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    Dell 8600M GT Driver?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Odin5578, Sep 5, 2007.

  1. Odin5578

    Odin5578 Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok, so I've been using the laptop2go drivers and I am unsatisfied with their performance so I'm hoping that the stock drivers will give me better performance in an older game (morrowind). The problem is when I went to dell's site to see if I could download the driver from there. It shows that they only have drivers for the 8400M's. Where's the 8600M GT drivers?

    Thanks,
    -Taylor
     
    Odin5578, Sep 5, 2007
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  2. toned42

    toned42 Notebook Guru

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    i think all nvidia graphic chips use the same driver, the 8400M driver from dell should work with your 8600
     
    toned42, Sep 5, 2007
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    sprtnbsblplya Notebook Deity

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    Morrowind was horribly coded, it wont run flawlessly on any system.
     
    sprtnbsblplya, Sep 5, 2007
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    DELL drivers are nothing but nVidia drivers released once in a while with some features removed (due to compatibility or other reasons). Therefore generally, they are older, slower and have fewer features than laptopvideo2go moded nVidia drives.
     
    PhoenixFx, Sep 5, 2007
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