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    New nvidia beta driver - 195.81

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Eivind, Dec 17, 2009.

  1. Eivind

    Eivind Notebook Evangelist

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    As the title says. For those who are interested - link.
     
    Eivind, Dec 17, 2009
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    That driver sucks at GTA4
     
    dmgab, Dec 17, 2009
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  3. Soviet Sunrise

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    195.81 is identical to the choppy 195.62 but with support for SLi for select titles and bug fixes for Adobe Flash. Do not download.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Dec 17, 2009
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    i download 195.62 but did not installed yet........

    do not freak me out again ;)
     
    icehell, Dec 18, 2009
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    I've just installed 195.62 on my GTX280M (Windows 7 64bit version) and so far all seems well. L4D-2 and Team Fortress play OK. :D
     
    tjp888, Dec 19, 2009
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    Well it (195.81) works very well on AW M17X (280M SLI) with Windows7.
    Noticed very nice performance increase (higher FPS in games) and lower max temps by 5-10c. The only thing I would like to be fixed is an unnecessary GPU up-clocking while browsing. This driver is definitely the better option for W7 than the stock one from Dell with which one GPU would be stuck at max clocks until reboot.
     
    Aikimox, Dec 20, 2009
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  7. Soviet Sunrise

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    Compared to which driver?
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Dec 21, 2009
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  8. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    Compared to all stock drivers offered by Dellienware (179.XX/186.XX for vista and 186.XX for W7)
     
    Aikimox, Dec 21, 2009
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  9. Soviet Sunrise

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    Just out of my curiosity, are the Dell 186 drivers based on the older 186.24?
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Dec 21, 2009
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  10. Aikimox

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    Unfortunately - yes. The 186.24 was updated .40 and .64 if I'm not mistaken. They all ... :mad: ! What would you recommend for 280s in W7?
     
    Aikimox, Dec 21, 2009
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  11. Soviet Sunrise

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    186.81 WHQL is the most stable driver for me, and it seems to be very stable for you as well. Stick very close to them as the 19x drivers are junk.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Dec 21, 2009
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  12. Aikimox

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    Thanx, will give it a try.
     
    Aikimox, Dec 22, 2009
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    Well it didn't work for me. The install was ok, but got black screens on boot later on both with 9400 enabled and disabled. tried 186.91 but got higher temps and weird colors....back to the junk.
     
    Aikimox, Dec 22, 2009
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  14. Soviet Sunrise

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    That sucks. I guess the wait for a stable SLi and hybrid driver goes on.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Dec 22, 2009
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