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    Samsung Q210 & Q310 graceful XP downgrade ?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by AMIGrAve, Jan 11, 2009.

  1. AMIGrAve

    AMIGrAve Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    I'm about to buy a Q210 or Q310, can't make my mind yet and I still have to find a dealer in belgium.

    I had a quick look to the driver download page for those laptops and to my surprise, it seems that everything is available for Win XP !?

    Could someone confirm this ? Is the XP downgrade on those laptops a flawless operation ? 100% hardware recognition ? Does the gfx card switch on the fly works under XP or does it require a reboot ?

    Thanks in advance for your feedback.
     
    AMIGrAve, Jan 11, 2009
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Do the Q210 / Q310 have switchable graphics? If so, that's a feature I had missed.

    One reason for a set of XP drivers is that the P series equivalent models (physically similar but lacking the shiny surfaces and screen) are sold with Vista business + XP downgrade option.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jan 11, 2009
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  3. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Hi.

    The Q210-310 don't have switchable graphics, they only have an Nvidia 9200m GS.

    I think all the Xp drivers and software is there on the Samsung Website, but you will only get Dx9.0 in Xp , opposed to Dx10.0 in Vista.

    Regards

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jan 11, 2009
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  4. AMIGrAve

    AMIGrAve Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oops ! Sorry about that. I don't know where I misread this.
     
    AMIGrAve, Jan 11, 2009
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