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August 28th, 2012 13:00

Drivers for Nvidia 660 OEM for X51?

Hey everyone, does any know if there's a Nvidia driver for the 660 OEM for the X51? I installed a SSD into my X51 and I'm trying to find a driver for the graphics card. The one on Nvidia's site refuses to install because it can't find compatible hardware, and Dell does not have it on either their resource CD or their website. If anyone could point me to a download, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

September 9th, 2012 02:00

they now have a 306.02 Certified  on nvidia .how do u mod that :) :)

September 9th, 2012 03:00

now they have the 306.02 Certified so i hope dell not to far be-hide and it has a new aa mode :)

TXAA im going to love that

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September 9th, 2012 04:00

306.02 is the current driver I am providing.

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September 9th, 2012 13:00

FYI, 3Dmark scores for the 660 OEM with 301.42, windows 7 64 bit, 8GB ram, factory HD.  Has been running pretty well with GW2.

**NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660(1x) and Intel Core i7-3770 Processor**

Score

P6435 3DMarks

Graphics Score

6183

Physics Score

9712

Combined Score

5365

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September 11th, 2012 07:00

Hi Sajin1337

I've just downloaded your file. The graphics driver installed with no problems but the PhysX System Software failed. Any ideas why or how to resolve this?.

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September 11th, 2012 15:00

Click the start button locate where it says "Search programs and files" type into the box "Add or remove programs" and hit enter, scroll down the list of programs and select NVIDIA PhysX System Software then right click and select Uninstall/Change and uninstall the current version.

Download and install the latest physx software from here: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/9.12.0613/PhysX-9.12.0613-SystemSoftware.msi

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September 11th, 2012 17:00

PhysX was already removed as per your previous instructions. I just  tried to install the new software but half way through i get this error message:

The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.

Click OK to try again, or enter an alternative path to a folder contacting the installing package 'PhysX_9.12.0213_SystemSoftware.msi' in the box below

Use source: this defaults to

C:/Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\IInstaller2\Display.PhysX.0\

If i click cancel i then get the following message

Error 1714: The older version of NVIDIA PhysX cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group.

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September 11th, 2012 17:00

Did you run driver sweeper to clean out the old PhysX software? It sounds as if the older version is still on your computer (some of the files have not been removed) you need to download driver sweeper and remove the remaining files or reinstall the old PhysX driver then remove it and reinstall the new one. Here is the older version.... http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/9.12.0213/PhysX-9.12.0213-SystemSoftware.msi

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September 12th, 2012 13:00

Sajin1337

After much painstaking i have managed to resolve my issue and PhysX is now installed and updated.

The error i got suggested it was trying to search for the previous PhysX msi install but was unable to find its location.

I decided to start from scratch and so i reinstalled Dells original graphic drivers. When installing i noticed they installed in a different  location C:/Dell\Drivers\VHXPX

When i checked this folder i  found the PhysX folder along with the Physx msi install software. Im assuming driver sweeper never picked it up because technically that folder had been removed.

I then reinstalled your driver and when prompted for a different install path i simply amended it to Dells and bingo it worked.

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September 12th, 2012 14:00

Just a heads up, it seems people have been having a problem with the 306.02 drivers (some people are reporting that the fan settings on the on the 306.02 drivers have been locking @ 30% fan speed.) As a temporary solution you should all download MSI Afterburner and adjust the fan speed manually to prevent overheating if you are experiencing this issue.

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September 12th, 2012 14:00

Sajin1337

 

After much painstaking i have managed to resolve my issue and PhysX is now installed and updated.

 

The error i got suggested it was trying to search for the previous PhysX msi install but was unable to find its location.

 

I decided to start from scratch and so i reinstalled Dells original graphic drivers. When installing i noticed they installed in a different  location C:/Dell\Drivers\VHXPX

 

When i checked this folder i  found the PhysX folder along with the Physx msi install software. Im assuming driver sweeper never picked it up because technically that folder had been removed.

 

I then reinstalled your driver and when prompted for a different install path i simply amended it to Dells and bingo it worked.

Hmm. I've been using C Cleaner and Driver Sweeper for a very long time and it's never missed picking up the PhysX driver. I'm glad you finally sorted the issue out and now have it working. Have fun!

September 12th, 2012 15:00

EVGA Precision X also works

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September 13th, 2012 15:00

306.23 released. (Should work with dells 660 without modification)

us.download.nvidia.com/.../306.23-desktop-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-whql.exe

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September 14th, 2012 17:00

Hey, 

New to this forum. I bought an X51 with a GTX 660 this week. Updated my drivers to 306.23 immediately. However... I can't play any game with decent FPS. Everything is laggy, right from the start. Even the menu of Shogun 2 is laggy... 

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September 14th, 2012 18:00

Hey, 

 

New to this forum. I bought an X51 with a GTX 660 this week. Updated my drivers to 306.23 immediately. However... I can't play any game with decent FPS. Everything is laggy, right from the start. Even the menu of Shogun 2 is laggy... 

 

You may be overheating.

How to perform temperature checks on your processor and video cards.

#1 Download and Install MSI Afterburner, CoreTemp, Unigine_Heaven3.0 & Prime95.

http://download1.msi.com/files/downloads/uti_exe/vga/MSIAfterburnerSetup223.zip

http://dl.installiq.com/download/downloadpop.aspx?shortname=coretemp&a=13307&f=CoreTemp
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2111f/Unigine_Heaven-3.0.exe
http://mersenneforum.org/gimps/p64v2511.zip

#2 How to check video card temperature.

Open MSI Afterburner & Unigine_Heaven3.0, set settings for Heaven to DirectX11, Extreme, High, 16x,  Disabled, 8x, Full screen unchecked, 1024x768 and click run and let heaven run for about 10 mins after the 10 mins have passed close heaven and look at msi afterburner and take note of what the Min and Max GPU Temperature °C is a post both of them into this thread.   e.g. Min: 30  Max: 75

#2 How to check processor temperature.

Open CoreTemp & Prime95, in Prime95 goto the Options Tab and select Torture Test, select Small FFTs then click OK to start the test. Allow prime95 to run for 10 mins after the 10 mins has passed close prime95 by going to the Test Tab and selecting Exit then look at coretemp and take note of what the Min and Max's are for Core's 0-3 or 0-5 for six core processors and post them into this thread.   e.g. Min 0-3: 30,31,32,32   Max 0-3: 75,76,77,78

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