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What's your preferred driver for the 8600M GT (DD3)

Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sherman90, Dec 13, 2007.

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There seems to be a plethora of options when it comes to drivers for this card...I've tried a bunch of them, but with all the different factors that contribute to how well 3dmark06 functions, it's tough to tell which one outperforms the other.

So what's your favourite and why?

I seem to keep coming back to the 169.09, but I've never ventured into the 163 series, and I've been thinking maybe I should.

I'd just like to cut down on experimentation time by seeing what some of the popular or consensus drivers are among the community.

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I like the 169.09 it runs Crysis smoothly and fixed a couple bugs in other games as well, I'll stick with it till something rock solid comes out, I can't believe the people that do not read release notes, lots of people installed the 169.12 and it only fixed a sleep problem for the 8800's.

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Have you ever tried the 163 series, and if so, how did you find it?

What are your 3dmark scores like; overclock?

Sherman90, Dec 14, 2007

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