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    Nvidia 179.13 drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by seracht, Oct 11, 2008.

  1. seracht

    seracht Notebook Guru

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    Anyone have problems with their fans and the new 179.13 drivers from laptopvideo2go? It's really loud and I can constantly hear it spinning, then stopping, then spinning again (stopping for a brief second).

    Any tips? I get much better performance though in games compared to 178.13.

    Forgot to mention: this is for my 1330 with a 8400M GS.
     
    seracht, Oct 11, 2008
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  2. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    On my xps1730...the drivers are just perfect so far.
    Better image quality and less stuttering, almost 0 in games, that is.
    179.13 seem to be the best I`ve tried so far...
     
    eleron911, Oct 11, 2008
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    Halkar Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had the same issue with those drivers on m1330. Fans were always on whatever the temp was. Rolled back to older drivers.
     
    Halkar, Oct 11, 2008
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    seracht Notebook Guru

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    I fixed it. Upgrade your BIOS. I was running on A08 + 179.13. Upgraded to A12 and it's smooth sailing from here onwards.
     
    seracht, Oct 11, 2008
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