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post #21 of 45
10/27/05 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by Fry-man22
3200 huh I think you hit the "0" one too many times .

actually it was a 200 point jump i just hit the wrong button
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post #22 of 45
10/27/05 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by Fidget
actually it was a 200 point jump i just hit the wrong button
Ha! My bad
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post #23 of 45
10/27/05 at 2:33pm
Got 4649 in 3DMark05

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1368912
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post #24 of 45
10/27/05 at 4:44pm
I just got my 9300 last friday, it only has 512 ram right now though, got a 3333 right out of the box after reformat and dell drivers. After installing the 81.87 I got 3384. Then after selecting the autoover clock feature in the Nvidia control panel I got 3884. Does this sound reasonable?
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post #25 of 45
10/27/05 at 5:05pm
sounds reasonable...
can u give us the full specs?
i top off at a little over 4000 after ocing at 350/740...
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post #26 of 45
10/27/05 at 5:16pm
Sure thing;
i9300
1.86 -> 6800 w/ 256 -> UXGA Screen -> 512mb (tonight or tomorrow 2gig) -> 60GB 7.2k -> MCE

I believe that is all the things that could possibly effect performance.
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post #27 of 45
10/27/05 at 6:58pm
I'm really liking these drivers compared to the 80.40's. I got a HUGE improvement while running FEAR.
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post #28 of 45
10/27/05 at 7:38pm
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Originally Posted by Radiation
I'm really liking these drivers compared to the 80.40's. I got a HUGE improvement while running FEAR.

i went right from the stock dells to this one and it is very nice to say the least... still have to try it with fear though...
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post #29 of 45
10/28/05 at 4:33am
I notice a difference in 3dmark05, the scene with water (airship and dragon), the water now consists of big blocks, with the stock dell drivers the water looked alot better...
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post #30 of 45
10/28/05 at 5:47am
so whats the best driver for my M170?
82.10 or 81.87?
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post #31 of 45
10/28/05 at 5:50am
the 82.10 suck. they are actually older then the 81.85/87 drivers.
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post #32 of 45
10/28/05 at 12:54pm
Got 7339 3Dmark05 with Auto OC on...
6783 w/o, so that seens to work.
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post #33 of 45
10/28/05 at 1:07pm
I stuck the Auto OC on to got slightly better marks - but game play in fear with Auto OC was bad - turned off Auto all working - 81's for me.
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post #34 of 45
10/28/05 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by Darkwolf_1982
I am still running with the latest stock driver from DELL.
So people... tell me... will I notice FPS improvements in videogames?
Very nice and great and cool that you get higher scores in 3DMark and all... but I play games mostly on my machine and I hardly read any improvements except for the image quality.

I hope some people did some more testing except for 3Dmark in games with the 81.87 drivers.
If they give benefits over de the latest DELL stock drivers I'll give it a go as well.
No, you will not actually see (with your eyes) any difference at all.

The 6800 series has been out too long to get explosive improvements in performance just by installing new drivers. The new drivers may run a few games at 2-5 fps faster, but on the other hand, it may run a few games 2-5 fps slower. If you run drivers through an extensive test suite spanning a lot of games, you'll see that in the end, the average overall performance hasn't changed more than the margin of error. At this point in the 6800 series, new drivers only fix issues within games. Note that a big fix might drastically improve performance, but such a fix would concern only a single game title.

The 7800 series will definitely benefit more from newer drivers at this time, and it's possible that newer drivers substantially increase performance so that you could notice it in games. That's typical of new hardware, and it's really fun when you get a new driver that really brings performance up a notch. So 7800 people, I'd pay attention to new drivers, you might get a pleasant surprise.

But, if you're into 3dmark05, and "seeing a difference" means getting more 3dmarks, then you've got a lot of drivers to choose from...and I don't know which ones are the best for 3dmark. Nor do I care.
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post #35 of 45
10/29/05 at 9:20am
Will an advanced user explain how to apply the mod'd inf file...I have everything ready, but I dont want to begin until I know exactly what to do.
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post #36 of 45
10/29/05 at 10:03am
All you need to do is place the modified inf in the place you've downloaded the drivers to and run the setup file - if the drivers install fine then the inf is working, if they don't the inf isn't in the right place.

John
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post #37 of 45
10/29/05 at 3:09pm
not really a big deal if u mess up anyways, the inf just changes around a name so ur card is listed as supported. only thing that will happen if ur inf is wrong is that it wont install.
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post #38 of 45
10/29/05 at 8:41pm
Anyone know what the difference is between the laptopvideo2go's 'NV', 'Performance', and 'Quality' drivers are?
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post #39 of 45
10/29/05 at 9:03pm
P-M 2.13
2GB RAM
6800 Ultra GO
Win XP SP2
Just typical things in background, like AIM, TS, WinAmp Agent, Quickset...

Using BIOS with stock clock settings and 81.87 drivers with Auto Overclocking in use, stable CS:S, Fable, UT2k4, etc game playing, I scored a 3dmark05 score:

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post #40 of 45
10/29/05 at 9:34pm
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Originally Posted by |-007-|
No, you will not actually see (with your eyes) any difference at all.

The 6800 series has been out too long to get explosive improvements in performance just by installing new drivers. The new drivers may run a few games at 2-5 fps faster, but on the other hand, it may run a few games 2-5 fps slower. If you run drivers through an extensive test suite spanning a lot of games, you'll see that in the end, the average overall performance hasn't changed more than the margin of error. At this point in the 6800 series, new drivers only fix issues within games. Note that a big fix might drastically improve performance, but such a fix would concern only a single game title.

The 7800 series will definitely benefit more from newer drivers at this time, and it's possible that newer drivers substantially increase performance so that you could notice it in games. That's typical of new hardware, and it's really fun when you get a new driver that really brings performance up a notch. So 7800 people, I'd pay attention to new drivers, you might get a pleasant surprise.

But, if you're into 3dmark05, and "seeing a difference" means getting more 3dmarks, then you've got a lot of drivers to choose from...and I don't know which ones are the best for 3dmark. Nor do I care.

Except that with 80.x set, even 6800 cards got like a 10fps improvement in CS:S stress test. I know I went fro 112 to 126fps by switching from 78.xx to 81.85 drivers and so did many others.
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