NBF MobileForce 190.38 !!!BETA!!! - Page 2

These drivers messed up my powermizer even after uninstall and going back to previous drivers. Before I have gone from 179.67, 179.68 and 182.67 as I have a Go 7900 GS didn't fix it. I use driver cleaner and ccleaner. If I enable it now, it downclocks too much to 2d performance instead of 3d low which causes lag in Aero. It will then jump to 3d high but if the lowest it can go is 3d low there wont be a need for that.

O i cant even install the 179s anymore, can only install this, the original 97.46 (lol) and 182.67. Everything else just gives the system has not been modified and trying to install it through device manager dont work either. I went through the registry myself and deleted all the nvidia stuff too. Think I need to format.


Edit: trying to install through device manager says "there is no driver selected for the device information set or element".

Tony, I have a very big update:

I noticed something while using my computer last night -- the "System" process was constantly using between 30-50% of my CPU even while idle! After much digging and trying to figure it out (including running multiple anti-virus and anti-malware apps, multiple restarts, shutting down processes, turning things like indexing on/off, etc), I believe it has to do with something Windows Update installed earlier this week. After trying everything to alleviate the CPU usage, I gave up and left the laptop on all night seeding a couple Torrents. I awoke, restarted the computer, and noticed the "System" process was now back to normal.

I am not sure what it was doing/updating, but I believe this is what made my testing results so bad, and re-ran the benchmarks, and got MUCH more positive results! Although the minimums were much better, they were still lower than normal. The maximum FPS gained a lot, (especially with CoH) and the averages were higher on all but Far Cry 2 (where the averages were up only about 0.5 fps, but the mins were up 3 fps over my FUBAR'ed previous benchies). Average FPS in Trackmania were actually up a few frames over previous drivers.

So, these are better than I initially thought. Though they still don't seem to be quite as smooth as 185's and 186's. But the results are MUCH more positive this time around.

Sorry about the confusion!


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UPDATE #2: The temperature problem reared its ugly head today! I was playing Demigod with my buddy, and my temps were INSANE (95 degrees)!!! To the point it made my computer hard lockup. Ouch...

In comparison to the 179.67 driver that Windows 7 RC suggested for my computer when I installed it, this driver yields a slightly lower 3DMark06 score (843 down from 868) on my Asus Z71V (2.26 Ghz Pentium M, Nvidia 6600).

Another update: For some reason, my screen won't go to sleep, regardless of settings. It just stays on all the time. It doesn't dim automatically either. Sounds to me like Powermizer is just plain messed up in these drivers!

Yeah, I figured -- but I was just pointing out anything and everything I come across, in case it was something else that had to be fixed. Thus "beta testing", LOL!

I also noticed that I couldn't enable fixed aspect-ratio scaling in this driver

Let me know about that write up too. It will bring it more beta testers.

Can someone tell me the registry keys to configure powermizer? I don't just mean the perf one where you basically disable it or enable on AC only. I need it to downclock to 3d low instead of 2d.