Dox 180.84 version 1.1

For those that don't know these are drivers specifically optimized for mobile GPUs. If you have a laptop these are the only drivers you need to care about!

"Changes over version 1.0
- Simplified the installer: now when you click "balance"/"performance" you no longer need to go to the next page and click "install" to install the driver.
- Added quality option: increased level of detail and texture sharpness, reduced performance slightly
- Updated tweaks: Increased performance over the Dox optimised 180.84 (Dox balance 180.84 vs Dox balance 180.84.1 etc)"

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22225&st=0#entry99783

 

Thanks for the info but laptopvideo2go drivers have issues. No matter who does them.

 

That's not a very fair statement, The majority of laptopvideo2go drivers are just other unoptimized drivers with the INF modified to allow laptops to install them. The drivers themselves may have issues on laptops, but it's not laptopvideo2go's fault.

Some of the optimized drivers do have some issues, yes, but generally the pros outweigh the cons with Dox's drivers.

 

What pros are those? Gaming? Not everyone games. For me...the cons outweigh the pros.

1. GPU runs hotter.
2. Sleep issues
3. External screen probs
4. HD Playback becomes sluggish


Those are more important to me than Gaming. So, I am forced to stick to stock drivers.

 

No difference for me in temps, but in performance it´s a world difference between those official laptop drivers and these desktop drivers.

 

My temps haven't raised even a degree from switching to DOX from official mobile drivers and DOX has fixed the sleep issues that nVidia has in their drivers for the most part and I have not had a single problem with external screens and HD playback. Also all my games are much more smooth.

Wishmaker you are probably not following the right steps when installing modded drivers from using normal nVidia drivers. You need to uninstall then go into safe mode and use driver cleaner then reboot and install. You only do this when you are going from stock to modded or one modder to another. When you have a modder that you use all the time (DOX for me) you don't need to follow all these steps every time. What this does is clear out all the old files so they can be replaced by the modded files. Sometimes not all the files are deleted and replaced and it can cause problems.

 

What laptopvideo2go does is provides an INF to install drivers, they don't optimize the drivers, saying their drivers have problems makes no sense.

If you don't like them that's fine, but there's no sense spreading falsehoods about the service they provide, since it's a service that many of us appreciate immensely.

Bringing the discussion back to the matter at hand:
I'm currently using the DOX 180.84 driver and will shortly switch to version 1.1.

 

So you are calling my personal experiences and crashes due to their drivers false hoods.


Some rude people on this board ...


P.S: I know how to remove drivers. This is not my first BBQ.

 

Just a question, just to be sure. I have DOX´s 180.84, if I switch to DOX´s 180.84.1 I don´t need to do a clean unninstall (going to safe boot and all those procedures)? Just switch? Why? What´s the difference for the others?
Thanks and take care

 

To the best of my knowledge it's usually a good idea to clean install all video drivers, to keep your system from getting cluttered.

I'm not sure, so feel free to prove me wrong.

 

@wishmaker
you have a point, if you don't game then really there is no sense in changing drivers b/c stock drivers are supposedly the most stable and you don't have a need for the added performance.

However i love gaming and change my drivers every time one comes out to see what/if there are any improvments to the games i play and haven't had any issues other than maybe one works BETTER than another...

BTW knocking LV2G isn't cool they provide a terrific service for us and don't charge a dime.

 

I agree completely.

 

its always a stick business pleasing everyone,
its an obvious fact that our modded drivers wont have all the "features" you come to expect compared to stock oem drivers since pieter mods desktop ones to work for mobile gpus.

However I do feel we provide one of the best free service laptop users can get and pieter doesnt even ask for donations.

you wouldn't believe how much it costs pieter (mobilenvidia) for the servers, we have huge amount of drivers for downloads (an archive) and really fast downloads!!

 

Made the move to these today from stock 167.43 i used for watching my blu-rays, so far oblivion seems a little smoother and no major temperature increases to note. Good work

Just curious, How\Why does pieter do it then? There must be something he's getting out of it. Don't mean to sound rude

 

Because he loves us!!!

 

I think you are missing the point. LaptopVideo2Go does not provide their own drivers. They provide the stock nVidia drivers with the option of a modded .inf to install the drivers with any GPU. Saying that you don't like laptopvideo2go drivers because they cause problems is saying that you do not like nVidia drivers because they cause problems which doesn't make sense because you have to use nVidia drivers to use your card! I was in your wording that threw people off. You are saying you don't like using a modded inf to put desktop drivers on your laptop because of compatibility issues... again which has very little to do with LTV2G. I hope that cleared everything up in respect to you Wishmaker.

giga.ultra:

I talked to DOX about how he would recommend I go about installing the drivers because I have always done the safe mode route and it started to get annoying. He said that if you are upgrading from one of his drivers to a new one of his drivers there is no need to safe mode it. All you have to do is uninstall restart install and restart. On the other hand if you are going to install his drivers with a previous set on your computer that aren't DOX you should do the safe mode/driver sweeper route to make sure all the files are out. Hope this helps!

 

none of those "issues" are valid

 

I find the laptopvideo2go drivers better for HD playback, certain drivers run cooler that the stock ones, certain ones run hotter. External monitors run better on some drivers, worse on others.

