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    Best (Hybrid) Windows XP Drivers for 8600M GT are HERE! C90S and others!

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by swoley2k, Aug 14, 2007.

  1. swoley2k

    swoley2k Notebook Deity

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    README.TXT:

    These drivers are a combination of information from DNA forceware 158.22, Laptopvideo2go 162.50 drivers, and some manually modifications by myself. Tested with C90S with 8600M GT w/HDMI.

    Email me at [email link removed for safety/security reasons] with any questions!



    Fixes:

    PERFORMANCE. These are the best performing drivers. I tested using 3DMark06, F.E.A.R., Oblivion, Far Cry, Battlefield 2142, and Quake 4. Not benchmarks but
    actually game play with a keen eye.

    HDMI OVERSCAN. These, when used with the provided HDTV overscan instructions, offer the proper displaying of the desktop on HDTV via HDMI.

    OVERCLOCKING. For overclocking, you will have to flash the bios of your gpu. This can be accomplished by using nibitor to modify the bios already
    on the card and nvflash 5.40 to flash the new clock speeds. Dont forget to change the shader clock as well as the core and mem. Also, dont
    forget to backup the bios before you flash. TEST the speeds before you flash by using your stock nvidia driver (101.17) on the driver disk along
    with ntune!


    Problem:

    DVD OR DVD FILE VIDEO TEARING. No matter what driver I use, modified .inf,modifying the .inf, dna drivers, ngo drivers, copying certain files from one version onto another, ANYTHING, I can not
    get the video tearing to go away when using clone mode with HDMI in WMP. It is a problem that must be addressed at a video driver file level by Nvidia. Using these drivers there
    along with k-lite mega codec pack 3.3.0,there is no tearing with Windows Media Player Classic and Media Center. If you want to use WMP with a dvd file with no tearing you will have
    to swap the displays so that the HDTV is the primary display. I also tried every version from 1.35 to 3.3.0 of K-Lite codec pack. This process took me 4 weeks! Trust me, these are the best you will get!

    Have fun!

    Hybrid Forceware 162.50:
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8W0L0T9W
     
    swoley2k, Aug 14, 2007
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  2. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    I think flashing the bios of the gpu would be a bad idea, when it is on warranty because even if it breaks and it's not due to OC, you're screwed up. If you can reach the same settings, you've got nothing to gain by flashing it.

    The only card that flashing bios is requiered for OCing are the GF 6200, the 6600LE and the radeon X800 because it allows you to unlock the disabled shaders
     
    JCMS, Aug 14, 2007
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  3. offbase

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    Quoted for truth!
     
    offbase, Aug 14, 2007
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    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 14, 2007
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