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    Best performance video drivers 256MB 8600GT

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kirill, May 2, 2008.

  1. kirill

    kirill Notebook Guru

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    What are the best drivers performance wise?
    Mainly playing games like CSS, TF2 and assasins creed.

    Also is it possible to point me to the thread where i can overclock my 8600GT?


    Thank you very much.
     
    kirill, May 2, 2008
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  2. cdrad57

    cdrad57 Notebook Consultant

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    You can find that overclock thread here
     
    cdrad57, May 2, 2008
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  3. NAS Ghost

    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    174.74 seem to be pretty good ones from lv2g
     
    NAS Ghost, May 2, 2008
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  4. NewDelly

    NewDelly Notebook Consultant

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    That was a pretty jerk move. You could have searched yourself. You know what happens when everyone says 'use the search'? You end up with 500,000 posts saying use the search and one actual thread on the discussion which gets burried. I know, because I run a board.

    To the OP.

    Try here:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=179833
     
    NewDelly, May 2, 2008
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  5. kirill

    kirill Notebook Guru

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    thanks pal
     
    kirill, May 2, 2008
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  6. cdrad57

    cdrad57 Notebook Consultant

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    I could have, but chose to make a point.

    Personally I think it was a pretty jerk move of yours to baby feed the OP by searching yourself and offering the results. You know what happens then? you end up with 1,000,000 posts saying can somebody point to the thread where .... is?

    And by all means please tell me which board do you run, to make sure I never subscribe to it.
     
    cdrad57, May 2, 2008
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  7. AJHardware

    AJHardware Notebook Enthusiast

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  8. ms500

    ms500 Notebook Consultant

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    I use 169.09, and these are the best since they don't have the 'choppy' graphics problem that I got with the 174.xx ones, yet give good performance and work with ntune to allow overclocking.
     
    ms500, May 2, 2008
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  9. deputc26

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    174.74 are the fastest but they may cause choppy(mp3s only) audio, I got 4638 3dmarks with them.
     
    deputc26, May 2, 2008
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  10. Thund3rball

    Thund3rball I dont know, I'm guessing

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    I just switched to 174.74 and on Gears of War this made a big difference. I used to get some stuttering on it but now it's like buttah. ;) Don't know about stuttering on MP3s as I don't use my laptop for audio.
     
    Thund3rball, May 2, 2008
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