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    Modded 15x.xx driver for X200/X205?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by demon_of_razgriz, Oct 5, 2007.

  1. demon_of_razgriz

    demon_of_razgriz Notebook Consultant

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    I ran a 3DMark test recently on my X200-15K. The results were quite pleasing... I got a 5000 score using the sock drivers (101.38) and overclocking (Core Clock from 625MHz to 780MHz, Shader from 1250MHz gone to 1570Mhz and memory from 700MHz (underclocked in X200/X205 from 800Mhz, evil Toshiba!) to 820MHz. Max temperature ever recorded using RivaTuner hardware monitoring is 69 degrees, but most of the time it runs at about 65 degrees.

    I'm not dissapointed, but as a matter of fact, from what I saw in the internet, 15x.xx drivers are really better compared to the stock drivers, giving the 8700M GT a performance boost up to about 15%, especially while running with Anti-Aliasing.

    Where can I get some good 15x.xx (16x.xx drivers are not good for me, since they disable overclocking...) preferably modded, to push my 8700M GT to it's limits?

    I had a bad expirience using LaptopVideo2Go drivers, so I should better avoid them. To see what kind of problem I had read post #9 in the thread here:

     
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    demon_of_razgriz Notebook Consultant

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    Important Note: I tried installing the 156.55 drivers, and get a pretty strange problem. It says that installation is not posible because my OS is not Vista 32-Bit... What the hell? I run Vista 32-Bit! These drivers must be really messed up...
     
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    That is interesting, I have been using laptopvideo2go 16x.xx drivers on my X205 with Vista Home Premium 32 bit and have had no problems at all and the performance is good too,right now I am running the 163.69 drivers from laptopvideo2go.com on . this laptop X205-9349 and I am averaging 95fps with all settings on max at 1280x800the only things I disabled are volumetric lighting, shadows, and soft shadows and set it to no AA and 8x AF.
     
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    I'm going to do a bios flash on Monday when my flash drive arrives. You might wanna try doing the same so you can use stable drivers with overclocks.
     
    Rorschach, Oct 6, 2007
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