Stereomaster11 Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 To all those that own a Dell Vostro 1500 or an Inspiron 1520 with the Nvidia 8600m GT, write down the version # of your drivers, along with your experiences with it, good or bad. Add which Windows you are using and which driver (if you have used many), has given you the best results in gaming, Windows Aero, and all around everything else. Thanks! My computer as an example: Dell Vostro 1500 with Vista 32-bit Drivers 169.04 3D Mark 06: 3576 - Runs good all around, can't say I've noticed any problems except maybe choppy Windows Aero at times... Run Crysis at Medium settings getting about 25 FPS... If anybody has better drivers then these, please post! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I have a Vostro 1500 with 8600m GT. I run Windows XP 64-bit and use driver version 177.92 (ATM). My performance is quite good. Back when I played Crysis, I would get 30+ FPS at 1024x768 using mainly Medium settings (but with a low and a few highs in there, too.) My 3dMark06 score (at 1280x1024) was about 3700. My only major problem (which, by the way, occurs with all drivers) is DPC latency spikes, and therefore audio skipping, caused by Nvidia Powermizer, which I have turned off to stop the skipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdino Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Vostro 1500 Processor T7250 @2 GHz 8600GT RAM 4GB driver: 177.92 overclock: GPU 550Mhz Memory 450MHz Powermizer: Off 3Dmark06: 4120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I've got an inspiron 1520 and currently using 169.44, the reason being I get downclocking on the 170xx drivers. Disabling powermizer did not work for me, so unfortunately stuck with drivers which haven't got great performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereomaster11 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 So basically, the 177.92 seems to be the best version out there. Does it have any problems with Windows Aero? Have there been significant increases from previous driver versions? Would they be highly recommended as "you should have these drivers and not others"? Hmmm... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereomaster11 Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 I Installed the 177.92 vista 32 bit drivers... Windows Aero is 0.1 point better, Crysis runs much better (some setting on high and some medium... on 800x600 resolution) and yup, they seem to be the best up to now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest doogie Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 So here's mine: Dell Inspiron 1520 T7500, 8600M GT 256mb Core: 600 Mem: 510 3DMark06 Score (1280x1024) : 4123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 dell inspiron 1520 8600m GT 256mb DDR2 3dmark 06 free version default (1280x1024) (forceware driver) 167.62: 4167 4166 169.62: 4125 169.44: 4124 169.47: 4131 176.40: 4274 176.68: 4280 176.75: 4276 178.46: 4316 Dox?s 180.44: 4221 180.70: 4348 all at OC 650/525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_Jack2.0 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Back when I had my Vostro, 650/525 was the max stable overclock, and 177.92 or 175.19 were the best drivers I used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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