zipper Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 290.53 Verde tried with the original inf. Tricky to install and performance is as bad as the predecessors. Nothing special to comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted January 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 290.35 Asus driver tried with the original inf. A hair better but still lame. Tricky to install - the extra features did struggle, the driver itself was OK. Nothing to complain in the behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ozman Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hello :) Thanks for the thread btw, but i have a quick question. I have Windows 7 home premium with service pack 1. I think its messed with my video card performance. I also am using the gtx 260m on an alienware M15x. Should I uninstall the service pack? Also im trying to run Old republic and i would like to know what the best drivers are for that particular game? can you help me? Would be grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 The performance drop is possible - I found around 5% drop on DX10 tests. But yet I have no guts to remove the sp. Old Republic isn't too hard for hardware - a recent one may be the best choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozman Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I went ahead an uninstalled the SP1 and my frames are waay back to normal. Old republic is running pretty smoothly right now with 290.53. Not sure if there are any better ones that that I can use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorzius Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 So, as I'm reading through the posts, seems like the best driver currently is 280.19 for this GPU. Am I right about this, or did I get lost in the forest of the posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Right. That's where I go back if everything gets f^#ked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 286.16 notebook developer driver tried, with the original inf - the best of the latest drivers, since 280.47. No problems found when installing and using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 295.51 desktop beta tried, added my card to the inf. A big surprise as the performance is back to top level even doing the top scores on 3DMark 05 and 06. Had to install PhysX and stereo 3D drivers manually as the script failed (again...). ...later notice - PowerMizer works just partially - one step down instead of three steps, so no 2D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo the Second Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hi Zipper, good that you've got your original performance back. How come you chose to use the desktop version of the driver, because there is a notebook version of it? Did you reckon you'd get more performance with the desktop version? I would have thought they would have been the same. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I just did go straight to the released d/l link for desktops, didn't check if the laptop version exists... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Yarmakovich Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) hey, i found your post, and i was reading it, but i have not found the best driver for me to use .. i got a sager NP8662 (M860TU), running windows xp pro sp2 (sp3 crashes for some reason) i got Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M video card in it, i am looking for the best driver to use for performance and gaming, i am using 197.16, but the games appear choppy, and difficult to play when i depend on time in them. 320 GB hard drive, 1920x1200 screen, P9700 @2.80GHz CPU ... just want to play games on my laptop, i know it can play games, but getting somewhat poor results edit: changed the resolution in games to 1900x1200 and upped the graphics, and now it is more smother, weird ... still what is the best driver for windows xp pro sp2 to use with those m260 gtx's on a sager laptop?? thanks for the kind responces Edited February 20, 2012 by Michel Yarmakovich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted February 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Not the faintest idea - might be the latest you can find with an inf for 260M and XP (32bit?) With http://laptopvideo2go.com/drivers?dev=0618⊂=&whql=0〈=0&orderby=version&dir=desc&os=&os%5B%5D=xp seems that the latest with XP inf is 198.05 But the search isn't up to date, the latest driver with an inf for XP seems to be http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/29028-v29036-windows-xp-32bit-nvidia-desktop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 295.73 WHQL tried - a step back in performance again, sorry to say. PowerMizer doesn't clock down to 2D like with the former beta driver; a problem that hasn't popped up in a long time. As a matter of fact I couldn't find any PM settings from the registry, just leftovers from older drivers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Tried also with the modified inf - slightly worse performance - oops, the original inf is there, too so it probably got used again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Tried also with the modified inf - slightly worse performance - oops, the original inf is there, too so it probably got used again.... I was hoping to hear positive results on these drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 296.10 WHQL tried. Nothing to complain, about on the standard level of the recent drivers; 295.51 is clearly faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 296.10 WHQL tried. Nothing to complain, about on the standard level of the recent drivers; 295.51 is clearly faster. i will stick with the latter for now, since I mostly use my book for media/entertainment now; so newer feats don't really pertain to me anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Yep, for our older cards there's nothing to expect in speed region from the newer drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Now 300.99 with modified inf. Quite promising, but not at 295.51 level - 3DMark05 especially clearly slower. But might be a keeper for newer hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 And now 301.10 with the modified inf - surprisingly clearly better than 300.99, about the fastest of all times except on Vantage, highest 3DMark06 ever. No problems so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 And now 301.10 with the modified inf - surprisingly clearly better than 300.99, about the fastest of all times except on Vantage, highest 3DMark06 ever. No problems so far. Thanks for testing, gonna dl now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted April 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 301.24 WHQL tried. No issues but a clear step back on the benchmarks. Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted April 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 301.27 developer driver tried with the original inf. No problems, still one notch down in performance from predecessors - so JAD (just another driver)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted May 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 301.34 tried with the modified inf. Very good performance, among the best drivers, a tiny bit slower than 301.10. No problems, the first one in a long time that did install everything without errors - meaning the update option did install which has failed for me so far for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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