P150HM and GTX680M : yes we can

[Tonrac]

314.22 WHQL modded inf for P1xxHM

https://hotfile.com/dl/199997441/61a3a22/nvcvn.inf.html

New in GeForce 314.22 Drivers

Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are a few examples:

GeForce GTX 680:

Up to 41% faster in BioShock Infinite

Up to 60% faster in Tomb Raider

Up to 23% faster in Sniper Elite V2

Up to 13% faster in Sleeping Dogs

[Tonrac]

320.00 Beta modded inf for P1xxHM

https://hotfile.com/dl/204363598/2340558/nvcvn.inf.html

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 660:

Up to 20% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 18% in Tomb Raider

Up to 8% in StarCraft II

Up to 6% in Sniper Elite V2

Up to 6% in Metro 2033

Up to 6% in Far Cry 3

Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Up to 5% in F1 2012

[Tonrac]

320.18 Whql modded inf for P1xxHM

https://hotfile.com/dl/224169947/3777dae/nvcvn.inf.html

[naniasbr]

Hey guys those modded inf are HM only? Where can I find the EM vers? And what are the benefits over the standard drivers? They have any kind of incompatibility with modded vbios? Cheers

Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk 2

[Tonrac]

Sorry, There is no benefit for EM user ... The card on Hm series are not properly recognized and the driver need this modded .inf in order to be installed.

[Tonrac]

326.80 Bêta modded inf for P1XXHM

https://hotfile.com/dl/245214247/42b38e8/nvcvn.inf.html

3dmark 2011 @1005/2400 with 326.80 beta (previous test in sept 2012 : 8090)

3dmark 2013 @915/2400 with 326.80 beta

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1203556

3dmark 2013 @1005/2400 with 326.80 beta

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1203229

[Tonrac]

Nvidia 327.23 WHQL modded .inf for P1xxHM

https://hotfile.com/dl/246511294/70ccdb6/nvcvn.inf.html

Hope, soon, i won't need anymore to modify inf file

[Tonrac]

Geforce 331.40 Bêta modded .inf for P150HM

https://hotfile.com/dl/248406116/3995d8f/nvcvn.inf.html

Release Summary

The new GeForce 331.40 beta driver is now available to download. An

essential update for all new titles including the Battlefield 4 Beta,

the 331.40 beta ensures maximum performance and system stability.

• Recommended driver for the latest new titles
  
• Enhances NVIDIA Control Panel Ambient Occlusion feature with HBAO+
  
• Adds and updates over a dozen SLI and Ambient Occlusion profiles.
  
• For further info please head to GeForce.com
  

[Tonrac]

Coming Soon

[Tonrac]

Hi Guys

When i read the thread, where Jaybee has changed his 2860QM with a 2960XM and then made some crazy overclocking, i wanted to try the experiment.

[Guide] Upgrading P150HM with 2960XM....and overclocking it! (recommanded reading)

The experiment was not as funny as expected, like i cannot really overclocked the cpu. Effectively, i was able to change the cpu multiplier, but it leads in performance drop.

I therefore propose a comparative test between these two cpus (2960XM, 2860QM) boosted with a change in the bios (Prema inside) that concern with the maximum TDP in turbo mode.

Prema Bios ----------------2860QM Normal Bios --------------------------2960XM Normal Bios

Short TDP 80W -------------Short TDP 55W ---------------------------------Short TDP 68W

Long TDP 70W --------------Long TDP 45W ----------------------------------Long TDP 55W

Duration 32s --------------- Duration 16s ------------------------------------Duration 16s

In practice this means that the cpu will run (much) longer at the Maximum frequencies allowed by Turbo mode.

Of course, I do not expect any miracles, because the 2860QM and 2960XM are very close in their specification.

Here we go:

Softwares performance comparison:

In term of performance, the 2960XM is between the 3720QM and the 3820QM and surpass a 2600K desktop (I know, it is a pretty old cpu, now). It is generally more efficient than a 4700MQ, except the encryption part that seems to have been quite improved on Hasswell generation.

Game performance - Synthetic: 3Dmark11:

2860QM and 2960XM comparison with prema bios

Result

2860QM Prema bios and 2960XM stock bios comparison

Result

2860QM Prema bios and 2860QM stock bios comparison

Result

Conclusion: If you stop on the Gpu score and the number of fps in game scenes, the scores are almost identical.

Regarding the Physx score to assess the CPUs performance, what is interesting is that a 2860QM with a modified bios (prema Inside), competes better than a stock 2960XM with stock bios (while consuming less, a 2860QM requiring only 1.2v against the 2960XM with 1.3v).

