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    my sager 5793 came today, which video drivers ?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by icon007, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. icon007

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    do i use the 177 at nvidia or the 181 at laptoptogo????
     
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    the 143 at amazon
     
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    180.84,
    or 181.20 from nvidia with the file .inf from laptop2go.
     
    Jarinawer, Jan 9, 2009
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    im using dox 180.70...working great in all games and stuff
     
    deedeeman, Jan 9, 2009
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    I've been sticking to official drivers. I used the ones that came in the CD from Sager for the first three weeks or so, then I switched over to the new beta drivers. Unfortunately I had a lot of graphical errors (such as in Two Thrones, the bright part of the Prince's tattoo would cause the entire screen to flare up in bright yellow) so I switched back to the ones in the CD.
     
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    I always use official, but I use my blueray reader.

    (My DV7T...hopefully it becomes a sager soon)
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 10, 2009
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    ok, i load the nvidia's web site vid drivers in. and use up half the day to re-install software that i wanted.

    now, what to play with, it is to hard to decide, give me a hand on what to play first.
    bought stalker clear sky. have fear, collector edition and cyrsis 1 and warhead and my fav the big orange box with all the halflife 2 stuff.
    will buy cod and dead in space in a few weeks or so.
     
    icon007, Jan 10, 2009
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    Orange Box Ftw
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 10, 2009
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    Yep, the official nVidia drivers at nVidia.com are probably your best bet. The drivers from laptopvideo2go are usually hit or miss.
     
    Cookie, Jan 11, 2009
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    I usually find the stock work best. For overall performance. Some laptop2go might work well for certain games, but usually the stock will work better in others or other things. Such as video, etc.
     
    Bungalo Bill, Jan 11, 2009
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    I would highly recommend Dox Optimized 181.20, it gives excellent performance, slightly better than 180.84 and 180.70 both of which were two of the best performing drivers I have used thus far. I also recommend using the balanced option when installing it.

    If you decide to go with a Dox Optimized driver, make sure that when you uninstall your old video driver to use a program like driver sweeper (free of charge) to remove the old nvidia driver "In Safe Mode". (It will get rid of some old driver files that remain after a normal uninstall which can cause problems with the optimized drivers) Then install the new driver in normal mode. It has performed great in all my games without any graphical errors of any kind.
     
    Megacharge, Jan 12, 2009
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