DELL GEFORCE 8600GT DRIVERS !! what do you use ?

just wondered what drivers you all use ?

i did the thing on the nvidea site and it said i had to download them from dell ??

and the latest dell ones i put on last night,and my clal of duty 4 started to lock up after 10 mins, kind of froze for 20 secs, then goes to the pause menu, and then i resume, when i quit out i get the video cards recovered message , that i saw somewhere else in a thread on here somewhere, not sure if its just cod4, but thats the only game ive got on at mo, i played it quick before i updated the drivers on the ones that were installed already,and it didnt lock up, but probably didnt play it long enough so im not sure

or can you just use the nvidea site ones for the desktop 8600gt or what the problem is ?

can anyone tell me what drivers they use and where to get the best most stable ones from please !!!


also is there anything that auto sets up the nvidea settings for cod4 and games ??

ive had ati graphics on my machines for the last few years,so dont know about nvidea !

i got rivatune and ntune downloaded , are they any good ?

thanks !

 

i use the latest one from laptopvideotogo
soory forgot the name

 

Dell drivers are always out of date...get the ones from laptopvideo2go...currenty I use 163.75 and its stable.

 

I have the same problem as the original poster. However, every time I go the nvidia website or the one you guys just posted and download their drivers, I get in installation error message like......"cannot locate any compatitable drivers for your hardware"

Anyone else had or have this happen too?

 

The drivers on the nvidia website are for desktop drivers. Use the lv2go drivers with the modded .INF(this will allow the driver to work with your laptops video card)

Here is an install guide with pictures.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11997

 

thanks, I did a seach on this forum after i posted and found your suggestion....it worked

 

cheers fellas !!

i didnt wonder why there were no mobile drivers on the main site

im just gonna give it a go now !!

 

sorted !!

just installed the 16375 drivers via that menthod, says its done it ok and just about to restart and see how it plays !!

i notice new drivers 169.09 are on there, are they not stable ??


cheers for the info fellas !!!

 

thanks for the info !!

been playing cod4 for a couple of hours now with no hasstles at all , runs real nice, what a fantastic game !!!!

 

I'm using 169.09 with no problems.

 

thanks man ! ive downloaded them and il test them out tomorrow

one thing i have noticed, on the drivers i had before,the butterflies looked real nice, now they are a bit flickery/bright/snihey sort of funny looking, evreything else is fine tho,this machine is running it awsomly !!

 

No problem.

 

I don't want to start another thread so i'll just post here.

What are some recent good drivers that let me overclock my 8600M GT (1520)?

 

The 169.xx series allows overclocking. Works with RivaTuner.

 

Can i get a direct link to the 169.09 driver?

I seem to only be coming across the PC drivers.

Thanks.

 

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16152

...i'm assuming vista 32-bit per your signature.

 

I use Dell's XPS 1730 drivers...

 

can you over clock using ATI tool for 169.09 ? riva tuner is so damn messy i got rid of it.
im running 169.04 and have been getting really good performance out of these.

 

On the laptopvideo2go forums, I've read that overclocking with 169.04 is no problem, while people with 169.09 or 169.12 have had mixed results. Also, there doesn't seem to be a big difference between 169.04 and 169.09, so if you'd like to overclock, I'd stick with 169.04.