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    260.99 performance?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Terminal42, Nov 19, 2010.

  1. Terminal42

    Terminal42 Notebook Evangelist

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    Whats the performance of the 260.99 drivers? been using 260.63 for about a month now, dealing with bsods every once in awhile waiting for a new driver to come out.

    Is the 260.99 another terrible driver?
     
    Terminal42, Nov 19, 2010
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  2. thomaskc.dk

    thomaskc.dk Notebook Deity

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    Personally I find the dev drivers 261.00 the fastest in starcraft 2 at least.
     
    thomaskc.dk, Nov 20, 2010
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  3. FiTz

    FiTz Notebook Enthusiast

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    yea I was getting BSODs on a daily basis so i updated to the 260.99 driver in hopes of a fix but no such luck....stick with some of the early version drivers if you are lucky enough to have them still saved
     
    FiTz, Nov 20, 2010
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    nvidia keeps a large back catalog of their drivers available on their website. Click the "Archived Drivers" link from their download page
     
    masterchef341, Nov 20, 2010
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  5. Terminal42

    Terminal42 Notebook Evangelist

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    With my previous 5 drivers or so, I had many many problems I couldn't stand anymore. The last one was the worst though, frequently my screen would freeze up and then turn completely into a solid color after switching from java applets, to flash videos, to different HTML sites ect...

    with 260.99 this is happened once though, after about 3 hours of installing the driver. before it happened much more frequently.
     
    Terminal42, Nov 20, 2010
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  6. SumKallMeTIM

    SumKallMeTIM Notebook Consultant

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    So WHAT works right now? lol
     
    SumKallMeTIM, Nov 20, 2010
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  7. Jasp

    Jasp Notebook Evangelist

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    Nout rofl, completely locks my laptop when the GPU downclocks to idle, run perfectly while playing mind you. Still using 197.16s since non of the 200 series works.
     
    Jasp, Nov 20, 2010
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  8. Abula

    Abula Puro Chapin

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    The last good driver i found for my GTX260m was NVIDIA Geforce/Ion/Quadro 198.05 WHQL Drivers (MS Update) released, now that i have changed laptops, im runing 263.63 and no issues yet with GTX460m, but i would try older drivers for your 285 SLI, and give some time to nvidia to release more drivers, atm with their new mobile line and GTX580 they are probably maxing drivers for it prerparing for ATI launch of the 6970/6990.
     
    Abula, Nov 20, 2010
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  9. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    The driver for at least my Macbook Pro 13 320m is the Nvidia 196. runs 7C-10C cooler than 260.
     
    Nick, Nov 20, 2010
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  10. Terminal42

    Terminal42 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I do get freeze ups still, but not as frequently. I guess ill attempt the drivers listed above..

    Still an annoying problem though.
     
    Terminal42, Nov 22, 2010
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