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    nvidia 185.85

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Alfonz, Jun 3, 2009.

  1. Alfonz

    Alfonz Notebook Consultant

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    my sager has 9800mGTX in sli and the last driver i downloaded i think the 179.48 is crashing my dreamscene in vista64,

    i just checked nvidia website there is an update on may 7 ,185.85

    anyone with a similar rig tried it? is it any good?


    Any thoughts on it?

    Thanks
     
    Alfonz, Jun 3, 2009
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  2. k9hydr4

    k9hydr4 Notebook Deity

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    It's been pretty stable on my M860-
     
    k9hydr4, Jun 3, 2009
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  3. clpdj

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    The 185.85 DOx moded are really good... i will post it here in a moment and will explain how to put it to work on rivatuner (rivatuner 2.24 does not support the drivers but with a mod it does support it.... )...

    just a moment, im now have lunch lol :p
     
    clpdj, Jun 3, 2009
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  4. Travesty

    Travesty Notebook Guru

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    My dreamscene was constantly freezing/crashing/locking-up on my 9262 with 2x8800m's in SLI and Vista 64 ultimate, no matter which driver I used. I finally gave up on it and quit using the animated desktops.

    I'm not sure we'll ever know who is to blame since MS and nVidia point the finger at each other, but the bottom line is I think it will never be fully fixed in Vista. Keep your finger's crossed they both do a better job with Win7.
     
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  5. Alfonz

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    please do, cant give up the tuner
     
    Alfonz, Jun 3, 2009
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  6. Alfonz

    Alfonz Notebook Consultant

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    The driver that came with sager in box, available at the sager site and released on aug 08, work ok and never crashed the dreamscene..
     
    Alfonz, Jun 3, 2009
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    Noting topic for future reference or in other words... tag.
     
    SteelersWorship, Jun 3, 2009
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  8. GamingACU

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    I've been running dox 185.85 for the last week on my 9262 and it works great. I don't use dreamscene, but I've got my drivers OC'd and nothing I play, even on highest settings, makes it stutter or get too warm.

    I'd stay away from rivatuner and use nvidia system tools.
     
    GamingACU, Jun 3, 2009
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  9. Soviet Sunrise

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    You should try the new beta 186.08. It solved my problem with vsync in some games on 185.85 and Dox 185.85.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Jun 3, 2009
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  10. poopdawg27

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    the new drivers will make crysis wars go completely black for me after about 10 minutes (with sound) and it windows claims the display drivers stopped responding....i've been sticking with older 177.98 drivers for a while now
     
    poopdawg27, Jun 4, 2009
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