New Graphics Driver from lenovo is way faster...

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meditate2001 · #1 Post by **meditate2001** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:28 pm

yup, just checked it with mark3d05 and it boosts around 400 points to the previous lenovo driver on my nvidia 140...

just for information....

but i still have problems with 2 monitors and when i close the lid, the screen freezes and the whole configuration changes....

Estrogen Kid · #2 Post by **Estrogen Kid** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:49 pm

which version are you talking about, 174.71?
there was a long time in between when lenovo updated the graphics driver for xp (previous driver was from 2007).
i'm running xp sp3, nvidia quadro fx 570m 256mb, no problems with my dual monitor setup.

meditate2001 · #3 Post by **meditate2001** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:14 am

2007 ? no...last version is:

Release Date: 2008/04/28

Version: 6.14.11.7471

grab it here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67924

Estrogen Kid · #4 Post by **Estrogen Kid** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:04 am

yeah i have the latest one, version 174.71
i'm saying before that they haven't updated in a long time

Pascal_TTH · #5 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:34 am

D@mn fast !

With FX 570m : http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3102/image5yr4.png

With NVS 140m : http://service.futuremark.com/resultCom ... ultType=14

Perdu · #6 Post by **Perdu** » Thu May 29, 2008 1:19 pm

Does anyone know if Lenovo will update the nvs 140 driver for Vista

Pascal_TTH · #7 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:27 pm

Nope, never update since the launch...

meditate2001 · #8 Post by **meditate2001** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:36 pm

pascal,

i dont use 3dmark06 so i dont have a clue what you mean ? was it ironic ? how faster is your 570m compared to the 140 ???

Pascal_TTH · #9 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:58 pm

It's just an application used to *show* 3D power with numbers. I also overclock the GPU to get very high scores. Just for fun.

Kel Ghu · #10 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:47 pm

Pascal,

Wow! You can overclock your 570m core upto 700Mhz! Mine goes upto 660Mhz only and my 3Dmark is 5600.
But I am not sure the driver is faster. You have a 5790 3Dmark score, I'd say its not the driver but the overclocking... If you compare it to the numbers we have in this thread: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=53710

We have not improvements from drivers imho, but I have not tried the drivers. The previous drivers were clock-locked, are these really overclocking enable?

Pascal_TTH · #11 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:12 am

Hi Kel Ghu !

I read your file about overclocking. When overclocking, many things can change the score. It don't spend too much time with Quadro OC. I do it with a first Windows XP install to check if the laptop is fine. After, I format the drive and start the *working* installation with all application and my stuff. So, it's over to play OC.

I'am not sure the driver change performances a lot since Quadro FX 570m is based on the G84 witch comes form the quiet *old* G80. So to run 3D Mark, they must be fine from long time ago.

What can change the score is T9300 (L2 cache is great for 3D Mark) and also all the Penryn improvements. Also, using 2 same memory stick (2 x 1GB or 2 X 2GB) set the chipset in Dual Channel mode, CL4 DDR2-677 also helps. Windows XP is still much faster than Windows Vista for 3D benchmarks. To overclock, I use RivaTuner 2.07 witch works fine with Quadro.

In notebookreview forum, on guy goes over 3000 with Quadro NVS 140m !

Kel Ghu · #12 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:32 pm

Actually, my 570m can overclock upto 780Mhz, but I get artifacts if I go higher than 660Mhz. Though, we don't really see them in 3DMark.

I know CPU, memory can change the score, but still, big improvement comes from overclocking the GPU. My point was just that new drivers are not really faster (because you said [censored] fast).

Pascal_TTH · #13 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:49 pm

Those drivers improve performances for Quadro NVS 140m. 3D Mark score goes up and a lot of games runs smoother. For Quadro FX 570m, it seems they did not change the performances a lot. You are right.

meditate2001 · #14 Post by **meditate2001** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:55 am

pascal, do you have the score with 3dmark05, also for your overclocked 570m ?

Pascal_TTH · #15 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:32 am

Yes, 3D Mark 2005 : 11980

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6417/image7db2.png

puma · #16 Post by **puma** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:59 am

So then there is nothing like this planned for vista?

danny_isr · #17 Post by **danny_isr** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:41 pm

but where the Vista 64 bit drivers ?
update didn't work for me ...

meditate2001 · #18 Post by **meditate2001** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:32 am

wooooow..........i got with my 140m....only 3700 points....thats a big difference...

crashnburn · #19 Post by **crashnburn** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:20 pm

I gotta try this driver.

meditate2001 · #20 Post by **meditate2001** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:01 am

pascal, did you tried it ? which driver/driverseries is the fastest ?

New Graphics Driver from lenovo is way faster...

New Graphics Driver from lenovo is way faster...

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