Driver for 8800M GTX that does not suck?

I ordered mine in feb, so it wasn't on preorder, also, we tend to be a bit behind here in DK, atleast with notebooks, so atleast mine is not one of thoes first models, I think the first I saw to this lap was about a month or so after seeing ppl getting theirs delivered here on the forums Think that mine was one of the last with the .07 bios.

 

well im not sure whats up with it, i have some bios' that GangstaOne uploaded for me, but unless they are brand-new, then im sure i have tried them before. Im sure i have tried most versions of the .08 bios. I believe there are 3 versions, differing by what im not sure, but they have different dates.

 

I had the same problem as naticus and couldn't use any other driver than stock or it would downclock.

I most recently tried installing the newest driver from the Sager site, but that downclocked too.

I had then gotten so sick with it all that I just let that driver be and went on to installing Vista Service Pack 1, and viola!

After the installation the new Sager driver was functioning perfectly with no downclock and even netted me about 300 more points in 3Dmark than the stock drivers. (10040 on a 9262 with a single 8800m with no OC.)

If you haven't already then perhaps installing SP1 is worth a try.

 

JoshKei - That sounds as great news !! Gonna reformat my lappy this weekend, updating bios to .08 if i get a "go-code" from my reseller, and install vista with SP1

 

I also noticed an improvement after installing SP1.

 

I cant install sp1 i have an manipulated version of vista installed. Im sorry but i am a broke, 1st yr law student and I have an enormous amount of debt.

 

HELLO ALL!

After having a list of issues and troubles myself, I finally locked down the BEST driver for this card (INCLUDING SLI SUPPORT). Also, for some of you, if you experienced problems, this driver and method of installation also bypasses the BLU-RAY error that you get when you try and install a custom driver (instead of your original manufacture one), and you can't play BLU-RAY DVD'S.

Here goes:

Restart your laptop, keep pressing F8, until you come to the boot screen. Through the list of options, look for something like "DISABLE DRIVER CHECK PROTECTION." It will be something along those lines, you can't MISS IT, trust me. After pressing enter on that, Vista will boot up as usual.

Download the "167.43 DRIVER FROM WWW.LAPTOPVIDEO2GO.COM." (Click on any driver, scroll right to the bottom, and open the quick menu to go to "167 drivers....." Download the CORRECT one for your operating system. I use VISTA 64, so I downloaded that one. ALSO, download the "Modified INF" which is linked NEXT TO the download link for the driver itself.

UNINSTALL YOUR CURRENT DRIVER, RESTART AND RUN "DRIVER CLEANER PRO" (DOWNLOAD if you do not have it, its FREE). After running it, it will clean any remaining files of your previous driver. NOW YOU ARE CLEAN AND READY TO INSTALL.

NOW. After EXTRACTING THE DRIVER in your directory/folder, COPY AND PASTE the "modified INF" into that folder. RUN SETUP and install the NEW 167.43 driver. After finishing, it will restart. When you are back in windows.

TRICKY PART: Once in windows with the NEW DRIVER, RIGHT-CLICK on my computer, go to properties, go to DEVICE MANAGER. Double click on DISPLAY ADAPTERS, and RIGHT-CLICK on your Graphics Card GPU. Choose UPDATE DRIVER SOFTWARE. Choose "BROWSE MY COMPUTER FOR DRIVER SOFTWARE." Choose "LET ME PICK FROM A LIST OF DEVICES." Choose "HAVE DISK."

NOW EXTRACT THE 167.43 DRIVER INTO THE EXACT FOLDER YOU DID FIRST (This will extract the ORIGINAL INF which is needed). After doing this, CONTINUE WITH THE "HAVE DISK" stage above.

Now in HAVE DISK, browse to where the ORIGINAL INF has been extracted (it's size should be 40-50kb). Choose it and click OPEN. NOTICE THAT THIS INF IS "DIGITALLY SIGNED." Now CHOOSE your graphics card in the list, and click on NEXT and FINISH the installation.

WHEN FINISHED, GO INTO THE NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL, ENABLE SLI (IF YOU HAVE IT).

FINISHED!! BLU-RAY DVD'S WORK!!! (I USE CYBERLINK POWER DVD 8), AND GUESS WHAT:

I JUST GOT 11,000 POINTS IN 3D MARK 06 AT......

1920 X 1200 (MAX RESOLUTION)!!!!!!!

IN SLI MODE.......... WITH NO OVERCLOCKING!

LET ME REPEAT: WITH NO OVERCLOCKING!!!

THAT'S WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT! HOPE IT ALL WORKS FOR YOU GUYS!

OTHER DETAILS: (DELL XPS M1730, 4GB RAM, 8800M GTX SLI DUAL CARDS, AGEIA PHYSX, 300 GB HDD, WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE 64-BIT)

 

um... that is the old stock driver for sager laptops... everyone knows it works the point is we wanted newer drivers... which is now available...

 

Sorry man, just thought there might be one soul out there who this would help. I tried some new drivers myself too, like 175.12 (NO BLU-RAY DVD PLAYBACK, also, bad performance, much lower 3D MARK 06 scores. Anyways, hope it helps the one soul in need, thanks!

 

had the same issue...card was downclocking.... but it seems to be fixed in 175.75

my 8800m gts nolonger downclocks while on battery. and runs great for games and over clocking.... at least for me it did.... just thought i would share.

 

The 175.75 driver from LV2G seems to be the best one so far! Recovered stock 3DMark06 scores and no downclocking!

