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    nVidia 296.10 Drivers

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by squawks, Mar 26, 2012.

  1. squawks

    squawks Notebook Consultant

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    Strange...just over a month after releasing 295.73, nVidia just released 296.10. I'm going to go ahead and download it.

    Anybody else tried this out yet?
     
    squawks, Mar 26, 2012
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    They've been out for a while now, so far, they've been stable on both my N50 and desktop. The N50 had a few rare cases where it didn't play nice with the more recent drivers. Nothing of the sort so far on 296.10.
     
    tijo, Mar 26, 2012
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  3. Heihachi_1337

    Heihachi_1337 Notebook Deity

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    We have been using it since 2 days after its release without any issues. :)
     
    Heihachi_1337, Mar 26, 2012
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  4. Catzoo

    Catzoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you think we'll get in a near future 30X.XXX series drivers ?

    Cause they looks great but without mod, only for nVidia 6XX series , wich sucks cause all the new things ( adaptive V sync for ex ) are just software based ...
     
    Catzoo, Mar 27, 2012
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  5. too456

    too456 Resident Angry Bird

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    In the meantime, if you're really into drivers, there's 296.17 from Windows Update. You can download it from here, extract the files to a folder and install the drivers via dbinstaller.exe or via device manager (right click GPU, update driver software, browse to location, browse to where you extracted the files, wait for it to install, done).
     
    too456, Mar 27, 2012
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  6. xShadowCrisisx

    xShadowCrisisx Notebook Enthusiast

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    The 296.10 drivers gave my G73SW-3DE Problems. When I play a game for an hour or so. The computer just blacks out, power button turns off, than the PC reboots. Now, I downgraded back to 295.73, and it works fine again. XD
     
    xShadowCrisisx, Mar 31, 2012
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  7. alaric_t@hotmail.com

    [email protected] Notebook Evangelist

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    296.10 originally gave my SW artifacts all over the place, making even the Windows desktop unusable. However, I reinstalled them and now they seem to be an improvement over 295.73.
     
    [email protected], Mar 31, 2012
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