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    Problems with M1730 + 8800m GTX with games

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by WILLM, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. WILLM

    WILLM Newbie

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    Hello,

    I assume this is a driver issue but I'm having huge problems running WoW and the Orange Box games.

    If the games run at all without dumping memory and crashing, I get crazy shard-like graphical rectangle atrifiacts shooting out from all over the place.

    I can run Lord of the Rings Online and Sins of a Solar Empire fine .

    I'm running Vista 32bit and the driver is the initial release (16755). I haven't been able to find others.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks!
     
    WILLM, Mar 5, 2008
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    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is there any driver that doesn´t down clock the 8800m GTX? Checking GPU-z even the stock driver is underclocking the GPU´s. Though I don´t fully trust GPU-z this time, Rivatuner using the hardware monitor shows the cards are actually running at the correct speed and the sensors tab in GPU-z also shows the correct speed but not the main window, still shows 383 MhZ on the core and so on.

    Just wanted to know if anyone else has the same? Currently I tested the 174.20 drivers still same result.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 6, 2008
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