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    Geforce 6800 Drivers

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by tehguardian, Dec 16, 2005.

  1. tehguardian

    tehguardian Notebook Geek

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    So i was looking around for newest drivers for my I9300 GF9800 card, after googling and searching this forums i found some new drivers on LaptopVideo2Go. I installed the latest with the modded .inf file for Dell laptops.

    I started Battlefield 2 and i could see visible black artifacts in the game, i got rid of the drivers and installed the Dell original ones.

    Then i found this website http://www.TweaksRUs.com which had Version: 81.95-v2.24 tweaked for Quality. I must say that after installing these new drivers BF2 is looking MUCH MUCH better and smoother. The image is much clear and crisp with all the settings at high(minus AA) @ some 1100x860 resolution.(im too lazy to go get the actual resolution :eek: )

    so if you are looking to update your GF6800 drivers , TweaksRUs is the place to go. Forget about performance, its all about quality :cool:
     
  2. USAFdude02

    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    How many FPS do you get on all settings on high?
     
  3. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    That's odd that you would get errors and artifacts - did they somehow change the clocks? Or, another possibility is that the Power-saving features were disabled - sometimes that results in artifacts for me.

    Thanks for the link :)
     
  4. tehguardian

    tehguardian Notebook Geek

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    im getting an average of 40fps

    i must say with the drivers installed from Dell support site , the game runs OK at medium at 1024x768(the 1100x860 resolution is not even available with this drivers) but with the tweaked one i set everything to high , and play at the max resolution available and i get a BOOST in fps even tho im increasing the quality.

    the difference is very very noticable , both in quality and fps
     
  5. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    so, does the quality setting overclock the card or just change advance options