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Dox 185.85

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#41 BaiBienTinhDuc

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:36 AM

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Hi shakey glad you are able to use my drivers again!



BaiBienTinhDuc:

found the potential problem, will re-upload new build now re-download and try again in 30mins.
Thanks for your feedback.
Thank you very much. You're the best!!!!!!

#42 supajupa

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:39 AM

But how can i disable Powermizer?

Dox? Anyone?

I dont get it why no one ever answers for this question. It's a real imortant one.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:39 AM

-Re did d3d and ogl tweaks - improved performance over original 185.85 in REAL games

Then i won't talk about 3dmarks score i promise ;-) Will try those later !!! Thanx for what you're doing Dox, your installer rocks...hybrid support will help and simplify things for a lot of people i guess ;-)

PS : I remember that i've read a post telling that you weren't planning on tweaking 185.85 ;-)

Edited by FrenchTouch, 17 May 2009 - 09:41 AM.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:41 AM

Dox, thanks buddy, drivers work great, as usual.

About the user who needed reg key to fix PowerMizer, it's here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video

Then click through all the keys inside of that, and find one that has your stuff in it in "0000" and look for PerfLevelSrc and change it to 3322.

What I do is, once Dox's installation generates the .inf file (after you choose your OS and set up it makes the .inf) I go in there and do CTRL+F and search for PerfLevelSrc and change it to 3322 (Off for Ac, on for Battery)

Also, if your right click for the context menu is slow, do this:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

and delete the NV one and that's it.  Right clicking on desktop will be instant.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:43 AM

French,

I didnot want to leave things un finished :P
found out there was a conflicting setting in 185.68 which limited its potential,
being me I just couldn't let it stay that way :)

Also had some code that was half finished for the installer which I thought was a waste if i didnt finish it :unsure:

I say alot of things and then I change my mind, you should know me by now :)

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:51 AM

Doesn't work on my amilo xi3650 with windows 7 64bits

Install but after restart, graphics card doesn't start  :)

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:52 AM

the installation is fine now,
but the driver still not working on BenQ S42. (no display after reboot)

win7x86 user here.

Edited by DragonSilver, 17 May 2009 - 09:54 AM.

#48 BaiBienTinhDuc

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 10:07 AM

oh, I having problem here, i installed Vista 32bit hybrid and it appeared a blue screen, I have go to the safe mode and roll back the older driver.
Can you have me please

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 10:16 AM

Hey, great drivers.  Sorry I'm on a guest account.  I noticed 3dmarks didn't improve any, but I got a sick 12 fps jump each in two games that I play (as compared to the vanilla version of this same driver)

I feel you made a wise choice to base your next optimization on, this driver had a lot of potential.

I'm curious, as there's a problem I've had with the recent few drivers.  The context menu opens slowly.  (I know I can just delete the key to make it go away but..)

Anybody know a solution that doesn't involve me removing control panel from my right click?  Like.. to make it open quickly again?

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 10:25 AM

Awesome job! The best updated driver since 185.20 that I've been stuck with for months.
Great to see Dox coming back into the scene, it's been a long time!

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 11:10 AM

I will be looking into why the drivers are not working for some Hybrid Graphics users (BenQ S42 & Fujitsu Amilo xi3650).

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 11:12 AM

Perhaps its specific oem settings?
that their drivers has?
Or simply its due to the .dlls not being compatibile in the first place.

W/e I feel drained in looking into.

Thanks again nautis.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 11:16 AM

View PostDox, on May 17 2009, 11:12 AM, said:

Perhaps its specific oem settings?
that their drivers has?
Or simply its due to the .dlls not being compatibile in the first place.

W/e I feel drained in looking into.

Thanks again nautis.
Something stupid I overlooked again most likely, I keep taking for granted that when the drivers work on my Hybrid Graphics notebook that they will work for the others.

You have worked extremely hard and deserve a break Dox. This part is on me.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 11:24 AM

althou this doesnt work on my benq s42 i still really appreciate the effort both of put into this and i'm sure you guys are really close to a breakthrough :P  :unsure:  :)  :)

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 11:27 AM

"I will annoy dox with silly questions" LOL

Works great on my beloved lap. Better performances and lower temps than Official 185.85 for me.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 12:35 PM

I very much appreciate the time and effort, but I am sorry to say it did not work for me: Z690, Vista Ultimate x64.

I read and followed the intructions. Here is what I did:

1. Moved the switch to SPEED so that both cards are visible in the Device Manager
2. Uninstalled nVidia driver with option "delete the driver" checked.
3. Uninstalled Intel driver (at this point the screen res went to 800x600).
4. Shut down. Start again.
5. Installed VistaWin7x64_185.85.exe with options "VISTA x64" & "Hybrid graphics"
6. Restarted.
7. Resolution remained 800x600, both cards are recognized in the device manager, but they have an exclamation point. Right-click reveals: windows cannot load the driver becaue it is corrupt or missing (Code 39).

I had to go back to the original driver from SONY.

Hope this helps in further development. Thanks again.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 12:41 PM

I just reinstalled with the Win7 version, its working perfectly, minor improvement upon the default drivers that Windows Update had for my GF 8600M GT. RivaTuner still doesn't detect this driver yet for my graphics card.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 01:11 PM

View Postvinxz, on May 17 2009, 12:41 PM, said:

I just reinstalled with the Win7 version, its working perfectly, minor improvement upon the default drivers that Windows Update had for my GF 8600M GT. RivaTuner still doesn't detect this driver yet for my graphics card.

I have the same setup as vinxz, except I use Win7 x64 instead of x86.  After uninstalling my old drivers and installing this version, I have the same problem as described above--driver isn't recognized.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 01:25 PM

As told several times RivaTuner needs to be updated to work with 185.85 drivers. A little patience needed.

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Posted 17 May 2009 - 02:33 PM

Guys, on the toshiba x300-156 the driver installs and works perfectly. There's only one thing missing.

HKLM,"System\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm",BacklightControlPolicy,%REG_DWORD%,1

so that the backlight fn keys work!

Also, i think that you guys can't do anything to solve this but... If i use only the 9400M, the right-click on the desktop is quick. When i change to the 9800-sli the right click takes too long. Again this only happens when you are trying to get to the nvidia control panel. I've seen this on the very latest 185.xx versions.

thank you for your work

Edited by adolfotregosa, 17 May 2009 - 02:34 PM.

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