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    Official AW m17x 8800m GTX Beta Drivers 176.10

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by davehsia, Sep 25, 2008.

  1. davehsia

    davehsia Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just found it on Alienware's site, version 176.10 beta for m17x 8800m GTX. Going to have to try it out.

    I have not been able to find any driver, even from laptopvideo2go.com to work with my 8800m gtx sli AND cyberlink powerdvd for my Blu-ray viewing.

    Hope this one finally does the trick..

    Will need to sign in My Hive to access the download.
     
    davehsia, Sep 25, 2008
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    davehsia Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nice. Just tried, it also plays blu-ray with PowerDVD.

    I have not been able to get a driver from laptopvideo2go to work with my blu-ray on my m17x. finally a new driver from AW that works.
     
    davehsia, Sep 25, 2008
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    t2ppp124 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah shame they dont ever update the drivers for anything... You either HAVE to stay with 32bit windows and their age old drivers or 64bit without any support and/or drivers by alienware (hence no whql)
     
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    Here's The Link

    It's only available from the USA and seems to be a Beta...

    "This beta driver has not been fully validated and has been made available in order to improve your gameplay experience with newer game releases; however some features within your system may not function properly.

    If you encounter any problems with this driver please roll back to the previous official non Beta display driver for your system."

    I'll stick with 177.92, until I get the correct version of PoewerDVD and test it lol

    OB
     
    Oodle-Bear, Sep 25, 2008
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    davehsia Notebook Enthusiast

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    3dmark06 improved by 250 points to 12655.
     
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    Wow, that's really good, and they are only Beta drivers...

    I'll give them a try I think? (",)

    OB
     
    Oodle-Bear, Sep 25, 2008
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