Robbo the Second Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Thanks for the reply Zipper. When I had my M1530 I was able to mod the inf files myself too, but I'm a bit confused with my new system & the newer drivers when it comes to modding the inf files myself. When you mod the inf file, do you use nvwin.inf, or one of the other inf files? I believe each of the different inf files are specific to the manufacturer? Does it matter which of the inf files we choose to modify? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted September 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Preferably the MSI inf [NVMI(n).inf] but another will do - best to alter the lines for GTX 680M of another make. Edit the subsys or leave it out from the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo the Second Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) You don't happen to know which inf is specific for Dell or Alienware do you? EDIT: It's OK, I did some googling, and worked out that it's the nvdmn.inf file that I need to modify. I edited the 680M lines from the M17xR4, and turned them into 670MX. Working great. Edited September 27, 2013 by Robbo the Second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Beta 331.40 tried with the original inf. No problems except GPU-Z still freezes. Quite a good one, worth trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) What's up with GPU-Z freezing on so many drivers? Being beta is no excuse for that behavior. Also, does 331.40 have CUDA? Edited October 5, 2013 by tribaljet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 GPU-Z just doesn't like this particular combo, 0.7.2 is OK. And 0.7.3 is OK on my older lappy. Must check that CUDA - I'd probably mentioned it if missing but not 100% sure. (checking..) GPU-Z 0.7.2 recognizes CUDA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 (edited) I have to say that 327.23 is proving to be a very decent upgrade over 310.90, with increased performance nearly across the board. Just a shame that Nvidia decided to lock Mozilla-based browsers' plugin-container to the IGP on Optimus systems. However, it seems that results can vary from system to system, even on same generation GPUs, given that while I did get improved performance on my GT 555M, I've seen people with GT 525M report lower performance. Could you give 327.23 a spin, just to compare performance with both 327.24 as well as 331.40? Edited October 6, 2013 by tribaljet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 I did - almost identical, hint of slower than 327.24 but I've lost the results into a black hole (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 331.58 notebook WHQL tried. A pretty good performer, like the preceeding WHQLs; worth trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 At last some decent overclock figures, clockdowns do happen still but not so early; 830/2460 instead of default 771/1800 give 6 to 11% increase depending on the benchmark used, most on Fire Strike. Updated to Win 8.1, don't know if it has any effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 I forgot to ask, did you get to try the 327.54 developer driver? Seems to be the latest driver available. Also, why exactly isn't Nvidia shipping proper Windows 8.1 drivers but rather release Windows 8 drivers that happen to be compatible with Windows 8.1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 331.58 WHQL is officially: Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit 327.54 developer driver not yet, perhaps later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Regardless of public statements, it's a WDDM 1.2 driver, hence Windows 8 driver, not Windows 8.1 which has native WDDM 1.3. EDIT: For some reason I've seen different Fermi GPUs having WDDM 1.2 and WDDM 1.3 with the same drivers, no idea what's going on there. EDIT2: Actually, it seems all systems I've used report WDDM 1.2, whereas there were some reports on the web about 331.58 supposedly reporting WDDM 1.3, which I find hard to believe given that the driver base is still geared towards Windows 8, with marginal changes that allow for stable yet not actually optimized usage on Windows 8.1. Edited October 27, 2013 by tribaljet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Tried the MSI version of 326.80. To my surprise some benchmarks were clearly better than with Nvidia OEM 326.80 installed with MSI inf; 1.5 to 2.5 % is noticeably better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 331.65 notebook WHQL now - about the same as 331.58 or a little faster on some benchmarks. No problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) You do realize you're exceptionally fast at benching drivers, right? Good job :amen: Edited October 28, 2013 by tribaljet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 But it took several hours after the news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 No buts! You saw, you installed, you benched. And it wasn't that long since drivers were released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 On a different note, there are reports that 331.65 seems to have broken V-Sync? Can you confirm that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Haven't used it - must have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted November 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 331.82 notebook WHQL tried - almost identical to the predecessor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Did it by any chance have working V-Sync? Also, I should add that 327.41 are the most stable Windows 8.1 drivers for Optimus systems so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Seems to work for me - but no CUDA re GPU-Z 0.7.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 331.93 notebook beta tried. About identical to the preceeding WHQL - but 3DMark website doesn't like this at all. Mostly won't validate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 332.21 notebook WHQL tried. No problems, good but not exceptional results except 3DM11 is lower than expected. And that CUDA bug is fixed at last in GPU-Z as well as Optimus detection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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