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    New 197.15 x64 drivers = GG

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by andros_forever, Mar 27, 2010.

  1. andros_forever

    andros_forever Notebook Deity

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    Upgraded to 197.15 a few days ago and finally my overheating issues are fixed!
    It appears that with these drivers I can finally run Crysis @ custom high settings, 1920x1200 for very extended periods of time (played a couple of hours last night, tried a few custom maps).

    The fps are still amazing like in the 196.xx, if not slightly better.

    Pick these up if you want to enhance your gaming experience and check out my latest gaming vids that I posted on Youtube. Crysis runs amazingly well now, so much better than when I first bought my p7805u last year and was running stock without tweaks/ CPU upgrade.
     
  2. crazysoccerman14

    crazysoccerman14 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the heads up andros
     
  3. DestruyaX

    DestruyaX Notebook Evangelist

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    If they're this good - and I'm hearing people like them - I'll wait for Dox to work his magic on them. Everything runs fine for me on his last release.
     
  4. Rhadamanthis

    Rhadamanthis Notebook Evangelist

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    197.25 is the best ;), 197.15 on p7811fx problem performance ;)
     
  5. PsychoUsagi

    PsychoUsagi Notebook Consultant

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    Funny you think that. If you look at the change log of 197.25 the only real difference is a newer PhysX, otherwise they're identical to 197.13. For now I'm going with 197.15. Especially considering you can already download a newer version of PhysX than that which were included in 197.25 by going to the laptopvideo2go forums. Anyway I always see lower 3dmark06 scores with the newer forceware drivers, but this is probably normal correct?
     
  6. Gray Wolf

    Gray Wolf Notebook Consultant

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    first time trying this and I went with 197.25
     
  7. PsychoUsagi

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    Yeah. I may use 197.25 just in case there is a change that is not mentioned, I haven't seen any problems using 197.13 or 197.15 though. =P
     
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    elijahblake Notebook Geek

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