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    Anyone who has 7908u [79 series] - Driver related

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Takezo, Jan 14, 2010.

  1. Takezo

    Takezo Notebook Consultant

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    Guys, I'm trying to install the 186.81 version but I get this message: The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit.

    Actually on a Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bits. I downloaded the right version.

    Between 186.81 and 186.82 which one you guys got the best results?

    Thanks
     
    Takezo, Jan 14, 2010
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    Maverick79 Notebook Evangelist

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  3. Takezo

    Takezo Notebook Consultant

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    Tried to to that, but what's annoying me most is that I have just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bits, without any video driver just to get straight to 186.81 and still no luck...
     
    Takezo, Jan 15, 2010
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    Hotstepperk Notebook Geek

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    have you uninstalled the previous drivers?
     
    Hotstepperk, Jan 16, 2010
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  5. Takezo

    Takezo Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, but seems the problem is solved.

    Tried 186.81, 186.82, 195.62 and Dox 185.85, the best so far is the Dox one, best temperatures and seems to have better performance.
     
    Takezo, Jan 16, 2010
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    PySoMaNiC Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I just installed the New Dox today on my P7912 and they work fine. Ill also be changing from stock thermal compound to silver 5 Monday :) Also hoping to get some help if the 260GTX is underclockable.
     
    PySoMaNiC, Jan 16, 2010
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    I must say that I'm really but really satisfied with Dox's 185.85. I saw many complaints about the temperature, but incredibly, this is the only driver that makes my GPU at a value below 44C with normal usage, such as web browsing. Did serveral (really, I did test the drivers a lot, and I really mean it) tests and came to conclusion that other drivers like 186.81, 186.82, 195.62 tend to go at 50C. The driver 186.42 also got good results, but I'm just satisfied with Dox's 185.85.

    I'm just a little worried that playing Crysis Warhead my temperatures goes to 83-89C, but that's normal I think, because of the room temperature and the graphics-demanding game that Crysis actually is.

    PySoMaNiC could you post your temperatures before and after the thermal compound? I can take the AS5 too, but I'm just satisfied with the temperatures, if it makes a huge difference so I'll be putting it too.

    EDIT: would you guys mind posting your temperatures here?

    I get like 87C max when playing Crysis Warhead, the highest demanding game. With the back lifted I get max of 77C, a nice value.
     
    Takezo, Jan 17, 2010
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