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    344.75 still the best

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 26, 2015.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    I have tried every nVIDIA Driver update and keep going back to 344.75 as it gives me the best performance. I don't know why as I thought driver updates should improve performance but nope......

    344.75

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    377.88

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    Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 26, 2015
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  2. Ethrem

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    You got a boost in graphics score in both Firestrike and Cloud Gate. Honestly I wouldn't go by 3dmark unless it's 11, the scores vary way too much. Gaming performance gas been massively improved in 347.88 for a lot of us.
     
    Ethrem, Mar 26, 2015
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    Thanks for enlightening me, Going back to 377.88 then. I appreciate it chief
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 26, 2015
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    Utilization is much better in the newer drivers from what I've noticed - since 3dmark already did a decent job of utilizing the GPU, the gains aren't really seen there. :)
     
    Ethrem, Mar 26, 2015
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    Run a few tests with 3Dmark11 also for comparison. 3Dmark11 pushing hardware slightly more than 3DMark ..
     
    Papusan, Mar 26, 2015
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    Synthetic benchmarks are not always representative of in-game performance ;)

    Oh, and your results actually show that 347.88 has better performance than 344.75 in 3DMark across the board sooo... yeah, I'm not following the point you're trying to make here.
     
    Cakefish, Mar 27, 2015
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    Driver updates are more or less bug fixes for games

    Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
     
    Splintah, Mar 27, 2015
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    347.88 owns 344.75 for me.. My OC's are more stable and higher.. GPU utilisaation is definetly up too..
     
    TomJGX, Mar 27, 2015
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    As long as the benchmark results are within the margin of error, I would favour the newer drivers. They're usually updated with performance increases for games, not necessarily benchmarks.
     
    Ramzay, Mar 29, 2015
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    Nothing wrong with sticking to a good driver.
     
    J.Dre, Mar 29, 2015
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