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    Best performing driver so far?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by johnny89, Apr 6, 2009.

  1. johnny89

    johnny89 Notebook Evangelist

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    Right now I have a 7400 go and I was wondering what is the best performing driver released so far. Whether it being dox or an original. thanks
     
    johnny89, Apr 6, 2009
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  2. RedNara

    RedNara Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I actually have the same question but I have an ATI HD 3650. Thanks... Sorry for kind of stealing your post...
     
    RedNara, Apr 6, 2009
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    cathy, Apr 6, 2009
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    There is no such thing as "best performing driver", it varies from game to game.
     
    Nirvana, Apr 6, 2009
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  5. grbac

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    Seems like the 185.20 is one of the best so far.
     
    grbac, Apr 6, 2009
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    ...and GPU to GPU. :D
     
    hovercraftdriver, Apr 6, 2009
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    In most cases, DOX 182.05, but you don't know until you try it on your own system.
     
    CA36GTP, Apr 6, 2009
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    I tried Dox 182.46 and it had issues with crysis warhead game and some others..( Random crash or half blue screen on bottom while playing..) I use Nvdia's newest 179.67 and no problems so far. Even higher 3dmark scores too. Very stable driver. For benchmarking, I used Xfastest 177.85 driver.
     
    fatmandoo, Apr 6, 2009
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  9. tuηay

    tuηay o TuNaY o

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    I still get best performance with lastet official notebook driver, from nVidia
     
    tuηay, Apr 6, 2009
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  10. Kevin

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    The majority of drivers perform the same, but people get all giddy when their 3dmark06 score "jumps" 10 points. I yawn.

    Tbh, it really doesn't matter which modern driver you install on a Go 7400.
     
    Kevin, Apr 6, 2009
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  11. TehSuigi

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    Still on 179.28 - might move to a newer one when Vista SP2 rolls around and I clean-install.
     
    TehSuigi, Apr 6, 2009
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