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Old 07-21-2008, 11:46 AM   #13
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I wanted to add some other finding on this.
XP USERS BEWARE OF 175.80 BETA DRIVER from support.alienware.com.

On that driver I found the following behavior.
PowerMizer ON: Downclocks 275/300 (static) and does not adjust, no matter what you throw at it.
PowerMizer OFF: same as powermizer on….
You're exactly right. I tried that driver on XP when they came out with it and it was god-awful. Reverted back to previous driver immediately. I think AW needs to do further testing on XP with this driver.
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