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    best driver for acer-nvidia 9500m gs

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Awake, Dec 20, 2008.

  1. Awake

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    Awake, consider something before choosing your driver: do you have a Blu-ray drive? You need to have a driver with WHQL certification in order to play BDs, and if you use a modded INF, you break WHQL certification.

    If you need WHQL, I'd go with 179.28. I'm running them right now, and pulling great numbers and solid performance.
    If you don't (i.e. if you have a DVD-only drive), feel free to try a 180.70 or 180.84.
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 20, 2008
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  4. Awake

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    wait your acer came with blu ray? mine didn't :(. anyways...i believe its a sticker on my laptop that says blu-ray, infact i dont have blue ray(cd nor driver), so i dont need a WHQL driver? whats whql even mean...right now im useing 178.26,maybe ill try an 180+ if there is a problem.
     
    Awake, Dec 20, 2008
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    on the lest side of your laptop where it has a vista sticker and your gpu sticker and if you have a blueray sticker you have blueray. Mine did not come with blueray cause I got mine at costco and it was there own configuration.
     
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  6. Awake

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    nice dude i got mine from costco too.
    how much you get your laptop for, i got mine for 800 bucks. oh i fixed the lag problem, i got major dust in the mesh thing so like it overheated really quick
     
    Awake, Dec 20, 2008
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  8. Awake

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    nice link...but laptop2go ahs more chocie, nvidia has like only 1 driver..it was like 179 something.
     
    Awake, Dec 20, 2008
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    WHQL means that Microsoft has tested the driver and has OK'd it for use with the system. It also means that Blu-ray playback will work, along with other DRM videos requiring the Protected Video Path.

    You can check whether your system has a Blu-ray drive or not rather easily. Open up Device Manager from Control Panel, and expand DVD/CD-ROM Drives. If you've got the "Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500A ATA Device" or something similar, you've got a Blu-ray drive!
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 21, 2008
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  10. Awake

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    lol,I already know I don't have blu-ray, my dad got me this laptop as a gift, i asked him yesterday if this was in 64 bit vista, and he said most games on 64 bit will crash, later in the year they will become adaptiable, also he asid he didn't get blu-ray cause it was to muchh and i dont even have blu-ray discs.
     
    Awake, Dec 21, 2008
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    There's a lot of bad thing about 64bit, but it doesn't make games crashes
     
    matmat07, Dec 21, 2008
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  12. Awake

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    well what the bad things be then?
     
    Awake, Dec 21, 2008
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