 

I havent tried that one yet, everything elese downclocks except stock, so I am sure this will be no different. What vbios and bios do you have Prasad?

 

Still no XP version though...

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/116187873/XFastest_20175.75_20XP32.rar

not sure if they are good though

 

I'm gonna try them on later and see.
Everyone said that the 175.75 drivers are the best they've tried,so they should be better than my 174.93...

 

hopefully they will work for you, because they increased my scores and over all performance. and the text in windows looks crispier and sharper and games run smoother....( in my system of course)

 

BIOS - The .08S one
vBIOS - where do I find that out ?

 

there was never an update of 8800m gtx bios. the only time i touched it was for OC.

 

ther are 3 versions ov the 8800M GTX vBIOS, ending in .a3, .12 and .14 respectively. You can find out which one you have by using GPUZ

 

Hi everyone,

got my nice laptop for a few weeks now and was quite busy at work so I did not take some time to post to present myself when I joined this forum...
I just wanted to say that the 175.75 driver does not underclock my gpu ...it only reduced my 3dmark06 score from 10172 to 9668 ...bit disappointed so unless I did something wrong when installing, so far I will stick with the stock drivers until I get real trouble playing new games !!
Cya

 

metabaron check my sig, i got higher score with T8300

 

i re did my 3d mark 06 test and here they are ..

note this is running vista x64 SP1 with modded bios running at 600/975/1500


SM 2.0 Score 4917

HDR SM3.0 6297

CPU score 3849

and i get a grand total of 13118

woohoo im stoked.. prolly can tweak it a bit more. i reckon

 

dazzyd you know m1730 hitted 18k right?

 

wo awesome 18K ay.. u running xp or vista..??

did you o/c your gfx and cpu..??

 

ok i have also done my 3dMark Vantage benchie too

GPU score 7256

Cpu Score 9461

overall P7705

 

no it wasn't my rig, i just saw that on the net.

 

Where,link ?

 

long time ago, don't have that anymore

 

18k hmm. With a dual core CPU? That`s like wow, but most certainly cannot hold that score for long,overheating and all...

 

hmm i woundnt believe that at all.at most i have seen a m1730 at 14000 3dmarks with xp. 18000 would be more for a desktop rig..

 

well,OCing the CPU and GPU beyond your wildest dreams could get that.
But even so, the temps would probably be close to 100C...
Unless they removed the back panel and exposed the components directly to same very fast fans...

 

attn nirvana :

could you post the details of your highest results when ocing cpu?

I get : total 10172 / sm2.0 4663 / sm3.0 4353 / cpu 2622 with T9300@2885Ghz and 167.43 drivers
So far I can't get the fsb stable over 235 - 240 max :-(
Maybe there is something to do with a tweaked killernotebook "turbo bios", but out of my knowlegde and capacities anyway !!
Might try soon oc bios for the 8800gtx though ;-)

 

gpuz says my bois ending in .08

 

@ARGH - you have the 9262 using a different vbios to enable sli; I was talking only about the 5793

 

my bad .....

 

@MetaBaron, all the details are in my sig.

 

If you OC the CPU by SetFSB then you loose the ability to oc the GPU and vice versa.
I have OC the GPU by the Bios but then i cant OC the CPU by SetFSB i wont budge

 

For me, the 175.75 driver did not recover stock 3DMark06 scores and didn't stop the downclocking, but the text in windows really looks crispier and games really runs smoother!

 

BB11, maybe it`s time to get the latest BIOS.
PM Zfactor about this.

 

did 175.75 work for you eleron?

 

I`m not using the 8800M GTX , so I`m not experiencing downclocking...
However, Zfactor has been working on the BIOS for a long time and he mentioned nothing about downclocking,so I`m assuming that somehow he found a workaround.

 

Thank you Eleron911!

Just a question: isn't the latest Bios the 0.8s? If it is not, I'll PM Zfactor and try the new one.

 

.08s is the last bios

 

where is this bios, i have the .08 but not the .08s

 

Don`t confuse the vBios with the regular BIOS.

 

@naticus - .08s is just sagers version of .08 and as far as I know they are exactly the same (I believe zfactor compared them in phoenix editor and couldn't find any differences)

 

@ Nirvana : I see your cpu results are a bit below mine but you get additional pts in sm2.0 and sm3.0 !! I have to check and maybe do a clean reinstall of the 175.75 drivers.

@Martorell : I want to check weither it's interesting to find a middle stable ocing for both cpu and gpu. I think that the gpu is limited by cpu, so it should be more interesting to oc the gpu than the cpu (?)... or not !! Will check this when I have a bit of time.

 

Im no laptop expert but so far what know is that when you OC the CPU through FSB you raise also the GPU overall due to the pci bus beeing faster.
So by doing that for some reason when you try to OC the GPU it just wont allow it.
I have the GPU OC by BIOS to 600 1500 950
And since i have the x9000 i can OC to 3.2Ghz no problem by the bios.
But no chance to then use SetFSB to OC the CPU.

I rather OC the GPU and only by Bios anyway
The diference in games from 2.8Ghz to 3.2Ghz is noticable but not as much as the GPU to the above mention speeds.

 

For the 175.75 driver from LaptopVideo2go, did you guys use the modded INF, or one of the INFs included in the zip file with the driver?

 

I'm sick of the downclocking sometimes so I'm going to use the ones on the sager website.

But I have another question, where can I find an OC'ed bios?