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    GX630's 9600M GT. 179.148 mobile drivers or 182.50 desktop drivers?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by WARDOZER9, May 2, 2009.

  1. WARDOZER9

    WARDOZER9 Notebook Consultant

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    Wondering if anyone has any good reasoning why I should either stick with the Nvidia 179.48 mobile drivers for my 9600M GT or move to the 182.50 desktop drivers.

    Has anyone done a benchmark comparison lately with the mobile vs desktop drivers?

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    Nvidia 185.81

    DOX 185.68 This is a direct link to the DL on the site where DOX posts his drivers

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    3DMark05

    Drivers: Nvidia 185.81

    CPU @ 2180mhz

    GPU @ 650/950/1625 core/mem/shader

    3DMarks: 8742

    CPU: 4183

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    3DMark05

    Drivers: DOX 185.68

    CPU @ 2180mhz

    GPU @ 650/950/1625 core/mem/shader

    3DMarks: 9708

    CPU: 4605
     
    WARDOZER9, May 2, 2009
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  2. DoktorSleepless

    DoktorSleepless Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you didn't know, nvidia released 185.81 for notebooks a couple days ago. I was too lazy to test out any differences though.
     
    DoktorSleepless, May 2, 2009
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  3. WARDOZER9

    WARDOZER9 Notebook Consultant

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    Got it :) Hopefully my performance will stay the same if not improve, as always I'm concerned about bug fixes more than almost not noticable performance increases.
     
    WARDOZER9, May 2, 2009
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  4. nacr05

    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    Have you tried the Dox 185.68. They work really good.
     
    nacr05, May 2, 2009
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  5. WARDOZER9

    WARDOZER9 Notebook Consultant

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    Just got the Dox ones. Gonna remove my current nvidia drivers, run DC and install them and compare my 3DMark05 score of 8742 to the new one with the Dox :)
     
    WARDOZER9, May 2, 2009
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  6. nacr05

    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    Let me know, I got an increase using Dox..
     
    nacr05, May 2, 2009
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  7. WARDOZER9

    WARDOZER9 Notebook Consultant

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    Wholly ? This can't be right so I'ma rerun the DOX drivers again then uninstall, run DC again and install the orig Nvidia drivers and see if the results are the same but if it is right there is something wrong with Nvidias drivers big time to hold back 1k 3DMarks and 500 CPU marks.

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    3DMark05

    Drivers: Nvidia 185.81

    CPU @ 2180mhz

    GPU @ 650/950/1625 core/mem/shader

    3DMarks: 8742

    CPU: 4183

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    3DMark05

    Drivers: DOX 185.68

    CPU @ 2180mhz

    GPU @ 650/950/1625 core/mem/shader

    3DMarks: 9708

    CPU: 4605
     
    WARDOZER9, May 3, 2009
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  8. DoktorSleepless

    DoktorSleepless Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dox has said that he doesn't optimize his drivers for benchmarks so you may get decrease in that area. I would check if there's any performance difference in actual games.
     
    DoktorSleepless, May 3, 2009
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  9. nVidiaguru

    nVidiaguru Notebook Consultant

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    which 3dmark did you run? i can only get 7100 at those speeds
     
    nVidiaguru, May 15, 2009
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  10. WARDOZER9

    WARDOZER9 Notebook Consultant

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    My bad, forgot to mention it was 05 :)

    Sorry to see you fried your 9600M GT :'(
     
    WARDOZER9, May 16, 2009
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