Guest Seraphis Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Hi, I just tried this driver with my 6800 go GPU. And there is an issue, if i want to turn of the screen. With the prior driver i had installed (i think it was smth 179.XX) the backlight was shutoff. But now, all it does is showing a blackscreen, with backlight still on. I am not able to test 181.22 as there is a 7-Zip error each time i try. Even reloading is not fixing it, and the System will not start with this driver. Is this a common problem? Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Keitaro Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 again a question about overclocking ^^ as you can see, this is incredible... how far I can go with this overclocking, without harm extremly my gpu? the fan in the laptop gets louder, when I try these values out :X gf 8400m gt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squall_Rinoa89 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Drivers Rock. I get a 8FPS boost now in FEAR 2 demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest asdd2 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Whenever I reboot, I have to manually setup my external harddrive under desktop>right click>nvidia control panel > setup mutiple displays, samsung syncmaster. before, it would do it automatically but now not anymore please fix? or recommend me a better driver. nvidia 8600m GT macbook pro 2.5ghz penryn 2gb ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Odd problem, I have my external screen as primary, no laptop screen, and it boots just as wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi.. Sometimes when i close my lid and open it again my resolution changes automatic.. Isnt this caused by this driver? It doesnt go on standby it simple just turns off the monitor and when it gets enabled again, the resolution is 1024x768 and i have to manually change it.. Is this caused by this driver and how 2 fix? thanjks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kum Zblj Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi.. Sometimes when i close my lid and open it again my resolution changes automatic.. Isnt this caused by this driver? It doesnt go on standby it simple just turns off the monitor and when it gets enabled again, the resolution is 1024x768 and i have to manually change it..Is this caused by this driver and how 2 fix? thanjks Try this -> http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/index....st&p=106404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Oh cool, i disabled it before reading your post because i had a suspicion that it might be that but that post kinda clears it up. Not worrying about that no more i hope ^^ Its so annoying.. thanks for the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushu Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Do you get problems with any other drivers? I am trying to get to the bottom of this whole 'Xp SP3' driver problem. Sorry for the late reply Andrew but it's just with 185.20 (not sure if it would happen with others; don't remember). The first time I tried the stock 185.20 on XP it just started in 4-bit colors and 640x480 resolution while in Vista it started with a BSOD. I have just tried Dox's 185.20 (in XP) and it just started with a BSOD and I had to go into safe mode to uninstall the driver. So it must lie somewhere within the original drivers. Maybe because it's alpha drivers. Edited February 6, 2009 by Shaythong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ok, this was very helpful, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EotT Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 got 136 more 3dmark points, games are a bit faster and my system is much cooler now! Thanks dox! Best driver for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Necroman Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I had some problems with RA3 and therefore I upgraded to this driver. Game is now OK, but sleep problem is there. The act going to sleep is somehow weird, the monitors shows for some seconds strange black ornaments, it looks like notebook is going to sleep, but monitor output is still on and I see some flushed GPU memory or what. Waking up don't work, notebook wakes, but all I see is black. I can log into Windows and use Alt+F4 and Down for shutdown (or Up for Restart) - that's better than hard reset :) Anyway, modded 185.20 has sleeping issues. Now I tried the powemizer trick an we will see next time, if it works. My notebook - Compal HEL80, nVidia 7600 Go, Vista x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesel No1 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 hello, I have a toshiba p100-491 with a nvidia 7900GS an when i installed the driver it disabled the graca fan and the temperatures went up tp 100degree. the 181.22 driver couldnt be installed beacuse it causes nvXXX.dll crasches on windows start. System is windowsXP 32bit cya Wiesel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Syn Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hey Dox! :) where is the Windows XP 64bit Version of 185.20 and 181.22 eh? