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    Ideal driver for 8600 GT?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Bowlerguy92, Feb 24, 2008.

  1. Bowlerguy92

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    My full specs are in the signature, but which driver is the absolute IDEAL for my card right now? I don't care if it's first party 3rd party etc, and could you please link me direct to the page? I uninstalled my drivers and had them all cleaned up so that right now I have no drivers on it right now. Thanks.
     
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    Why are the 169.04 drivers only giving me 35.4 FPS's during the CS:Source stress test? I had a set of drivers that gave me around 130. I don't get why I can't get it back up there anymore.
     
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    it depends on what game you want to play. for css try 169.61
     
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    Both driver sets give me the exact same number of frames per second. Something isn't right here and I am unsure of why my graphics card seemingly has stopped functioning correctly.........could someone give me some help here?
     
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    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    Try 169.28
    And try disabling vsync for css
     
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    Ya, thats what I am on right now. I run the stress test and whereas I used to get around 130 FPS's I now get 30........Not sure what the deal is or what to do.
     
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    I upgraded from the 169.04's to the 169.28's over the weekend and I feel the 04's are slightly faster based on Trackmania's benchmark.

    I spent some time playing NFS MW too so I'll use it as a base when I go back to the 04's.

    Hehehe, I managed to play NFS MW at 1600x1200 (external display) at stock speeds, full detail, no AA at 25-35fps. Overclocking to 500/850 netted me very little ?!? I think the low was a little higher but not much :confused:

    Another funny thing though, no matter what graphics settings I use, it pauses every so often... very very annoying :mad:
     
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    Cool..........
     
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    And I prove myself an idiot again........It was on powersaver! Yay for me.
     
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    These are still only giving me about 75 where as I "was" getting around 130.....
     
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