M17x Drivers thread

[stamatisx]

Just to add a couple of screenshots for the 195.62 drivers. The important thing to mention is the ambient temperature which was 24 degrees Celcius and actually quite hot.
The game I use to check the temperatures is Counter Strike Source with settings all maxed out. I know it's ancient but it's the only one that I have installed.
The second screenshot was taken after opening the browser and surfing the forum, leaving mozilla in the background and start playing CSS.

[Aristotelhs2060]

24 (26) is the temp of your cpu not gpu. and its by no way hot. i dont think gpu driver has to do something with this. your gpu temps are ok except that the game must not work in sli (10 degrees difference)

[BatBoy]

using 195.62 and 1 minute after exiting cod mw2 (sli). so i cant see this absence of downclocking (if really exists) on temps. i also use nzxt cryo cooler but i have it on passive (just on the cooler) and not active (using the fans which i usually forget to turn on).

you can see the top temps which are the temps immediately after exiting cod mw2. this screenshot is 1 minute after exiting the game. 1-3 degrees difference is nothing right?

use GPU-z to see the downclocking. shouldn't base it on temps as temps will have nothing to show 1 minute after exiting the game. Wait 15 minutes or more and see the difference between the GPUs. If 1 GPU is downclocked to its lowest and 1 is locked on full, believe me, you'll see more than 1-3 degrees.

24 (26) is the temp of your cpu not gpu. and its by no way hot. i dont think gpu driver has to do something with this. your gpu temps are ok except that the game must not work in sli (10 degrees difference)

he said his ambient temp is 24 (room temp) which is 75 degrees f. warm enough. what 10 degree difference? I see a difference between the 9400 and the discretes - which is totally normal.

[Rotsu]

Ok i tried these drivers 195.62. And they perform very poorly in games....

the 186.82 still the best in my opinion.

[BatBoy]

Ok i tried these drivers 195.62. And they perform very poorly in games....

the 186.82 still the best in my opinion.

Agreed - old reliable 186.82. Thanks to Microsoft for that one. Leave it to a Windows Update driver to actually perform better in-game as well as with Hybrid functions. Never would've thought it...

[Aristotelhs2060]

i am back to 186.82 yes the driver is good. but pro2010 gets white screen every now and then when configured in sli. no such problem with 195.62

[Rotsu]

195.62 broke my vintage installation....

im getting the "COM Surrogate has stopped working" error... i dont know how to fix this now.

[Momiji1]

I've been using the updated chipset driver + 195.62 for about a week now and performance has been slightly better than 186.82. Noticed the biggest increase in crysis tho. Down-clocking is working properly on both cards as well according to GPU-z. I guess I'm lucky? :P
I haven't had time to play around and test stealth mode/hybrid/wake from sleep yet, but so far so good.

[Rotsu]

I had a problem with downclocking too. Although the temps seems ok but the clock on the 2nd card remains and max speed after playing dirt2.

[pellinore]

Anyone using the 195.62 drivers have the auto switching to the 9400 video card when you unplug the power cord? the 186.82s do it for my but when I put the computer to sleep with the 9400 in use it never wakes.