Covert Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Update kb955302 which in the brief description says improves performance and stability in Vista SP1 and SERVER 2008 got me interested so I followed the link to the documentation, and here's what's performing better: ? Improvements to the performance of wireless adapters when you switch between preferred networks after the computer resumes from hibernation. ? New functionality to prevent a data loss scenario when certain registry keys are missing while the Microsoft Disk Cleanup tool is running. ? Improvements to system reliability when Group Policy settings and SMB signing are used. ? Improvements to the stability of systems on which Nvidia graphics cards are installed. Really not sure what it means, but I'm sure feeling the placebo effect, Aero is running smoother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I'm feeling the placebo effect too. You're right aero does feel a little smoother! Thanks for mentioning this update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFrancis Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Interesting, I no longer have a bug that was really annoying me with tf2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dox Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I'll put this on front pag news :) thanks covert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrera1988 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Did it come yesterday on Windows Update or must I download in manually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1986 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Came out with windows update yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I guess someone has to be a nay sayer... my performance seems to have tanked after installing the patch. I am not sure why but I am getting constant FPS spikes now in CoD4 and I cannot get my FPS back up to 100-125 FPS stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quubik Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I have Vista 32 bit but i cannot install this update. It says "The update does not apply to your system". I dont have it installe earlier. How can i install it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I have Vista 32 bit but i cannot install this update. It says "The update does not apply to your system". I dont have it installe earlier. How can i install it? If you have automatic updates, it installed probably the last time you turned off your computer or booted it up this morning or if you left it on last night then 3 AM (Default). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quubik Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 i looked at installed updates and it wasnt listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushu Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Thanks, I'll try this out with the 174.74 drivers later. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tazzmissionx Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 The update updates the DirectX kernel and MS core display driver architecture, so I'm not really expecting better performance but more stability with less errors, crashes and oddities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covert Posted September 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 The update updates the DirectX kernel and MS core display driver architecture, so I'm not really expecting better performance but more stability with less errors, crashes and oddities. How do you know what it updates? can you tell me how you found out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Sinclair Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 How do you know what it updates? can you tell me how you found out? If you look at the KB article for this patch, one of the files it says is updated is Dxgkrnl.sys That is the DirectX Graphics Kernel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles-0100 Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 got same problem , the window update list didnt say i installed this patch , but i cant install it with that installer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rhaegar707 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 same problem here, isn't on auto update, isn't in updated list, and says that it wont install on my system. I meet all of the requirements. any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gaervern Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 This update really got the fans going on my Dell Inspiron 9400. Once they get going they don't come down in speed before a restart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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