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    Modded NVIDIA drivers for Windows

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Vasudev, Dec 9, 2018.

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    Didn't work, unfortunately.

    Here's the nvrz.inf and .cat from the last official Razer driver for this laptop (353.54). Maybe it will help.
     

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    Never tried it before but... I can give it a try.. ;)
    the problem is that nvrz.inf file is not available inside the [Display.Driver] folder :oops: so.. I don't know what file to edit :( let me see what I can do.. I will search deeply :)
     
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    The last official driver to support the 870M (425.31) installs just fine on the Blade so it would probably be worthwhile to start your investigation there.


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    Waiting for XG developers to release it :) and then I will apply my magic :D
     
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    I do not integrate "Xtreme-G Modded" tweaks, because these changes are placebo and there is no evidence (benchmarks) etc which proves that these old and very outdated tweaks still work. Please do not use my eMail to ask me questions about this anymore, I simply do not believe in placebo. why say that Chef Koch?
     
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    Albeit I still haven't thoroughtfully checked it but so far I managed to fix a bug for me with on 850M with HEVC playback using NVCleanstall which until this time was with many different drivers (since 362.00 I suppose) and with different players. Video used to just stop playing while audio could continue if I set video to use Nvidia instead of iGPU.
     
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    [​IMG]

    Could this be due to the modded drivers? It doesnt happen all the time, and the gpu works fine when optimus switches to it. This however seems weird. (This is the j95 drivers, I think its supposed to be the hotfixed one, do not know why it says 430.39 tbh)
     
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    Revert the curve. Press the reset button in the middle and apply.. Your voltage curve is too low
     
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    In the process.. I'm uploading :)

    That's his own opinion... I believe on results in front of my eyes :) and XG drivers provide significant benefits.. on every single update I post the difference between stock drivers vs XG drivers.
     
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    Thanks for your work!
     
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    nice cant remaining!
     
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    XG 430.64 drivers For Laptops/Desktops:- [Lite & Debloated + Physx] made by @6.|THE|1|BOSS|.9 :cool:

    https://mega.nz/#!T4lzzIRL!jotXE-oGYJ9qYMiICnDdEH_mnNWJGTLZdtWhi0WW5rQ

    Little surprise for you all PPC is added ! :)
    Enjoy ;) :cool:

    Ok here is what they do on every driver :) I got the list from there dead website http://tweakforce.com by using http://web.archive.org/ ;)
    XG drivers are tweaked to improve image quality and stability while performance may increase or decrease slightly depending on your system specs. A few XG registry tweaks include mods to the following:

    Paletted Textures In Video Memory
    Render Quality Flags
    Target Flush Count
    Texture Clamp Behavior
    Texture LOD Bias
    Use Cached PCI Mappings
    Texture Memory Space
    Downloaded Memory Space
    Texture Precache
    UMA Fast Frame Buffering
    Main 3D rendering
    Triple Buffering
    Any more information you want to know.. ask them.. :)
    Here's what I observed comparing between official ones vs XG...
    -Less microstutters
    -Higher OC Potential (Gives me additional 50 ~ 90 MHz more OC) with the same overvolt (I use +75mv) going higher voltage gives me black screen
    -Higher FPS [Not significant-(YMMV)] (due to less stuttering I guess you feel that you are playing at higher frame rate :D)
    -Less latency per a frame (Means smoothie gameplay) ;)

    If you want the normal XG driver version... look here...
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...ver-430-53-hotfix.828660/page-2#post-10904160
     
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    What is PPC?
     
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    I tried installing the XG drivers but I get 'Nvidia driver not supported in this version of windows'

    I reverted back to normal drivers.
     
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    disable driver signature enforcement first.

    Sent from my Xiaomi Mi Max 2 (Oxygen) using Tapatalk
     
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    I followed all the instructions to the point. Removed drivers from add/remove programs, cleaned with DDU in safe mode, restarted in disable driver signature mode, ran the installer. Tried again, gave up, installed official drivers.

    I am on Windows 10 1809 with a non max Q mobile RTX 2070.

    Reseting the curve does not solve that issue. Only disabling optimus and always running the 2070 solved it for me.

    Edit: Completely uninstalling afterburner and rivatuner, and reinstalling the 4.6.1 beta resolved the GPU disconnect issue.


    Edit: I tried the same thing again today but the XG drivers give the same error. I installed the J95 driver for 430.64 without any issues. The performance gain is negligable, and when there is no external monitor connected and the gpu is on idle, it still keeps disconnecting.
     
