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    175.70 drivers

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by umar, May 17, 2008.

  1. umar

    umar Notebook Evangelist

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    anyone tried these? how are they? currently i am using 174.74, is it worth upgrading?
     
    umar, May 17, 2008
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    nattfoedd Notebook Guru

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    I would say no! I haven't tested game performance, but 3dmark score was actually worse than 175.63 - however the biggest issue was that it didn't support standby on my AsusG1s.

    I switched back completely from the 175s to 174.74 which is best performing driver for me (best overclockable and best 3dmark performance)
     
    nattfoedd, May 17, 2008
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  3. umar

    umar Notebook Evangelist

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    thanks nattfoedd
     
    umar, May 17, 2008
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  4. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    I think I`m gonna try them out later today.
    I`m downloading as I type.
    *pads 174.93 on the back*
     
    eleron911, May 17, 2008
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  5. _radditz_

    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    Im using 175.63 and visual quality is good. No difference in gaming performance.
     
    _radditz_, May 17, 2008
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  6. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    I'm using them. No problems so far :)
     
    Prasad, May 17, 2008
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  7. eleron911

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    I`m wondering, do they have powermizer or flickering issues? Tried an earlier 175.x version and they were horrid.
     
    eleron911, May 17, 2008
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  8. harrynom

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    I use 175.70 right now and it seems to be ok
     
    harrynom, May 18, 2008
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  9. Nirvana

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    i got 400 points increased with 175.70, updated from 174.93
     
    Nirvana, May 18, 2008
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  10. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    A user on the LV2G forum reported errors in Control Panel with this driver, anyone else encountered similar problem?
     
    stewie, May 18, 2008
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    wow 400 points.. thats really interesting...i'm surprised that a driver can make such difference in 3dmark. i think its because you have an 8800GTX which its currunt drivers suck i guess?
     
    brainer, May 18, 2008
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  12. eleron911

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    I`m also still using 174.93 , so if you`re seing an increase, I might just give them a try in a few minutes.
     
    eleron911, May 18, 2008
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  13. nattfoedd

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    control panel worked for me, however as written above the laptop didn't wakeup anymore, when set to standby...

    Seems like the 174s weren't optimized for the 8800s then, that's quite strange...do you have screenshots? It was quite the other way round for me - about 100 3dmark points less than with 174.74 (8600mgt ddr3)
     
    nattfoedd, May 18, 2008
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  14. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    stewie, May 20, 2008
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  15. Tusin

    Tusin Notebook Evangelist

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    175.70 gave me great 3dmark scores on my M1530. But it did not handle temps to well. Just idle temps tho. Also I got alot of strange flickering.

    FYI this is on XP not Vista.
     
    Tusin, May 21, 2008
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  16. jacob808

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    does it make a noticeable difference over 174.31? infact does any of the 175.xx drivers make any noticeable difference in terms of video frames per second and game playability vs 174.xx drivers?
     
    jacob808, May 21, 2008
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    kind3r Notebook Consultant

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    I don't care about 3dmark score, I only care about ingame performance ... and this driver gave the best gain in performance since I have my laptop (it came with 167 originally).
     
    kind3r, May 21, 2008
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  18. kenside34

    kenside34 Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow i went from a rating 4.5 to 4.8 with this driver.

    I have 8600 card

    [​IMG]
     
    kenside34, May 22, 2008
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  19. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Prasad, May 22, 2008
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  20. Tusin

    Tusin Notebook Evangelist

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    Man where is the 175.75 XP driver? lol

    Oh and Go Lakers!
     
    Tusin, May 22, 2008
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  21. kenside34

    kenside34 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yea baby gooo Lakers !!!
     
    kenside34, May 22, 2008
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  22. eleron911

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    Somehow I`m not impressed with these drivers.
    174.93 served me better overall...
    Hmm.
     
    eleron911, May 22, 2008
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  23. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Wait till you try 175.75 ;)
     
    Prasad, May 22, 2008
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  24. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    hey,that's a thought.
    I`ll get them tonight after I get home, I`m using my nx9420 at the moment...
     
    eleron911, May 22, 2008
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  25. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Aren't you on XP ? :) LV2G only has Vista 175.75 drivers right now....
     
    Prasad, May 22, 2008
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  26. eleron911

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    No,I`m dual booting. Although, I haven`t totally set up vista.
    I`m trying to convince myself Vista is actually the future.
    Xp looks like crap when compared to vista`s nice aero and cleartype fonts...
     
    eleron911, May 22, 2008
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  27. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Oh yeah! ;) Make sure you go x64 though! :D
     
    Prasad, May 22, 2008
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  28. eleron911

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    Had X64 before. The only real issues I had with it were with some older games and my USB sound card not having the sound manager console working.
    But I already have a kickass sound system,should not be an issue :)
     
    eleron911, May 22, 2008
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  29. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Hmmm... that's weird. I've had ZERO issues so far. :) And all older games that I've tried so far (games as old as 300MB full installation size) run perfectly when I use Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode. :)
     
    Prasad, May 22, 2008
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  30. GotBoost

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  31. Tusin

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    About to try those out right now, for XP. Will let yall know what I find.
     
    Tusin, May 23, 2008
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    i like the 174.74 better. i dont think im going to switch anytime soon.
     
    xxERIKxx, May 24, 2008
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  33. SonDa5

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    How did it go?
     
    SonDa5, May 24, 2008
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  34. Tusin

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    Lost a good 300 3dmarks, and games did not run aswell. Sticking with 175.70
     
    Tusin, May 24, 2008
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  35. umar

    umar Notebook Evangelist

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    i am confused now, my EA Sports games like NBA Live 08 and Fifa dont work well in any drivers excepth the 167.53 my laptop came with...
    these games run so bad on any drivers except these thats its unplayabe;, 15-19 fps in sports game at the lowest settings is pretty ugly and gives me a headache.
    on 167.53 the run at a solid 60 fps at maximum settings and resolution
     
    umar, May 24, 2008
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