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    197.57 Review

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by stevenxowens792, May 17, 2010.

  1. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I installed the drivers with mod'd inf. Seem to be a slight improvement over 197.16. I am not worried about switching to internal card right now.

    Battlefield BC2 played great! Just Cause 2 and Section 8 bench 1 fps greater than before. Driver is OC friendly with EVGA precision.
    Ntune caused blue screens.

    So verdict is Thumbs up!

    Best Wishes,

    Steven X
     
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    unreal25 Capt. Obvious

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    Hey steven thanks for the info. Do you know if those are the very new ones? From latpop2video2go? I'm wondering if those are the ones with the infamous "APB fix" for APB (All Points Bulletin) game.
     
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    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nvidia says it's the apb patch. I just downloaded the modded INF so I could install it. Nvidia actually has a newer driver out but I wanted to try this first.

    StevenX
     
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