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    New drivers= better performance on games?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by SancaH15, Feb 12, 2006.

  1. SancaH15

    SancaH15 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I read somehwere on this forum about people getting different drivers to increase 3d marks or something. Whats wrong with the dell drivers and if there are in fact drivers to increase performance where can i get em? Thanks
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    1 gig ram 533mhz
    6800 ultra go
    80gb 5,400 rpm
     
    SancaH15, Feb 12, 2006
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  2. sublime

    sublime Notebook Evangelist

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    Dell drivers are fine, there's nothing WRONG with them or anything. You can just get better performance out of some tweaked drivers that many sites offer. Personally, I am using drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com. They give me a nice little performance boost in 3dmark scorses, but there are other sites as well. Hope that helps a little bit
     
    sublime, Feb 13, 2006
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  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The tweaked drivers offer more optimizations for games, allowing them to run better, etc. Same goes for 3DMark scores as posted by sublime.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 13, 2006
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    I should think so, the new drivers can also contain upgrades for the GPU, and make it run more efficently.
     
    Lil Mayz, Feb 13, 2006
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    Poseign Notebook Consultant

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    To give you a good idea on how much better a computer can run with updated drivers, MY 5720 came with graphics card drivers that were 4-5 months old, and when I ran FarCry, (in case you dont know, is a somewhat graphic demanding game) it would run a little sluggish with its graphics maxed out and would run fairly warm. Since I got the new drivers for my card, there has been no sluggishness, and it runs a lot cooler. Now Im not sure whether or not the drivers had anything to do with the "Cooler" part, but even if not, ive seen an increase in performance with my notebook.

    Usually, depending on the model of your graphics card, you can get updated drivers from the companies website free of charge. NVIDIA uses drivers that are universal for every one of their cards. your drivers would be on their website, www.nvidia.com
     
    Poseign, Feb 13, 2006
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    For the cooler part...there are a couple of things that could make it run cooler...if the driver is misusing resources it would cause the card to work harder to catch up...thus hotter GPU. :)
     
    USAFdude02, Feb 13, 2006
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    SancaH15 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where can I get the best like best best drivers for my computer. ive got a 6800. Also, random question, should i be allowed to run bf2 on high everything with 4x AA? or should i keep it on 2x? Thanks
     
    SancaH15, Feb 13, 2006
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