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    What's the best GPU driver on the M17x for Empire Total War

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by ThaDutchy, Sep 12, 2009.

  1. ThaDutchy

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    As the Title says; What's the best GPU driver on the M17x for Empire Total War?
    Most people would say; "Hell no, it's a bugged game", etc.

    But I'm kinda fond of the Total War series. With Empire being the last, (thus having the best grapics) and if all patches are installed, it's running quite smooth (it very rarely crashes).
    At the end of September patch 1.4 will be released making it even better.

    However I can't manage to get my SLI config to kick in. At the moment it's only running on only a single card (this is with stock drivers 179.85).
    Drivers I have tried so far (and didn't work):
    -186.02
    -186.24
    -186.42
    -186.81
    -186.82

    Does anybody play this game on the M17x?
    If so, does your machine use the SLI for it and what GPU driver are you using?

    I also heard the 190.xx drivers fixed this problem on desktops, but then again these are desktop drivers (they don't support Hybrid SLI). Did anybody try these?
    Help appreciated.
     
    ThaDutchy, Sep 12, 2009
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