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    NVIDIA Geforce Graphics Driver 430.64 Repack
    by alanfox2000

    Windows 7/8 Standard Driver
    File Name: nvidia-geforce-graphics-driver-lite-430.64-win8-win7-64bit-standard-12-05-2019.exe
    SHA-256: cd27f6cc972d55d8a31860737e46ec8278116467f43fdca4e0ca31775d23ca54
    https://github.com/alanfox2000/repa...30.64-win8-win7-64bit-standard-12-05-2019.exe

    Windows 10 Standard Driver
    File Name: nvidia-geforce-graphics-driver-lite-430.64-win10-64bit-standard-12-05-2019.exe
    SHA-256: c5d2c774027f0d33ab6c4f0aaf7271487b9ede3a77a3c69737bd455a694bc4fe
    https://github.com/alanfox2000/repa...te-430.64-win10-64bit-standard-12-05-2019.exe

    Windows 10 DCH Driver
    File Name: nvidia-geforce-graphics-driver-lite-430.64-win10-64bit-dch-12-05-2019.exe
    SHA-256: e0e16c51e58507bb684f917e2ad9c389d75c6b7950bc5d161c1a4f4e9485e2cd
    https://github.com/alanfox2000/repa...er-lite-430.64-win10-64bit-dch-12-05-2019.exe

    Windows 10 Standard Driver
    Components:
    • Graphics Driver
    • HD Audio Driver
    • PhysX System Software
    • Update Core
    • NGXCore
    • PPC
    Modified:
    • Update Core (for game profile update) can be selected during installation
    • Remove "NIVIDIA telemetry monitor" and "NIVIDIA crash and telemetry reporter" which included in Update Core Component
    • Remove Display Driver NvTelemetry Plugin for NVIDIA Container
    • Remove all NVIDIA Help HTML files (NvCplSetupInt.exe file size reduce ~72 MB (~74%))
    • Remove NvInstallerUtil.dll (Telemetry), NVNetworkService.exe and NVNetworkServiceAPI.dll in NVI2 folder
    • Remove NvTelemetry64.dll
    • Include a Utility (AutoHotkey Script) which allow selecting installation switches and support automatic installing unsigned driver
    • Support add Hardware ID in INF
    • Add Dolby Digital Format on HDMI output ("NVIDIA Output" Sound Property -> Advanced Tab -> Default Format: Dolby Digital)
    • Add Dolby Home Theater v4 and Dolby Advanced Audio v2 support
    • Apply TweakForce Xtreme-G Registry Modification on INF:
      • Paletted Textures In Video Memory
      • Render Quality Flags
      • Target Flush Count
      • Texture Clamp Behavior
      • Texture LOD Bias
      • Use Cached PCI Mappings
      • Texture Memory Space
      • Downloaded Memory Space
      • Texture Precache
      • UMA Fast Frame Buffering
      • Main 3D rendering
      • Triple Buffering
    Windows 10 DCH Driver
    Require enabling sideload apps before installation

    Components:
    • Graphics Driver
    • HD Audio Driver
    • PhysX System Software
    • Update Core
    • PPC
    Modified:
    • Same as Windows 10 Standard Driver
    • Automatically offline install NVIDIA Control Panel UWP app
    • Remove invalid NVIDIA Control Panel shortcut on Windows Control Panel
    Windows 7/8 Standard Driver
    Components:
    • Graphics Driver
    • HD Audio Driver
    • PhysX System Software
    • NGXCore
    • Update Core
    Modified:
    • Same as Windows 10 Standard Driver
     
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    After much testing and installation/uninstallation heartache, these are going to be my go-to drivers for desktop and laptop use. After using the j95 inf for the latter, I have full functionality on both it and my desktop's RTX 2070. It was tricky because I wanted a telemetry-free driver, but the mod by @6.|THE|1|BOSS|.9 wouldn't install the audio driver on the Blade, which resulted in no audio output from the HDMI port. This was not an issue with the alanfox2000 set.
     
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    @yrekabakery and @D2Ultima
    Figured why newer Nvidia driver caused increased stuttering and gave crappy performance. It was a buggy value set by nvidia when you use VSYNC tear control to Adaptive w/o setting VSYNC to ON/Off/Fast Sync/Forced ON/Off. If you don't set it drivers work like crap on older games and older hardware. I usually type adaptive sync and nvidia page always said to enable VSYNC Tear control to Adaptive and you're good to go. What led me into this direction was recent 43x.xx 19Hq driver has buggy VSYNC control.
    <4xx.xx VSYNC tear control works properly and sets optimal value on the fly whereas post 4xx.xx requires the user to choose a VSYNC values. If nvidia dev team suggested this change long time ago we won't be in this situation.
    Anyway, can anyone interpret Metro Redux benchmarks? I used 391.25 to test it and FPS shown in graph wasn't reached because I had RTSS running in background and it reported only min 10FPS, avg 48-55FPS on Ultra preset @ FHD resolution.
    1.png

    2.png

    3.png
     
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    Since I dont have the heart to go through alot of pages of forum, could you tell me how the repack compares to the normal version?
     
