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    Nvidia 180.84 Driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by dwend, Dec 11, 2008.

  1. dwend

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    cool beans. Let us know how that turns out.
     
    kobe, Dec 11, 2008
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  3. findvikas

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    I see better results on DOX 180.70 than LaptopVideo2go.com's 180.70

    Haven't tried the 180.84 yet
     
    findvikas, Dec 11, 2008
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  4. dwend

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    Sorry for the delay I have been playing Team Fortress 2 with the new updates.
    So far from what I have tested it seems very good for DX10 programs, and ok for DX9.
    probably the best all around driver so far.
     
    dwend, Dec 11, 2008
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    Hm, I heard of a lot of people having problems with 180.84 so far but I suppose it's worth a try. I'm still on .70.
     
    Ennea, Dec 12, 2008
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    game performance is better than .48?
     
    whizzo, Dec 12, 2008
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  7. dwend

    dwend Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't get good results with the 180.84.
    But this is by far the best 180 driver. it is almost as good as the 179.13 that had the 9800GT unlocked.
    After playing lots of TF2 last night, I was getting a constant 130FPS. which is good because I normally get 100 in closed areas and 70ish in large open ones.
    [​IMG]
     
    dwend, Dec 12, 2008
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    time for an upgrade, then :D

    have a +rep.
     
    whizzo, Dec 12, 2008
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  9. Ennea

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    Any benchmarks for recent DX10 games like Fallout 3 or Far Cry 2? Right now I'm pretty much only playing Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead and GRID. Wondering what performance on those look like. If no one has any marks, I'll just try it myself.
     
    Ennea, Dec 12, 2008
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    I had a BSD with crysis oh well Ill go back to 180.70 DOX :)
     
    RFrancis, Dec 12, 2008
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    Which drivers are the best for GTA IV?
     
    nofate, Dec 13, 2008
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    I believe these are supposed to be (180.84). They fix GTA4's HIV textures.
     
    Ennea, Dec 13, 2008
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  13. ChutneyRemix

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    i have a question, it says that the original inf only supports the desktop version of the 800gtx, so do i use the modded or is the 180.48 drivers not for me...
     
    ChutneyRemix, Dec 13, 2008
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    As with any driver that is made for desktops, you must use the modded inf file and install the driver manually. Also the new DOX's modified drivers are out as well. The DOX driver comes with a installer that I find very simple.
     
    dwend, Dec 13, 2008
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  15. ChutneyRemix

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    wow, i just installed the 180.48 drivers, and a SIGNIFICANT improvement from the original 167 driver..
     
    ChutneyRemix, Dec 13, 2008
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    .48 or .84?
     
    whizzo, Dec 13, 2008
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    .48 so far, im going to wait to see the issues ppl have wiht .84 ..

    but i just did my first update for drivers today from the factory default so, yea...
     
    ChutneyRemix, Dec 13, 2008
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    i just checked my drivers, i have 167.55 lolol time to upgrade
     
    hifiman72, Dec 14, 2008
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  19. findvikas

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    You seem to be on default drivers that came from AW. I would recommend DOX's 180.70.. Found it better than Forceware's 180.84

    Download them here
     
    findvikas, Dec 14, 2008
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    i installed Dox' 180.84 yesterday, and FC2 is definitely running better.
     
    whizzo, Dec 14, 2008
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    well im on 180.84 now and was playing oblivion on very high settings and was working like a charm, great install too, getting 250 fps avg on the CS stress test.
     
    ChutneyRemix, Dec 14, 2008
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    I installed DOX's 180.84 and didnt see a difference really, do you think by me downing to .70 it would work better?!
     
    hifiman72, Dec 14, 2008
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    from AW stock drivers (167.XX)? you must be legally blind...
     
    whizzo, Dec 14, 2008
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    verrryy funny...

    i didnt really test it but i was playng COD2 and didnt notice a difference
     
    hifiman72, Dec 14, 2008
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    well you wouldn't... got anything new to test with?
     
    whizzo, Dec 14, 2008
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    i have cod4 cod2 and ut3...that is all i have installed for i have not had that time to install and play all my favs! lol...i will soon though
     
    hifiman72, Dec 14, 2008
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    Hey guys,

    I downloaded and installed the DOX version and GTA textures are a-ok now. :D
    The problem is that when I turn off stealth mode, the clock speeds and memory speeds on my GPU remain at 200Mhz and 100Mhz instead of the full un-stealthed mode of 500Mhz and 799Mhz.

    Any ideas as to why that is?
     
    Dead0rAlive, Dec 15, 2008
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    dynamic downclocking. nothing to worry about. they should go right back up when under heavy load (i.e. gaming).
     
    whizzo, Dec 15, 2008
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    Is that so? Cause before my gpu fan would hit full tilt. But now it runs is stealth mode all the time.
     
    Dead0rAlive, Dec 15, 2008
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  30. SmoothTofu

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    The driver worked awesome for me... then like the other 180.xx drivers it completely glitched up after a while and artifcated my whole display. Ah well, back to 179.13..
     
    SmoothTofu, Dec 15, 2008
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    Supposedly the 180.84 1.1 drivers are a world better. Fortunately or unfortunately enough, 181.00 just came out today. So many new drivers, it's kind of overwhelming. :x
     
    Ennea, Dec 17, 2008
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    "180.84 1.1"? wth?
     
    whizzo, Dec 17, 2008
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    thats why you find a good driver and just stick with it. then you let other ppl test out the newer version and if they say its better then you upgrade :D
     
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    so whos gonna step up and try THE NEW ONES lol
     
    hifiman72, Dec 17, 2008
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    i've updated to 180.84 1.1 just now. won't try 181.00, as they seem to be special OpenGL drivers.
     
    whizzo, Dec 17, 2008
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  36. Ennea

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    I just tried 180.84 1.1 DOX and my 2nd display no longer works. I'm going back to 180.70 DOX.
     
    Ennea, Dec 17, 2008
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    i had some probs with 1.1 in the beginning...now its all good so far
     
    hifiman72, Dec 17, 2008
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