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    Studio XPS 16 ati Drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by cotolay, May 4, 2009.

  1. cotolay

    cotolay Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm currently using DELL stock drivers... but i'm having problems with call of duty 4... it has these weird sutters and everything is set to average no antialiasing, and i get like 20 FPS Average... should i be using stock drivers for optimal performance or should i use other drivers?
     
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  2. BondEternal

    BondEternal Notebook Consultant

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    It's worth a try. You can always revert your changes by using System Restore.
     
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    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Download HWMonitor and record the highest temperatures reached when gaming.
     
    namaiki, May 4, 2009
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  5. Fitter Happier

    Fitter Happier Notebook Guru

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    Some people also recommend this:
    http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php

    I dunno which will give the best results, but when I actually do get my xps16 its one of the first things i'll do after doing a clean install.
     
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    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    +1

    10char
     
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    Fitter Happier Notebook Guru

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    I'm a scrub. Care to explain the signifiance of this?
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    If the temperature reaches a certain height, some components (like the CPU and GPU) in the computer are designed to slow down (throttle) so that the temperature of the part has a chance to drop so that nothing gets fried.
     
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