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    174.90 driver discovery

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by bigjohnsonforever, May 18, 2008.

  1. bigjohnsonforever

    bigjohnsonforever Notebook Evangelist

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    I found something very interesting when looking at the "mode.txt" file that came with the 174.90 driver from Sager.
    here it is, with the interesting part bolded:

    // 0406 - NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
    // 0407 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
    // 0409 - NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
    // 040D - NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
    // 0428 - NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
    // 0608 - NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
    // 060C - NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    // 0628 - NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
    // 062A - NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
    // 0648 - NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
    // 06E9 - NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
     
    bigjohnsonforever, May 18, 2008
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  2. XPS1330

    XPS1330 Notebook Deity

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    So the 9800M GTS isn't interesting? :eek:
     
    XPS1330, May 18, 2008
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  3. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Good find.May be it's on the way.
     
    The_Observer, May 18, 2008
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  4. smood

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    Sweet. Either this will be cheaper than the 8800M GTX or the 8800M GTX will drop. Probably the former.
     
    smood, May 18, 2008
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  5. bigjohnsonforever

    bigjohnsonforever Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope. The 9800M GTS is crap. :p
     
    bigjohnsonforever, May 18, 2008
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  6. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    no, its going to d*** expensive. the price of 8800 will dropo because , the 9800m is more powerful and produces less heat.
     
    wywern209, May 18, 2008
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  7. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    OMFG

    THE 9800m IS NOT MORE PWRFUL THAN THE 8800m.

    ITS JUST A REFRESH. MAYBE LESS HEAT = ^BATTERY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT NO PERFORMANCE INCREASE
     
    Vedya, May 18, 2008
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  8. eleron911

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    It will be 5-10% faster :)
     
    eleron911, May 18, 2008
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  9. bigjohnsonforever

    bigjohnsonforever Notebook Evangelist

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    MARGINALLY more powerful... but less heat will be nice and allow it to be used in more notebooks, such as in 15"ers without burning a hole in your pants.
     
    bigjohnsonforever, May 18, 2008
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  10. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    Its kinda like a factory OC'ed 8800m
     
    Vedya, May 18, 2008
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  11. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Pretty much what I`ve been saying all along :)
     
    eleron911, May 18, 2008
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  12. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yah, but whaddya expect, you're just so, well, ..... so misunderstood (regrettably, everyone understands altogether too well that I'm no genius:cry: ).
     
    Shyster1, May 18, 2008
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  13. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    :D If you will join the Sager club, you will be :p
     
    eleron911, May 18, 2008
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  14. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    Yes, Shyster, when are you gonna get a Sager already???
     
    Vedya, May 18, 2008
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  15. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    I will flip if nvidia release 9800m GX2
     
    Nirvana, May 18, 2008
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  16. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    They won`t.
    But if the ATI 3870x2 is better and fits my notebook, it`s mine :D
     
    eleron911, May 18, 2008
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  17. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I could see the 9800m GTX to have 96 shaders like the 8800m GTX but instead of a Core 500/1250/800 they would be factory overclocked to 600/1500/900. Doesn´t that sound reasonable?
     
    Magnus72, May 19, 2008
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  18. ARGH

    ARGH Notebook Deity

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    just look at the % difference in the desktop form and place that same % for the mobile platform
     
    ARGH, May 19, 2008
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  19. eleron911

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    Well, it doesn`t really work like that. But it`s still within the 10% proportion margin.
     
    eleron911, May 19, 2008
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  20. bigjohnsonforever

    bigjohnsonforever Notebook Evangelist

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    I am in no hurry to upgrade, by time the 9800 comes out the 8800gtx will-hopefully- have a very efficient and optimized driver with current games fully supporting its rampant uber-awesomeness (again, hopefully). At that time why would I, in the right mind (not buying things randomly on Amazon while drunk and realize I bought something when I see an email confirmation) "upgrade" to a new card with limited support and compatibility?
    I may be wrong: just my 2¢

    >>>
    ATM the 8800M GTX is equivalent to an 8800 GTS, so I'd say thats about how it will work with the 9x series, but ATM there is a gap- between the 9600 GT(20.8B texture fill rate) and the 9800 GTX(43.2B texture fill rate). Think it would be safe to say that the 9800M GTX will fall in the middle there. The 8800M GTX and 8800 GTS share a 24B fill rate.
     
    bigjohnsonforever, May 19, 2008
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  21. Nirvana

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    still lower than my clocking :p
     
    Nirvana, May 19, 2008
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  22. eleron911

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    And how much are you pushing it to, and at what temps?
     
    eleron911, May 19, 2008
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  23. Nirvana

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    600/1500/950, peek 74C
     
    Nirvana, May 19, 2008
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  24. bigjohnsonforever

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    Is it a bios flash or are you using an overclocking utility, if so what one?
     
    bigjohnsonforever, May 19, 2008
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  25. eleron911

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    Wow, not bad. How much of an increase in fps are you getting?
     
    eleron911, May 19, 2008
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  26. Nirvana

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    bios
    that's good question, surprisingly I haven't tried any games beside bf2142 after OC, frame rate increased from 80 ->95
    edit: actually the screenshots of crysis I posted 2 days ago were done with OC 8800m, but I don't know the original fps tho.
     
    Nirvana, May 19, 2008
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  27. bigjohnsonforever

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    How could I get a hold of a 550/1400/900 oc'ed bios or roughly thereabouts... I dunno if I feel comfortable OC'ed as high as you are.
     
    bigjohnsonforever, May 19, 2008
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  28. Nirvana

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    600/1500/950 is consider as very safe
     
    Nirvana, May 19, 2008
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  29. eleron911

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    At 74C, I`ll say.
    @Magnus72 however pushed it to 625/1550/949 ... and he`s considering it safe :)
     
    eleron911, May 20, 2008
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  30. naticus

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    Not for me. I get 600/900 and gpu in the 90C playing cod4. i need to clean my vents out i guess.
     
    naticus, May 20, 2008
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