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    HP drivers or nVIDIA drivers?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MaXimus, Feb 15, 2009.

  1. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    which r better in ur experience for the GeForce 9600 M GT FTW?
     
    MaXimus, Feb 15, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    the best are Dox' modded ones from laptopvideo2go.
     
    whizzo, Feb 15, 2009
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  3. MaXimus

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    kthxtcbye :)
     
    MaXimus, Feb 15, 2009
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  4. wewe

    wewe Notebook Evangelist

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    yes but wich drivers exactly ???
    185.20 were the worst for 9600m gt , go and check the replies .....
    i am still searching for the best drivers for my 9600m gt
     
    wewe, Feb 15, 2009
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  5. finestree

    finestree Notebook Evangelist

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    179.48 from Nvidia work great for me! :)
     
    finestree, Feb 15, 2009
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  6. MaXimus

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    anyone else care to share his experience?
     
    MaXimus, Feb 15, 2009
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  7. illmatic8

    illmatic8 Notebook Consultant

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    Dox 182.05 are the best drivers til date. Before this, I was using the 179.48 from nVidia, but they didn't allow me to overclock my 8400M GS.

    Trust me, the 182.05 by Dox is the way to go. They finally let me overclock (the 185.20 did too, but those drivers really sucked.)
     
    illmatic8, Feb 15, 2009
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  8. 86 5.0L

    86 5.0L Notebook Consultant

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    Im using the drivers from the recovery discs and get a 3.0 in WEI, when I use nvidias latest drivers I get a 2.5 WEI :rolleyes:

    yes I know WEI isnt a good benchmark ;)
     
    86 5.0L, Feb 15, 2009
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  9. mcdill the pig

    mcdill the pig Notebook Enthusiast

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    Because I don't really play games (even though I have a HP HDX18 laptop with the 9600m GT), I just use the HP Vista drivers. HP appear to have tweaked the Powermizer setup so that the downclocking does not go below (IIRC) 275MHz core and 200 MHz memory clock on my rig. This results in fairly smooth Vista Aero peformance at all times.

    The nVidia 179.48 drivers also work fine for me except that they downclock (regardless of the Vista power profile used) to something like 169MHz core clock and 100MHz memory clock. Sorry I'm going by memory here. Over time, this results in laggy Aero performance (e.g. Flip3D) unless you tweak the clock speeds through something like Riva Tuner or one of the Powermizer tweaking tools available on the internet.

    Kind regards
     
    mcdill the pig, Feb 15, 2009
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