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    Nvidia 257.15 driver released

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by stevenxowens792, May 24, 2010.

  1. DoUdAr

    DoUdAr Notebook Geek

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    from nvidia directly..is there any difference ?
     
    DoUdAr, Jun 3, 2010
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    I don't think I'm going to try them out until a driver comes out that actually increases performance... I am very happy with my 197.15 they are working flawlessly on my Lappy, and ever since I applied TIM to my Gpu my temps are maxing out around 67 degrees after hours of gaming.
     
    andros_forever, Jun 3, 2010
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  3. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    There was a difference for me. When I downloaded the ones from the laptopvideo site, I had to use a modified .inf but the ones direct from Nvidia just installed along with Physx. Modified infs can sometimes cause problems with missing components and in my case, more stuttering.
     
    LaptopNut, Jun 3, 2010
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    I reverted back to Dell 196.86 beta drivers as these 257.15 were giving me random freezes and the laptop was really unusable.
     
    myx, Jun 4, 2010
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  5. coolguy

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    This driver fixed the DPC latency issue in my 8400M GT. No more annoying audio clicks when the GPU downclocks.
     
    coolguy, Jun 4, 2010
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