or from ltv2go? also, has your score dropped significantly?
     
    whizzo, Nov 19, 2008
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  3. Stone825

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    I don't think they are WHQL Cert. so I'm guessing LV2G
     
    Stone825, Nov 19, 2008
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  4. tanamerra

    tanamerra Notebook Consultant

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    LV2G but WHQl certified. Only says 32 bit Vista on the website.
     
    tanamerra, Nov 19, 2008
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    t2ppp124 Notebook Consultant

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    t2ppp124, Nov 19, 2008
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  6. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    just curious why you gave him the 64bit link when his sig states he has 32bit....??
     
    ryujin, Nov 19, 2008
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  7. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    Yeah, I'm going to see how this compares to Dox's 180.44. Pretty excited about the potential performance boosts though.
     
    Ennea, Nov 19, 2008
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  8. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    ditto ennea (even though i can not DL it right now)
    but if i remember from reading in the ltv2go site, Doc modifies them to exclude the uneeded and useless stuff for use by laptops...so i think is he DL'd the nVidia version and Doc makes an edited one, i would dare say his would be more efficient and usefull.
     
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  9. whizzo

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    where will those come from?
     
    whizzo, Nov 20, 2008
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  10. tanamerra

    tanamerra Notebook Consultant

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    Did not notice a real performance gain over the 180.44 drivers when i played FarCry2 and Crysis Warhead. But GPU temps were lower.
     
    tanamerra, Nov 20, 2008
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    It did seem to help a little in real world games, but not in 3d mark. My temp are about the same.
    [​IMG]
     
    dwend, Nov 20, 2008
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  12. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    From laptopvideo2go.com

    Haven't tried myself out yet, but will do soon.
     
    Ennea, Nov 21, 2008
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  13. Koshinn

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    please do and let us know!
     
    Koshinn, Nov 21, 2008
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    oh, wow. might upgrade myself. not too impressed by 180.43 (Dox'), Crysis performance seems down.
     
    whizzo, Nov 21, 2008
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    switching from Dox' 180.43 to WHQL 180.48 now. will report back with my findings.
     
    whizzo, Nov 21, 2008
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    eww. 3dmark06 score dropped from 9825 to 9190!! not looking good. i'm off to test gaming performance.
     
    whizzo, Nov 21, 2008
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    mixed results in Crysis. on the plus side, i would say my fps is up by about 2-3fps. on the downside, my GPU hit an all-time high of 92°C :(
     
    whizzo, Nov 21, 2008
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  18. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    so are these the best drivers to get?

    and what is DOX?
     
    steveninspokane, Nov 24, 2008
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    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Dox is the name of one of forum members who is one modding the driver and optimizing it for us mobile users. He's doing a lot of hard work.
     
    kobe, Nov 24, 2008
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  20. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    good deal, tell him thanx.
     
    steveninspokane, Nov 24, 2008
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  21. tanamerra

    tanamerra Notebook Consultant

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    Whizzo,
    Try the 180.70 drivers.
     
    tanamerra, Nov 25, 2008
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    the 180.70s (like all the other 180s) run Need For Speed: Most Wanted really badly. Fraps says I'm running a constant 60FPS but the image stutters all the time. The only set of drivers that were playable with NFSMW, were the 170.13s. They still stuttered but it was good enough to play and enjoy.

    Is it just because it's an old game? Should I hold out for a set of drivers that can run current games well and also run older games ok or should I accept that that won't happen and get the most recent Need For Speed episode?
     
    btgman, Nov 25, 2008
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    whizzo, Nov 25, 2008
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