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hawk Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 The drivers worked fine on my ASPIRE 8930G w/ 9600GT DDR3 and vista 64, but games fps down clock because powermizer. So i have to turn it off, but then on reboot again when im not playing games. Problem is in ACER Epower managment, the graphics performance level slider is missing now! So I think thats why it is downclocking. Im going to try to install an older driver 179.28 or the one from acer, see what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ppop Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 it's working on my XP SP3, but I have problem with a fan. It's working very slowly, so i have very high temperature. On old drivers this fan sometimes worked very fast but now it always work with the same speed. i'm ill so sorry for my english :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dox Posted February 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 The drivers worked fine on my ASPIRE 8930G w/ 9600GT DDR3 and vista 64, but games fps down clock because powermizer. So i have to turn it off, but then on reboot again when im not playing games. Problem is in ACER Epower managment, the graphics performance level slider is missing now! So I think thats why it is downclocking. Im going to try to install an older driver 179.28 or the one from acer, see what happened. Have u tried my 181.22? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chomi_24 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I have an inquiry for all those 8600m gt gddr3 256 mb users who have tried this driver. Installed this driver on performance mode. My gpu is running hot w/ this one, 78c on full load considering its on default clock and my cpu is undervolted. (12x FID 1.005 VID) Although idle temp is fine 58c-65c. But I always game w/ my notebook. I tried the original version w/o modded inf my max temp is 74c not that much though but still high w/ 78c with laptop cooler right? 78c is my max temp on full load using 179.28 nvidia driver gpu overclock to 650/900/1375. By the way I disabled powermizer via powermizer switch to be able to work w/ the sleep mode and hibernation. Pls post your temp guys as I wanna compare mine... Thanks a lot... DELL XPS M1530 Vista Home Premium SP1 x86 Intel core 2 duo T8300 Memory 4GB (3.5 utilized by OS) 320GB HDD 5400rpm 1280x800 native resolution 8600m gt gddr3 256mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hawk Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Have u tried my 181.22? I uninstalled the 185 and my laptop rolled back to the ones it came with 176.26 and it works fine no downclocking in games it seems and the graphics performance slider is back in acer power management. I will try 181.22 and see what happens.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codyksp Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) I have an inquiry for all those 8600m gt gddr3 256 mb users who have tried this driver. Installed this driver on performance mode. My gpu is running hot w/ this one, 78c on full load considering its on default clock and my cpu is undervolted. (12x FID 1.005 VID) Although idle temp is fine 58c-65c. But I always game w/ my notebook. I tried the original version w/o modded inf my max temp is 74c not that much though but still high w/ 78c with laptop cooler right? 78c is my max temp on full load using 179.28 nvidia driver gpu overclock to 650/900/1375. By the way I disabled powermizer via powermizer switch to be able to work w/ the sleep mode and hibernation. Pls post your temp guys as I wanna compare mine... Thanks a lot... DELL XPS M1530 Vista Home Premium SP1 x86 Intel core 2 duo T8300 Memory 4GB (3.5 utilized by OS) 320GB HDD 5400rpm 1280x800 native resolution 8600m gt gddr3 256mb I have: MSI GX700-252NL Vista Home Premium SP1 x86 Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Memory 3GB 320GB HDD 5400RPM 1440x900 Native Resolution 8600M GT GDDR2 512MB With the 185.20 driver I have it OC'd to 650/900/1300 and it reaches 71 degrees max in 3DMark06. Edited February 8, 2009 by Codyksp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exostenza Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Would just like to note this is the first driver I have had that has set Physx acceleration to disabled as the default. I am running a 9800m GS on Vista 64 bit and have been running DOX driver exclusively since you started making them. Any reason for this? I have the latest Physx drivers as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husky55 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) Actually, DOX 181.22.1 drivers also set PhysX to disabled on my 9800M GTS Edited February 10, 2009 by husky55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exostenza Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 185.20 DOX boosted my frames a little and smoothed out he games although I got my first crash in Sins of a oOlar Empire: Entrenchment, but because it is still a beta I don't know if it was a fault of the game or the drivers so its a mystery never to be solved! Scary stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exostenza Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 182.05 is out and a lot of people are saying the IQ and performance over this driver is better and I have seen the benchmarks to prove it! DOX come on lets get the 182.05 drivers done for us! Yay I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sci Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 guys, I have a general question: My notebook has two graphics cards. And I got two additional external monitors When I use, for example, the old driver 169.04, I have the option to combine the two external monitors (indipendently configured) without using my laptop display. With all the newer drivers, I can only combine my laptop display with one of my two external monitors. So, is this true, do I not have a option to combine my two external monitors alone? When I try 169.04, I can use both external monitors but I have problems with my Eizo color edge monitor. It cannot display its full resolution and does panning. With the new driver, the Eizo can reach its full resolution without panning, but I canot choose to use both external monitors... any help with that would be very appreciated, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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