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    The best graphic drivers for XPS 1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dj thariik, Mar 6, 2008.

  1. dj thariik

    dj thariik Newbie

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    Hello all

    I'm from Bosnia and I just got my brand new 1730 notebook. Laptop is great and I can't complain about anything except my graphic card performance :( I have two Nvidia 8700 cards but it seems that somehow I can't manage to put them together to work in SLI mode. I have downloaded 169.28 drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and they have improved my graphical performance for a little bit but I'm still not happy (I got 7500 score from 3dMark :(). Because I'm a 3d graphic designer and hardcore game player, I bought this laptop thinking that it will satisfy my needs. In my country there is no available update for 8800 graphic card so I'm stuck with this one :( I have opened this thread so people that had similar or same problem like mine can share their solution so that new users like me can hopefully solve it. Also people could write their opinions which driver is the best and newest.

    TNX Everybody

    P.S. Sorry if my english is a little bit bad... :)
     
  2. MrBubbles

    MrBubbles Notebook Consultant

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    7500 pts on 3DMark06 means you're SLI is working. A single card get's about 4,500 pts.

    I use the 174.31 drivers and I have got mine up to 8,444 pts without OCing.

    Other than that you need to reduce the 'bloatware' that loads on bootup. Also, search the web and tweak Vista (things like defrag and removing indexing help).
     
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    dj thariik Newbie

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    Thx for the help. I didn't had time to install drivers that you recomended to me but as soon I try them through few games and 3dmark I'm gonna send you my results. Also I have tweaked Vista and unabled indexing help and things like that.