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    lastest & stable driver for GTX280M SLI in Windows XP

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by mitsuhide, Feb 28, 2012.

  1. mitsuhide

    mitsuhide Notebook Consultant

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    I'm now using the 197.16
    and it is not good for playing EVE and Batman2 :(

    Anyone know Which one is the lastest & stable driver for GTX280M SLI in Windows XP ?

    If this driver need to turn off the PCI GEN2 in BIOS, (DELL AW M17X)
    or it need INF file mod , please let me know
     
    mitsuhide, Feb 28, 2012
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    tyranus7 Notebook Evangelist

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    sorry to ask, but why are you using Windows XP?
     
    tyranus7, Mar 1, 2012
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    Peter Notebook Evangelist

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    Ahh windows XP heard name after long time XDD same question as above. as youve wont take out full benefit from you great system.
     
    Peter, Mar 1, 2012
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  4. mitsuhide

    mitsuhide Notebook Consultant

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    no particular reason, just I got used ot this system


    the game what I want to play ,all of them are DX9 game

    obviously,
    Win7 system benched lower 3DMark06 score than that in WinXP
    SM2.0 / SM3.0 / CPU Score

    the CPU is not stable after overclocking in Win7 (2.8GHz 266x10.5)
    I alter the muti from 9 to 10.5
    then i would see BSOD at the beginning of the Win7 start

    In XP , the CPU is even stable in (304x11)
     
    mitsuhide, Mar 1, 2012
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  5. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Yes, but don't think that there are many of us running XP on this system.

    Anyway, which version have you tried, it seems that nVIDIA dropped support for the 200M series almost a year ago.
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 1, 2012
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  6. mitsuhide

    mitsuhide Notebook Consultant

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    BTW
    do you know how to completely disable the 9400M video unit in Bios ?

    When I disable the [Hybrid] and [integrate graphic]
    I can't see the start logo after I press the button :confused:

    both of the GTX280M cards are correctly installed

    I run games smoothly with my GTS160M in MSI-GT628 notebook with 266.58 driver in Windows XP , without any INF mod

    but I cant install the driver in M17X R1 in Windows XP.....

    now I even can't play Warcraft3 :(
     
    mitsuhide, Mar 1, 2012
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  7. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    To answer your first question regarding the 9400M, there is no other way but the one you already tried.

    Ok, 266.58, I'll look into it and come back to you.

    What's the error you are getting? From what i see, it should install.
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 1, 2012
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  8. mitsuhide

    mitsuhide Notebook Consultant

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    only 9400MGS avaible in windows XP ? :(
     
    mitsuhide, Mar 2, 2012
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  9. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Can you answer the question above?
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 2, 2012
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