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    Nvidia WHQL 340.52 released 29th July

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MrDJ, Jul 29, 2014.

  1. MrDJ

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    Nvidia WHQL 340.52

    Game Ready
    Best gaming experience for Metro: Redux and Final Fantasy XIV (China)


    64bit UK NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce 340.52 Driver WHQL

    64bit USA NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce 340.52 Driver WHQL



    32bit UK NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce 340.52 Driver WHQL

    32bit USA NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce 340.52 Driver WHQL


    release notes pdf http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/340.52/340.52-win8-win7-notebook-release-notes.pdf

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    Woohoo Chrome blank pages bug finally got fixed after like a year.
     
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    I like how the release page has nothing about game performance. I think they've given up on pulling power out of Kepler XD.
     
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  4. MrDJ

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    i thought that as well. normally it does give some percentages but this time ziltch.
     
    MrDJ, Jul 29, 2014
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    EDIT: I'm not being serious nor do I know what exactly nVidia changed with the driver, just so people don't get a heart attack from reading this

    *puts on tinfoil hat*

    So what this driver does is that it introduces that nasty flag which cripples the 880M (check my sig) to the 780M as well. Better make sure you stop overclocking once you install this driver or you can kiss your GPU goodbye.
     
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    LOL. Is this true or funny joke? Because if it's not a joke then it is not funny. They can put it on others GPUs as well. I guess bye-bye 340-th drivers and up for-ever.
     
    James D, Jul 29, 2014
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    It's a joke, but sadly I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be true.
     
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    Dude, don't do that. I almost had a heart attack for a second there.
     
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    did people miss the "puts on tinfoil hat" part of my post? thought I made it obvious I wasn't being serious
     
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    Well there are plenty of conspiracy theorists that are dead serious. I admit I'm guilty of it too at times. So yeah, I wasn't quite sure. :eek:
     
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    Ok added a disclaimer
     
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    LOL only in Amerika...
     
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    wut

    Seems like I lose either way lol
     
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    Tried these drivers on a w230ss with a 860m maxwell. Metro last light stuttered like crazy so I rolled back to 340.43. Metro looking good again.
     
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    And, I'm one of them... installed this yesterday and intentionally crashed/froze my beast about a dozen times in a row by running a high OC without enough voltage to try to induce the throttling flag. *wipes sweat from forehead* So far, so good. Seems OK. Was hoping this would fix some of the idiotic 880M behavioral problems.

     
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    For what its worth, I haven't heard about the flag on the 880Ms either in awhile...

    The beta driver crashed on me about 10 times in a row and I didn't have any uber throttle of doom imposed on me. Maybe nVidia removed it or it was a hardware issue?
     
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    will run some benchies tomorrow mr fox.. scan uk are sending my laptop back to me "repasted" and "now running stable at 993mhz" this should be fun to prove scan wrong.. AGAIN
     
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    not a lot of difference for me. some scores up and some down.
     

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    Well, my repaste job is excellent (never goes above 86) but I still throttle down from 993 to 980 occasionally. Usually just when the extra power isn't needed but, well, that's a high claim to make scan.co.uk.
     
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    86C on a GPU? That's warm, and definitely nothing to boast about.

    I've installed this driver on my system and ran 3DMark 11. It looks like it improved somewhat. Here's a stock run I did earlier today: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M - Intel Core i7-4930MX: Alienware 17. The GPU never went above 73C, and the CPU did not exceed 89C. Ambient temperature is 26C.
     
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    Depends. If he's gaming in a 30C room with no cooler, then that's actually very impressive.
     
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    not worth an air conditioner here in the uk as it will only be used about a handful of times
    but i could certainly do with one now :D
     
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    Your 780M is running 771MHz while the 880M runs 954MHz stock, that's automatically going to cause an increase in temperature and I'm assuming that he was using auto fans since Clevo kicks the fans up around 86-87C and then temps go into the low 80s. You're also pulling temps after a very short 3DMark run, I'd say mine were around the 70s at that point too. Since I don't have my machine right now, I'm not able to check.

    The 880M cards are hot like molten lava, especially when they are boosting near the 1GHz range.

    89C with your CPU reporting a max turbo of 3.8GHz is nothing to boast about either, my 4940MX @ 3.9GHz doesn't hit 89C under 3DMark load. It won't hit that high unless I run an 8 core wprime 1024M on it.
     
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    Yeah, that was my point...the 880M is a hot card. My 4930MX was clocked to 4.3GHz, by the way.

    Even with my GPU overclocked to that point, it doesn't exceed 76C. Not sure why 86C is what he's seeing, but that's warm for a GPU while gaming. Maybe it's just how the 880M is, which sucks. I wish NVIDIA would do something about it.
     
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    880M is indeed hot but Clevo's fan control is very conservative too. If you put the fans on max and have a decent paste job, they don't pass 79/82 (79 master, 82 being the slave) with stock vbios. Max fans are obnoxiously loud though so Clevo sets the ramp to kick the fans up around 86-87C which bumps them to probably 70 or 80% and kicks both cards between 80 and 82 for the duration.

    Its not ideal and those temps are in a room @ 21C with the back raised on a flat table so I'm sure they'd be higher if I had a higher heat tolerance.
     
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    My 780M clocked to 880M speed still runs about 7C cooler than an actual 880M, so there's the missing link.
     
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    Is there actually a way to set the fans to anything but auto without modifying the vBios? I remember trying on an old Clevo machine and the option just wasn't there.

    I game with headphones on a lot of the time so a little bit of extra noise wouldn't be a huge issue.

    And I'm not sure what the ambient temp of my room is but I'm certainly not using a cooler. It's probably around 25 degrees though if I had to guess. So yeah, while I realise some cards can be better for that, for an 880m, I'm pretty happy. Judging by the forums here, that's a reasonable temp. That's only when it's at 99% usage for prolonged periods though.
     
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    Try using FN+1 - It doesn't work on all models but with an 880M, I'd hope it works on yours. It forces max fans for GPU and CPU.
     
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    Hi guys!!!
    Do you know how to install on clevo P150HM with Nvidia GTX680M?
    Best regards
     
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    The 680M is not officially "supported" on the P150HM, so you'll have to use a modded driver from here: LaptopVideo2Go
     
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    Can anyone confirm that these drivers messed with ENB? If they didn't than its my bad - sue >_<
     
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