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    M17x & GTX 260m Performance Issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by nIMrOD888, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. nIMrOD888

    nIMrOD888 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am getting extremely bad performance on my M17x in games and benchmarking software for some reason (I'd say its due to drivers).

    I have tried practically every driver from the 185s to the 195s all of which give me aweful performance (I can't play borderlands at a decent FPS running at only 1440x900 etc).

    Are there any drivers in particular which work well for the M17x? My Clevo laptop with a solo GTX 280m is stomping my M17x in every single game / benchmark I run.

    I have windows 7 x64 and I am clean booting and clean installing my drivers.
     
    nIMrOD888, Nov 22, 2009
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    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    BatBoy, Nov 22, 2009
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    Thanks, just installed the drivers you have in your sig and enabled the 9400m before installing and everything is running well now.

    3Dmark is still down (Dont really care its not a good indication of anything anyway) but all my games are running smoothly now.
     
    nIMrOD888, Nov 22, 2009
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    186.82 doesn't seem to be the best driver for benching runs. As long as it is fine with your daily needs then so be it. At least thats my take on it. ;)
     
    BatBoy, Nov 22, 2009
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    so is hybrid sli faster?
     
    Skarloc, Mar 19, 2010
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