Game Performance 2860QM vs 2960XM Prema Bios:

Call of Prypiat DX11 ultra 1600x900

Metro 2033 DX11 ultra 1900x900 AAA

Crysis 2 Adrenaline Benchmark DX11 ultra 1600x900

Batman Arkham City 1600x900 ultra Physx on fxaa

Dirt3 DX11 ultra 1600x900

Sleeping Dogs DX11 ultra 1600x900

Réglage Tomb Raider

TombRaider

Bioshock Infinite ultra DX11 1600x900

Analysis: Overall performances are very close between the two cpus, with the Games that are more Gpu's dependent, earnings are close to zero (metro2033-Crysis2). On the other games, performance gains are variable (between 2fps "sleeping dogs" and 9fps "Arkham City"). Note the underperformance on Call of prypiat who managed to reach the maximum TDP for the 2960XM (hence reducing the frequency of the latter ...). On Bioshock infinite, the minimum fps are higher with the 2960XM higher than the 2860QM, however, the results remain very close ... Note that in this game the 2960XM is better off with the stock bios.

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Games Performance: 2860QM Prema Bios Vs 2960XM stock bios

Call of Prypiat DX11 ultra 1600x900

Metro 2033 DX11 ultra 1900x900 AAA

Dirt3 DX11 ultra 1600x900

Sleeping Dogs DX11 ultra 1600x900

TombRaider

Analysis: Almost no gain, between the 2860QM with the Prema Bios and the 2960XM with the stock bios (only Call of prypiat sees the minimum fps number's increase significantly ), the 2860QM, even obtains superior results in Dirt3.

Power consumption /Thermal Release/ Problems and Conclusion:

Bench realised with Crysis3 DX11 Ultra Fxaa 1600x900 driver 331.40 Bêta, measured with HWINFO64

The 2860QM runs at a frequency of 3.3Ghz instead of 3.6Ghz (is it due to the fact that it is a QS?) Vs 3.7GHz for OEM 2960XM.

Consumption at the wall:

2860 does require only 1.241v against 1.331v for the 2960XM, resulting in a gap between two of 20 W ("CPU Package Power [W]" maximum 47W for the 2860QM against 68W for the 2960XM .. . 210W for the whole machine with the 2860QM against 230W with the 2960XM) i'm a genius (210+20 = 230w) yeah .

Thermal release:

I installed a P170EM's cpu heatsink ( this one is integrally copper unlike the P150Hm cpu heatsink that have some part in aluminum). The gains are about 2 degrees for the 2960XM to 8 degrees for the 2860QM. Temperature reading on the hottest core (maximum): 82 °C on the 2860QM - 94 °C on the 2960XM (add two more degrees with the P150HM heatsink). Such a discrepancy can be easily explained in relation to what has been said above (frequencies - voltage).

Problems:

Jaybe had made miracles with his 2960xm inside his P150HM ... not me.

Under Crysis3, (the Extreme benchmark ) , the 2960XM with Prema's bios associated with my GTX680M heavily OC, resulted in a security shutdown of the machine. This is not due to the Cpu or Gpu's temperature that remain in the standards, or an overload of the power supply because power consumption not exceed 230W.

It's the power circuitry from the motherboard that is not designed to receive 230W continuously. It overheat and engages a security shutdown.

Conclusion:

So this 2960XM, good or not? ... well, it depends.

You have a P150HM:

If your main concern is the game and than you OC your GPU as a gross and want to change your processors, i would advise you, just stop up to 2860QM.

If your "trip" is rather the image editing, video encoding ... and want to change processors (2630QM, 3610QM), you can consider the 2960XM with carefree.

You have a P170HM/EM or an alienware: You are not impacted by a limitation on the power circuitry for your machine, regardless your considerations (games or productivity) the 2960XM is a good option ...

Bonus: I invested in a GTX780M's heatsink + pad Phobya 7W/mk ... it results in a drop of 8 degrees, although I realized with Crysis3 (the ultimate benchmark) that my GTX680M had finally need to be overvolt at 1.025v to be stable at 1006 Mhz/2400Mhz.

Special Thanks: To Prema for his P170HM bios custom - To Svl7 for his GTX680M vbios custom

[Tonrac]

Translation complete (see previous post) : like you know, english is not my native language, the comments are welcome.

Geforce 331.58 Whql Modded .inf

https://hotfile.com/dl/252249598/0be9bec/nvcvn.inf.html

Release Summary

This Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience in Batman: Arkham Origins and Battlefield 4. GeForce Game Ready drivers also provide performance increases for a variety of different games.

New in GeForce R331 Drivers Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 13% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 327.23 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 770/780/TITAN: Up to 11% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 8% in Sleeping Dogs

Up to 13% in Sniper Elite V2

SLI Technology

Batman: Arkham Origins – updated profile

Battlefield 4 – updated profile

Shadow Warrior – added DX9 profile

War of the Vikings – added DX11 profile

Dragon Sword - updated DX9 profile

GRID 2 - updated DX11 profile

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - updated profile Gaming Technology

Civilization 5 – added HBAO+;

3D Vision Profiles

Shadow Warrior – Excellent rating

[nabelo]

Today nVidia released 331.65.

