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Apr 3, 2011, 11:34 PM	#14
Black Panther Senior Moderator™ Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,059 (3.23/day) Thanks: 2,168 Thanked 1,837 Times in 1,103 Posts System Specs	I think I'm going back to 9.12 Just discovered that playing Fallout NV on 11.4 gives me the same problem as happened on the rest of 10.x and 11.x drivers i.e. I start getting 1-3 fps during VATS gameplay. On 9.12 this didn't happen. __________________ *My Great White Bengal build* Join the techPowerUp! Official Group on Facebook. Last edited by Black Panther; Apr 3, 2011 at 11:45 PM.