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T61 NVS 140m ***LENOVO vs MICROSOFT*** DRIVERS

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T61 NVS 140m ***LENOVO vs MICROSOFT*** DRIVERS

#1 Post by hoax32 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:07 pm

Since my last blue screen I have decidet to play around with my drivers!
I found out that the microsoft Drivers gave me 15.000 Points when running 3D Mark 2001 vs a weak 9000 Points with the Lenovo windows 7 drivers. :eek:

I mean thats a %40 performance gain!!!!!
Whats up with that?
Temps are the same with both drivers.
Im just a lil worried about the Microsoft Drivers cause of my Blue Screen from 2 days ago and another one 3-4 months ago.

Did any 1 else experience such performance difference???
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Re: T61 NVS 140m ***LENOVO vs MICROSOFT*** DRIVERS

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:16 pm

You obviously have way too much time!
It's getting awfully boring, the way you drag this out :evil:
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#3 Post by hoax32 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:46 pm

love you too!! :lol:
Im dealing with 3 T61s (are my friends) so im just sayin
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Re: T61 NVS 140m ***LENOVO vs MICROSOFT*** DRIVERS

#4 Post by twistero » Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:52 pm

Why don't you try drivers directly from Nvidia too. :roll:
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#5 Post by Temetka » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:09 am

Did I miss something somewhere?

What's wrong with trying to find the most efficient driver? I was going to load up the one from Thinkvantage Software Update, but used the one from Windows Update. Seems to run fine so I haven't changed it out. That being said I don't think it's wrong with trying to find the best driver for a given piece of equipment.
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#6 Post by dillonuk1 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:51 am

So did you determine which drivers are best for performance?

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#7 Post by pianowizard » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:24 am

hoax32 wrote:I found out that the microsoft Drivers gave me 15.000 Points when running 3D Mark 2001 vs a weak 9000 Points with the Lenovo windows 7 drivers. :eek:
It's possible that Lenovo's lower-performance driver was designed to reduce the heat generated by the GPU, to prolong the life of this chip. If that's the case, I would rather use the Lenovo driver. Sometimes less is more.
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