Is there already a modded .inf for us P150HM users avail?

Regards,

nabelo

[Tonrac]

2860QM QS - 2960XM OEM performance comparison

http://forum.techinferno.com/clevo-sager/1924-p150hm-gtx680m-yes-we-can-11.html#post70475

EDIT: HOT HOT HOT 331.65 WHQL modded.inf

https://hotfile.com/dl/252630225/3bb7cf2/nvcvn.inf.html

[godlyatheist]

When you guys game, do you turn the fan to 100%? Since there is no fan support in the EC, I have to endure the tornado the fan is making. Any way around this problem?

[Tonrac]

I dont turn fan to 100% (fn+1) because i made a lot of modification (backplate + gtx780m heatsink modified by adding copper ram heatsink + notebook cooler)

With that, i can keep the gpu under 89°C (max temperature reached after 1h of Crysis 3 gpu OC @ 1006Mhz core / 2400 Mh memory / ov 1.025v) with an ambiant temperature of 27°C.

[Tonrac]

Geforce 331.82 WHQL modded.inf

https://hotfile.com/dl/255756600/9571963/nvcvn.inf.html

[nabelo]

Any new .inf avail for the newest beta driver?

[Tonrac]

Nope ... the only update of the 331.93 bêta driver is a sli profile for AC4 then this driver is useless for P1XXHM owners.

Hotfile is dead then i give you the link of Laptopnut modded .inf LaptopNut

Note: He made a guide for doing yourself

I will not released modded .inf anymore because i sold my P150HM.

[22bart22]

Hi

I have Clevo P180HM end I installed gtx680m. (They did so that she acted)

Will your alterations of drivers be acting in my laptop computer?

My current driver is 306.02

Thanks

[nabelo]

Nope ... the only update of the 331.93 bêta driver is a sli profile for AC4 then this driver is useless for P1XXHM owners.

Hotfile is dead then i give you the link of Laptopnut modded .inf LaptopNut

Note: He made a guide for doing yourself

I will not released modded .inf anymore because i sold my P150HM.

Hi Tonrac,

do you have any Url to that guide ?

You sold your P150HM? Why? :-)

Regards,

Manuel

[Tonrac]

@Manuel

How to modify 302.77 nvcv inf

nvcv inf editing method

I sold my P150Hm because i bought a P170SM

@22bart22: Download official 331.82 WHQL on the nvidia website, then try to install. If you got the error "compatible device not detected" then download

331.82 WHQL Modified NVCVN inf for 0000.1558

replace the file nvcvn.inf in the C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\331.82\Win8_WinVista_Win7_64\International\Display.Driver folder

Re-launch the install and it will be OK

[madmax916sps]

Hi there

know that the threat is a bit older but hope to get some infos from the 680m Guru Tonrac

@Tonrac

Is it possible to show me what you did, to get this amazing results out of the 680m?

At the moment i got a MSI Gx60 3BE with the 8970m and the A10 5750. I get it to a good price, but i'm not so happy with the performance. I also want to buy a Clevo barbone like the P150EM.

ATI/AMD dont got that options to overclock like intel and Nvidia, and the airflow with the Gx60 barbone is not such good.

I can buy a Clevo P150EM with this specs:

Intel i7 3740QM CPU

nVidia GTX680M 4GB DDR-5

SSD Samsung 840 Evo 250GB

8GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz

for 1100€.

Is it okay? Im not a expert on Clevo things

Best regards

Max

[AndrewB2010]

What is the best vbios to use with p150HM and GTX680M?

[Tonrac]

334.89 WHQL modded .inf for P150HM/P170HM

https://mega.co.nz/#!yoxBQD4Q!FyHG5DiwmfZZWu9hz-3cnSoPna8e5grIGkBP6Y24NiU

@madmax: sorry for not answering quickly, my topic is pretty old now and i don't have my P150HM anymore, so i update the topic less often.

to get this amazing result, i flashed the GTX680M with a compatible vbios made by svl7, that allow a overvolt in order to stabilize the card at higher frequencies. I bought a modified backplate to give more fresh air to the gpu in order to drop the temperature.

And finally i bought a modified asus 230w psu because the original 180w PSU is not able to power an overvolted/overclocked GTX680m.

@AndrewB2010 : the best vbios for P150HM/P170HM is the MSI 80.04.33.00.24OCedition by Svl7, you can take the ov 1v if you have a PSU superior than 180w.

[Joo]

@Tonrac: hey, thanks for all of the effort with testing and pics of your modded backplate. definitely gonna try it out when my 680m will arrive. i have a question as i'm running p150hm with 2860qm myself: could you please give me a link to the bios modded by @Prema for P150HM/2860QM couple you mentioned here?