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    7950: New Official Drivers?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Fionavar, Nov 28, 2006.

  1. Fionavar

    Fionavar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone heard if Dell is planning on releasing newer drivers than the 84.69. These drivers seem like a band-aid to support the new GPU. My CP does not even list the GPU other than as unknown!!
     
    Fionavar, Nov 28, 2006
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  2. PerPixel

    PerPixel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Get these driver version 92.77
    http://htpcdude.com/wp-includes/downloads/r138228.exe

    I use these and they are pretty good so far. laptopvideo2go.com driver cause blue screen so avoid those. The official driver from Dell are total crap and in most case cannot run games.
     
    PerPixel, Nov 28, 2006
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  3. Fionavar

    Fionavar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are these Dell drivers?
     
    Fionavar, Nov 28, 2006
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  4. PerPixel

    PerPixel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes

    Title : Video:nVidia GeForce GO 7950 GTX Driver
    Version : A01
    OEM Name : nVidia
    OEM Ver : 92.77
    Computers : MXG061;
    OS : Windows XP
    Languages : Chinese-S, Chinese-T, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
    Created : Mon Oct 30 16:59:26 CST 2006
     
    PerPixel, Nov 28, 2006
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  5. shinji257

    shinji257 Notebook Deity

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    Does that support all Geforce Go series cards? Just curious because I have a 7900GS Go and was looking for something more recent than the 84.69 I got before. The LaptopVideo2Go.com band-aid inf file causes a nasty bluescreen in HL2 which resulted in my video drivers being kicked out by the system.
     
    shinji257, Nov 28, 2006
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  6. PerPixel

    PerPixel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't know if the 7900GS can use them but give it a try. Normaly they should if dell didn't prevent it. In the .inf I see all these with entry:

    NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0098.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800"
    NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0099.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX"
    NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0297.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX"
    NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0298.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS"
    NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0299.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX"
    NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029A.2 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M"
    NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029B.2 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M"
    NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M"
    NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D7.2 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M"
    NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D7.3 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M "
    NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D7.7 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300"
    NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D8.2 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M"
    NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D8.4 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400"
    NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DC.4 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M"

    Give it a try and let us know
     
    PerPixel, Nov 28, 2006
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  7. Fionavar

    Fionavar Notebook Enthusiast

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    PerPixel - is there a place to keep up with information about these unofficial Dell drivers?
     
    Fionavar, Nov 29, 2006
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  8. VettePilot

    VettePilot Newbie

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    PerPixel,

    Where did you find the drivers you posted on here?

    Thanks!! :D
     
    VettePilot, Dec 1, 2006
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  9. gridtalker

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    Thanks .
     
    gridtalker, Dec 1, 2006
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  10. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    My old original dell drivers have run everything I have thrown at it, no problems.

    So what will I gain by using newer drivers? Does anyone have benchmarks or posted FPS gains? My system is stable with mild OC so I have big interest in keeping it that way.

    Thx
     
    hydra, Dec 1, 2006
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  11. PerPixel

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    PerPixel, Dec 1, 2006
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