m15x: 8800M GTX display driver update

No, that should be alright, DriveCleaner is doing a good job!

But I´m using "CCleaner", first deinstall the driver with CCleaner, than run (twice) the regestry clean with CCleaner and install the new driver!

Sometimes vista hide somewher old driver details, and then it could happen that the new driver get mixed with the old, you can check this ... see on the picture :

 

markus are you running XP or Vista?

 

Same here. I use both DriverSweeper and CCLeaner.

 

can anybody provide me with a working link to 167.55 driver since alienware.co.uk download link is down so I can't download it.

 

Have you tried http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ ?

 

no, I guess its better than the 167.55 driver


EDIT: Installed 167.55 driver now, works fine.

 

It has 167.55, lol. On page 6 in drivers. Laptopvideo2go is, imo, the best place to get them.

 

I think I've already posted this on your thread but reposting it here since you've asked.

http://support.alienware.com/Support_Pages/Restricted_Pages/driver_downloads_processed.aspx?os=WV&cat=32&manu=8&item=1050

Scroll down a bit and you should be able to find:
Vista Intel® GM965 Graphics Driver 7.14.10.1350

 

I'm using 177.89 drivers right now. So far...no problems.

 

Has anyone tried the 177.92 drivers yet?

Nevermind, guess I'll try it out.

 

Has anyone found a solution to the windows XP driver downclocking issue with all non ALIENWARE released drivers?

 

you can just go into the Nvidia control Panel and disable powermizer. unless you are on ac and it still downclocks. then i dont think we saw that issue before. the latest drivers dont downclock for me but im using vista

 

How are the 177.92 drivers, Oceanus? I'm still using the 177.83 drivers that were released with the PhysX update.

 

new drivers? sweet-o! how are they, Oceanus?

 

Well, I can't really compare them to the other drivers that you guys have been using since I did a step up from the beta drivers from MyHive. So far, the performance seemed to have increased two-fold. I have been able to get a way higher FPS and so far, gaming as been phenomenally smooth.

The only expense is the increased temperatures. GPU temperatures on medium load have climbed from the previous 56-57 degrees (I don't play major graphic intensive games like you guys do) to 61-62 degrees. I think it's well worth it though. If I needed to desperately slice off some degrees, I could just downvolt my card a bit.

For other people though, they were able to get a tad better performance with these drivers. Here are some benchmarks other people have done.

 

177.92 drivers on vista 64 bit.

idle temps 50-53 degrees.*C.

gaming temps playing wow ~75*C.
gaming temps playing crysis ~82-91(91 after hour or two)

by the way is it worth getting physX / 177.92 support physX? would it impact battery life or anything also..

 

I have it installed on a m17x with full Sli working and if I look in control panel there is a PhysX setting, and on my machine it's enabled...

The new driver drops temps though ans performance doesn't seem bad, I'll try turning the PhysX off and see what difference it makes lol

OB

 

Hm, those performance increases, despite their limited sizes, are quite enticing. I'll update to these drivers when I wake up.