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    Performance feels the same (don't have exact numbers), but the main reason I have these installed is to remove NVIDIA's telemetry.
     
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    Anything else we need to know before using this? Maybe use DDU first? How does it compare performance wise to normal drivers? I am all for disabling the telemetry and working out the performance bugs of normal drivers, so I am curious.
     
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    You got your reply above! And yes, use DDU first then disable drivers signature on windows and install them and reenable the drivers signature afterwards!

    Performance is the same as stock, but without telemetry :)
     
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    Hi! Any update on this?
     
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    Hey! Sorry :( totally forgot to tell you about it... I did gave a try the other day but no success really :oops:
     
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    Oh, darn. Thank you for trying!

    I guess I have to use the official drivers then.
     
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    You don't need to re-enable driver signature enforcement. This is done automatically at the next system restart.
     
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    new new drivers is out!
     
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    Already waiting for the upload to finish ;)
     
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    XG 430.86 drivers For Laptops/Desktops:- [Lite & Debloated + Physx] made by @6.|THE|1|BOSS|.9 :cool:

    https://mega.nz/#!u0VBDIpY!0kHq8_QUtdCvek8xqBN4SQJliupPlpOvCBLftzfXrs0

    Enjoy ;) :cool:

    Ok here is what they do on every driver :) I got the list from there dead website http://tweakforce.com by using http://web.archive.org/ ;)
    XG drivers are tweaked to improve image quality and stability while performance may increase or decrease slightly depending on your system specs. A few XG registry tweaks include mods to the following:

    Paletted Textures In Video Memory
    Render Quality Flags
    Target Flush Count
    Texture Clamp Behavior
    Texture LOD Bias
    Use Cached PCI Mappings
    Texture Memory Space
    Downloaded Memory Space
    Texture Precache
    UMA Fast Frame Buffering
    Main 3D rendering
    Triple Buffering
    Any more information you want to know.. ask them.. :)
    Here's what I observed comparing between official ones vs XG...
    -Less microstutters
    -Higher OC Potential (Gives me additional 50 ~ 90 MHz more OC) with the same overvolt (I use +75mv) going higher voltage gives me black screen
    -Higher FPS [Not significant-(YMMV)] (due to less stuttering I guess you feel that you are playing at higher frame rate :D)
    -Less latency per a frame (Means smoothie gameplay) ;)

    If you want the normal XG driver version... look here...
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...ql-findings-fixes.829029/page-2#post-10916491
     
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    Need a DCH version, cant install these on 1903 W10
     
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    Use the Alanfox2000 drivers linked above.
     
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    is 1903 exlusively compatible with DCH drivers only? seriously? o_O

    Sent from my Xiaomi Mi Max 2 (Oxygen) using Tapatalk
     
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    Yes and no. Sometimes the standard driver will install and DCH will fail, that's after using DDU (DCH says incompatible, and standard will install the graphics but the other components fail). But after a reboot only DCH will work.

    LOL MICROSOFT

    Not XtremeG though, just removed some bloat and telemetry crap right?
     
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    If 1903 is forcing us all to use DCH.. I guess 1809 is my last thing to use in windows.. Ubuntu 19.04 looks amazing to me right now :D
     
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    Read the link I posted.
     
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    Could have just said it's XtremeG lol
     
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    I'm using standard drivers on windows 10 1903. No one forces me to do sh*t on my hardware. Micro&0ft can kiss my @ss if they ever do even try. Using the standard version and running great without bloatware or telemetry :)
     
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    until then, you can always use LTSC 2019 (1809 base) which has long term support, no crappy "feature" updates and all the goodies for enterprise :)
     
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    Doesn't install for me, the installer just dies about 15% in
     
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    You didn't disable the driver signature that's why it happens. Disable, install the drivers and re-enable it. Simple :)
     
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    It should still be disabled from before but I'll check
     
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    No. DCH or Standard drivers works w/o issue.
     
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    I have the exact same issue. This happens with every xg and alanfox release for me. The J95 drivers work fine. Driver signiture enforcement doesnt resolve it for me. Might be something else. I can't really figure out what to do with the hardware ID thing on the installer as well. Maybe doing something wrong.
     
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    Yeah I gve up, doesnt install for me
     
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