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    New Nvidia Driver for 435/445M

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ExMM, Mar 24, 2011.

  1. ExMM

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    ExMM, Mar 24, 2011
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    Do they have any up for the GT540M? I can't find them (apart from Dell website).
     
    craigallen, Mar 24, 2011
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  3. ExMM

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    Its probably not supported yet, when the L701X came out, I couldn't download the drivers directly from the Nvidia website...
     
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    Even though the L502x is fairly new, the GT 540M has been out since the beginning of December. I think 4 months is enough time to update a driver, but maybe I'm wrong.
     
    NoSlow5oh, Mar 24, 2011
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    You can get a modified .inf file that enables support for all cards.
     
    Dahl77, Mar 24, 2011
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    From what I've read, that driver with the modified .inf file has decreased performance compared to the dell drivers on almost everyone that's tried it. Thanks, but no thanks.
     
    NoSlow5oh, Mar 24, 2011
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  7. ExMM

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    I have no idea why the drivers for the 540M are not available yet, sure 4 months is long enough, you can try with the automatic driver detection:

    NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Automatically Find Drivers For My NVIDIA Products

    It's just a matter of time, if I were you I would stick with Dell for now, meanwhile I would check the Nvidia website once in a while.

    EDIT: From what I've read on the Nvidia website forum the drivers are just not available yet, matter of time.

    http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=192808
     
    ExMM, Mar 24, 2011
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    i just installed the this new driver on my XPS 17 i7 Nvidia GT 445M 3GB and did a 3Dmark06 test

    i got this score

    [​IMG]

    Can anyone compare this with results on older drivers?

    Cheers
     
    xkasx, Mar 24, 2011
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