Whoever that uneducated person who says the laptopvideo2go drivers are not good, doesn't really have a clue about how drivers work. Let's not ridicule him, but let's educate him. That is, if he cares to learn instead of going day to day not understanding drivers.

 

Cool, thanks for telling us.

 

Thank you very much for the explanation.
Take care

 

i see, but wouldn't a fan under you laptop solve most of your heating up problems ?

 

These drivers are great! So far ive seen an overall increase in my 3dmark06 score and my framerate for COD4. Thanks DOX!

 

Are the Dox drivers optimized or able to be used for dual graphic (Sli) setups?

 

I have just installed these and GTA IV seems a bit quicker. Fraps is telling me I am getting 25-30 fps while driving around, and the game doesn't seem to be dropping below 20 whereas it was before. So I thank Dox for these (I was previously using the basic nVidia 180.84 with modded inf from lv2g).

 

stop trolling.

again, just to make it perfectly clear, laptopvideo2go hosts drivers on their site, but they don't make them nor do they modify them. all they do is unlock them for use with mobile gpu's with modified inf files.

dox modified drivers are modified though. but thats not the primary function of laptopvideo2go.

 

Hmm, before I go installing these, would anyone mind explaining the most common known issues with these DOX drivers?

 

Thanks DOX for the updated drivers. They work great. Thank you also for LV2G. It has been improving my game playing for over a year now. I appreciate the work you put for these drivers. To be able to play GTA4 on my laptop is more than I could ask for.

 

these worked great for me, i went from about 24 fps to about 30/35 fps in GTA 4, except when it started raining at night it cut down to about 10-15 but other drivers were the same. and in cod4 it is still an average 75 fps for me.

 

Are these really that hype? I suppose I'll try them myself sometime.

Also, 181.00 just came out... . Anyone try these yet? I might just try 180.84 1.1 anyway.

 

181.0 are suposedly not good.Some people reported a drastic decrease in performance/3dmark score.
Best way is to check them yourself on your system...

 

DOX drivers are head-and-shoulders better than any other set out there for me... gaming, playback, external monitors/HDTV, heat, you name it... not just gaming.

This is not to say they are for everyone... sometimes certain laptops just don't play nice. Also, to be fair... ASUS's stock drivers are actually pretty good unless you want to play GTA4.

 

I think you are confusing me with one of your drinking buddies.

 

Can anyone confirm there are no sleep issues? Any bugs for a non gamer?

 

Their are no sleep issues.

 

Okay, then, here I go....if it crashes, I can say I told you so .

 

I was playing Braveheart 1080p with MPC+CoreAVC and it crashed. The same film on my previous bulk Asus drivers worked. Its rollback time.

 

I'm going back to DOX 180.70... my 2nd display is not working.

 

just tried these. have to say these are some quality drivers so far. gta ran very good and my 3dmark score came back up 400 points from the previous .84 and .70 (all DoX). i say, give them a try. great work DoX, as always

 

Also these drivers take down WEI in Gaming for my by .2 points. Rolled back to 179.14 official Asus. WEI is back.

 

dude, are you serious? i mean, i feel kinda guilty about bringing 3dmark up, but WEI?!?

 

How is an increase in 3D Mark help me if I don't game? I tried them for the high performance they have overall. SOme reported amazing HD playback. They crashed my laptop on HD playback. So yeah...WEI or not...they only work for gaming. Try them of FIFA09 and you will see people flying.

 

how does WEI help you at all?! c'mon, it's a stupid vista thing and that's it.

 

I completely agree with you. However, have you seen how people choose their pcs nowadays? They run WEI and if it has a good score they will buy it. People have no idea what 3DMark is . Moreover, if you ask a random person on a street what RAID is they will say it is used to kill flies .

 

Yea, but no computer is going to have DOX's modified drivers on it as the stock drivers, so who cares how it affects the WEI

 

Yo Dox....Thank you for all you hard work in tweaking these drivers.
I am currently using 180.84 v 1.1 and it's working great for me. I had tried the new nvidia driver that was just released 179.28 (I think) and then immediatly went back to your driver.
Too many people whine and complain about your drivers, and as far as I'm concerned if they don't like them Don't fricken use them.
There are multitudes of people who really appreciate your work....keep it up

 

I run my laptop on the stock drivers and after reading the positive reviews about the DOX drivers I would like to install it. Can anyone provide a neat set of instructions on the installation procedure esp while upgrading from stock drivers. Thanks in advance..

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=265740

Use that guide to install your 1st DOX driver. After that you only need to uninstall his, reboot and install a newer version of his to upgrade.

 

If you read through this thread you would not have to ask the question you asked.

 

I had gone through the thread. This is my first laptop and I haven't done such 3rd party driver installations.. I just wanted a neat set of instructions so that i wouldn't miss out any minor points.

@mrsamsa, Thanks for the link..

 

you don't need to install that way as the link suggests.
You still need to clean uninstall if you are using me drivers for the first time.
But ignore the the bit about "have disk" method.

With my drivers I have made an automated installation.

There are three settings:

Quality
Balance
Performance

you just click what you want and it will install.

If you click quality then cancle it,
you can click balance and the driver settings would not clash.

its completely fail proof.