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    Nvidia issues HotFix to re-enable mobile GPU overclocking

    The loss of overclocking "was an error" and Nvidia is "sorry for the incovenience".
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    Re: Nvidia issues HotFix to re-enable mobile GPU overclocking

    “this was an error and is now being fixed, we’re sorry for the inconvenience caused and an updated driver will be available shortly”
    I'd normally call BS but this did seem like a very odd move, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt
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    Re: Nvidia issues HotFix to re-enable mobile GPU overclocking

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    “this was an error and is now being fixed, we’re sorry for the inconvenience caused and an updated driver will be available shortly”
    I'd normally call BS but this did seem like a very odd move, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt
    It was actually released around midnight EST, on the day that the drivers were initially released. SO yeah, this one gets a bye as an oops.
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    Re: Nvidia issues HotFix to re-enable mobile GPU overclocking

    sorry again ....

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    Re: Nvidia issues HotFix to re-enable mobile GPU overclocking

    Makes you worried what other regressed code slips into nVidia drivers unnoticed..

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