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    *** 8600M GT Judder Finally Fixed ! ***

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Icaru506, Feb 8, 2008.

  1. Icaru506

    Icaru506 Notebook Consultant

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    After trying every trick mentioned, and every Driver version released, I thought I'd finally found the solution.

    V 173.65 (Vista32) = :p

    Immediately noticeable, much smoother than ever before, absolutely no rhythmic judder after an hour and a half of playing COD4, Crysis, and Juiced 3 HIN Demo, even with fan Maxing out (that was previously the time of the worst judder).

    Framerates also seem significantly increased (although I've no exact figures), and the games just feel better. Previously, although I could play the games, even when at good framerates, something just felt wrong. The experience was a far cry (pardon the pun!) from playing on my Desktop with 8800GT. Now it is much more comparable (No, of course I'm not suggesting that an 8800GT and an 8600M GT are .... etc, but I'm sure anyone who suffered long and hard with this problem will know exactly what I'm talking about - G1S)

    I would really appreciate feedback from others after trying this driver. Sorry, I can't reccomend one for XP, as I don't have dual boot.

    Good Luck !

    EDIT: - JUDDER CAME BACK :mad: :mad: :mad: , but It's still the best driver I've tried.
     
  2. Meetloaf13

    Meetloaf13 fear the MONKEY!!!

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    Oh dang, no driver for Vista x64! Snap, we need to send out the petitioners!
     
  3. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Trying the drivers, I hope they can replace my excellent yet aging 169.09 driver..
     
  4. Icaru506

    Icaru506 Notebook Consultant

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    :mad: :mad: :mad:


    Oh Dear, that was short lived.

    Played UT3 on 1440 x 900, everything maxed, smooth as silk. Usually extremely choppy. 5 minutes later, guess what ...

    Oh yes,

    J U D D E R :eek:

    Either somethings overheating, or Somethings throttling. IT HAS TO BE.

    The thing is, you can play at med resolutions with no problem, when you increase the res, and you trigger the judder, even switching back down does not eradicate it.

    Somebody, somewhere, at either NVIDIA, INTEL, or ASUS, knows exactly whats causing this.

    Anyone ???

    :mad: :mad: :mad:
     
  5. thomaskc.dk

    thomaskc.dk Notebook Deity

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    changing resolution makes your gpu load more stuff into memory than having low resolution. Could as well still be the damn gpu memory error you got there.. hard to tell.
     
  6. xxERIKxx

    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    these drivers lowered my performance in cod 4.
    EDIT: my card wasnt overclocked. these drivers are sweet.
     
  7. goke313

    goke313 Notebook Evangelist

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    best drivers overclockable