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    What's the best GPU driver for the L502x?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by revolution48, Aug 21, 2011.

  1. revolution48

    revolution48 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey NBR

    Do you know what's the best driver for the GT540m currently? So far its a really nice laptop but the drivers are a bit dated and I don't really like using Dell's driver download page seeing that the ones they put on there are usually outdated (previous SXPS 16 owner) so any recommendations?

    Thanks :)
     
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    zjacobss Notebook Consultant

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    Just go to the nvidia web site and get the latest driver from there.
     
    zjacobss, Aug 21, 2011
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    revolution48 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah i was thinking that but i heard people were having problems with the fan and stuff
     
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    It's better to have the latest driver for your gpu, fan problems are caused due monitoring gadgets i believe.
     
    zjacobss, Aug 21, 2011
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    revolution48 Notebook Enthusiast

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    revolution48, Aug 21, 2011
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    Never heard about that issue :eek: but i'm using the latest driver and everything is fine.
     
    zjacobss, Aug 21, 2011
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    conscriptvirus Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm confused...maybe its a different design than the L501x, but i didn't think the laptop had "GPU" fans. Last I saw, it was just one fan with heat pipes connecting the CPU and GPU
     
    conscriptvirus, Aug 21, 2011
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    It has one fan that works for both the gpu and cpu.
     
    zjacobss, Aug 22, 2011
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