Review: SPK -> Asus Z71V Review!!!! - Page 9

Overclock will void, technically, all warranty. Including the Intel warranty on the CPU from intel as well.

nVidia Forceware 77.77 w/Triple Buffering Feature

Official NVIDIA GO 6600 Website
http://www.nvidia.com/page/go_6600.html

Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GBps) 11.2 GBps
Fill Rate (pixels/sec.) 3 billion
Vertices/Second 300 million
RAMDACs 400 MHz



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nVidia GO 6600 GPU Performance Test
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*Note:
* All test based upon Asus Z71V nVidia GO 6600
* Asus Z71V STOCK SETTING IS: 250/500
* Toshiba used GO 6600 TC, which is slower
than one used in Asus Z71V

nVidia Driver v71.13
* Asus Stocked Video Driver
3DMark05: 1720 (250/500 Stocked Setting)
3DMark05: 2018 (275/563)

nVidia Driver v77.77
Driver: http://download.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/7777.exe
INF: http://laptopvideo2go.com/infs/7777inf/nv4_disp.inf
Triple Buffer: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=99001
3DMark05: 1816 (250/500 stocked) -> Triple Buffering DISABLED
3DMark05: 1835 (250/500 stocked) -> Triple Buffering ENABLED
3DMark05: 2156 (290/575 stocked) -> Triple Buffering ENABLED
3DMark05: 2236 (300/600 stocked) -> Triple Buffering ENABLED

* Note: It seems to be with this new release of the nvidia driver, the modification of
adding the triple buffer improved performance! Actual result of course will vary on each machine.

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OLDER VERSION OF NVIDIA DRIVERS
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Using XtremeG nVidia Driver v71.84
3DMark05: 1780 (Stocked Setting)
3DMark05: 1970 (300 Core / 500 Memory)

By CMYK (his Asus Z71v - Driver: v76.44)
3DMark05: 1787 (Stocked Setting)

nVidia 77.30
3DMark05: 1813 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2060 (300 Core / 500 Memory)

nvidia 77.50
3DMark05: 1820 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2060 (300/500 OC Setting)

nVidia 77.62
3DMark05: 1820 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2055 (300/500 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2120 (290/575 OC Setting)

XG 77.62-HD Type 2 nVidia Driver v77.62
3DMark05: 1820 (Stocked Setting)
3DMark05: 2074 (300/500 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2169 (290/575 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2215 (300/600 OC Setting)

nVidia 77.72 Official WHQL Release
3DMark05: 1820 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2069 (300/500 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2223 (300/600 OC Setting)

nVidia 80.40 Beta Leaked
* AA OFF, Resolution 1024x768
3DMark05: 1821 (250/500 stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2121 (290/575 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2236 (300/600 OC Setting)

* AA 2x, Resolution 1024x768
3DMark05: 1813 (250/500 stocked setting)
3DMark05: 1975 (290/575 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2072 (300/600 OC Setting)

* AA 4x, Resolution 1024x768
3DMark05: 1523 (250/500 stocked setting)
3DMark05: 1733 (290/575 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 1817 (300/600 OC Setting)

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WHERE TO GET NVIDIA DRIVERS
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* http://forums.guru3d.com
* http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forums/
* http://www.nvidia.com
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How To Install
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1) Download the nvidia driver
2) Extract it to a directory

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3a) download the latest INF file from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/ and save it
to the same directory you had extracted earlier.

-OR-

3b) Use the NVAM.INF file that came with the original Asus Z71V display driver. You could download
it from http://support.asus.com and extract out the NVAM.INF from there.
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4) Right click on the desktop and go to properties. This will take you
to the display control panel.
5) Click on the settings tab
6) Click on Advanced button
7) Click on Adapter tab
8) Click on Properties button
9) Click on Driver tab
10) Click on Update Driver button
11) Click on "No, Not this time" when asked "Can Windows Connect To Windows Update..."
12) Click on "Install from a list or specific location"
13) Click on "Don't Search, I will choose the driver to install"
14) Click on "Have Disk"
15) Browse to the location where you had saved the INF file earlier
16) Select the video card from the list, in Asus Z71V case it is nVidia GeForce Go 6600
17) Continue with install...

*USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!*

nope

I was running 80.40 w/o any problem. But a few people I've came across it with @ forums.guru3d.com have express problems.

I am currently using 77.77, just because that is the most recent beta release out there and I was doing some 3DMark05 benchmark. Fairly stable so far from all the gaming I've done.