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    System crashes due to Nvidia driver

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by otaku, Jul 12, 2008.

  1. otaku

    otaku Notebook Deity

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    Heard a few other people have this problem but it goes away with upgraded driver however my 8700 does not have a new driver available at least not from alienware or the nvidia site. The system has crashed 3 times now!
     
    otaku, Jul 12, 2008
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  2. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    ScifiMike12, Jul 12, 2008
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  3. Sambuka

    Sambuka Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah I installed the latest 175 driver (beta) last week and now Crysis crashes everytime I play it for 20-30 mins or more. M15x, oh well i'm sure they'll come up with a newer driver i'll upgrade too at some point. it is stable on everything else I play
     
    Sambuka, Jul 12, 2008
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  4. Syth

    Syth Notebook Consultant

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    I had one or two crashes with the new drivers. I switch to windowed mode (still at max resolution though) and haven't had a crash since.
     
    Syth, Jul 12, 2008
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    I have a 8700m gt w/ the stock drivers and have had a few too many crashes in TF2. So are there new official ones yet?
     
    Wraith88, Jul 13, 2008
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