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    174.70 Problems?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by narsnail, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    I am having stability issues with these drivers, Prey used to run maxed on the 174.50 but will not go over 20 on these, games crash after 20mins of playing, and it sometimes just crashes. Temps are normal...anyone else having problems?
     
    narsnail, Apr 3, 2008
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  2. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Besides the fact that my gpu is running at full power no matter what? Nope.
     
    Patrick, Apr 3, 2008
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  3. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    just rolled back to 174.52...same problems....am going back to 169.28
     
    narsnail, Apr 3, 2008
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  4. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    How do you roll back to a driver that is newer than the one you have? Time Travel? :)
     
    Patrick, Apr 3, 2008
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  5. dvdivx

    dvdivx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did you try 174.74?
     
    dvdivx, Apr 3, 2008
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  6. KernalPanic

    KernalPanic White Knight

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    174.74 came with all sorts of legit *.inf files for various manufacturers.

    Using those *.inf files the resulting driver installation should have been as good (compatibility-wise) as your original manufacturer driver set.

    Did you load the correct *.inf or use the hacked one?

    For me, 174.74 is the most stable and feature-complete driver ever released.
     
    KernalPanic, Apr 4, 2008
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    I recently upgraded to 174.74 on my desktop and they are working great, no issues.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 4, 2008
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  8. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Anybody with the 7950GTX tried them yet?
     
    eleron911, Apr 4, 2008
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