Did anyone with an N55SF update their graphics driver lately?
I have recently updated it to NVIDIA 301.42 and the Windows Experience Index dropped back to 4.8 for graphics :\

4.8 is for AERO or gaming graphics? Any performance increase or decrease noticed during gaming?

Aero graphics. It was much higher before when I originally set it up (5.9 was the lowest).

In regards to gaming, I don't think there's an increase or decrease in performance and if so, it is negligible. One thing I did note though, while playing Saints Row 3, it doesn't seem to work on DX 10/11 mode for some reason (might be the game's fault) and it seems to be running on Intel HD Graphics 3000 instead of NVIDIA GT 555M.

This post has been edited by MrSaints: May 24 2012, 12:40 AM

What? Have you tried to right click and select 'Run with Nvidia bla3' ?

gonna download the new drivers... XD btw N56 was a major letdown... looks like ur paying for the PREMIUM DESIGN...

No N46 atm according to http://event.asus.com/my/2012/productguide/PG_May_June.pdf

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Added on May 23, 2012, 11:11 amAgreed, even my HD+ and better GPU of N55SL pwn it.
You pay for its macbook like design

This post has been edited by ineser: May 23 2012, 11:11 AM

red dot award leh.. u pay for the design. and they release it abit early? i thought they was going to release it together with the ivy bridge specs...

Not even N46.. I guess ASUS is following Apple's footstep then. Make a minimalist design similar to Apple's, put in shitty specs and voila! a "better" laptop than its predecessor

I seemed to stumble across alot of complaint threads on ASUS FBOOK wall and also quite a number of complaint threads in LYN on their aftersales service. Now giving me second thoughts on ASUS brand in general.. Any opinion guys?

Saints Row 3 runs off Steam so you can't right click and "Run with Nvidia...". Even so, the settings are set to Nvidia on default (I changed it). It should automatically detect anyways.


I never had a problem with their after sales service and I hope it stays that way. Their online support is pretty responsive and helpful too.

This post has been edited by MrSaints: May 23 2012, 01:45 PM

Ori?Haha u can right click and click "Run with Nvidia" if it's pirated coz it doesnt run through Steam.Btw,u can also add in manually inside Nvidia control panel.

This post has been edited by Duckies: May 23 2012, 05:07 PM

my bad.. N56 is on the expensive side due to the SUPER expensive 3rd gen i7 ivy bridge... u won't see n46 anytime soon cuz intel haven't release the core i5 series yet

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Added on May 23, 2012, 7:40 pmsurprisingly the overseas specs is GREAT! http://asia.cnet.com/product/asus-n46vz-co...am-46304737.htm

This post has been edited by nuttyking91: May 23 2012, 07:40 PM

it juz make us jelly the oversea version T^T

does anyone experience mini freeze from 1 to 2 seconds then will come back normal when playing hon?

maybe malaysia's market not so big

Yea I did, but it's hard to tell if it really is using NVIDIA over integrated graphics.

Anyways, I'm still curious if anyone else had a decrease in rating after upgrading their drivers.

If u have the notification panel at the right bottom area,u can alt+tab while playing to see whether it's using Nvidia graphic card anot.

N56 will be in FHD o...
mmm.... thats a little better =]

sos

damn... which is which now? is it really FHD or just HD? There are people selling the N56 right now and they say its HD only. And someone from the G series thread also called Asus to clarify on this matter, they also say its only HD not FHD. Asus.. why are you so confusing

The decrease in rating might be caused by any of these newly implemented features in 301.42:
- NVIDIA FXAA
- Adaptive VSync
- Frame Rate Target
- Surround

In my experience, I never had such a decrease in rating after updating Nvidia driver.
Anyway, I would prefer to use Asus version of Nvidia driver. I'm currently using Asus Mobile 296.10: Graphics: 6.9, Gaming Graphics 6.9

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Added on May 24, 2012, 3:07 pmLol, no need to looking forward to FHD for 15" laptop. FHD in 15" laptop is a mere marketing gimmick in my opinion: HD+ (1600x900) I think better suit 15" laptop.
In getting the most of FHD, you screen must be 17.3".

p.s. Coming back (migh be for a while )

This post has been edited by nik91: May 24 2012, 03:07 PM