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    Source games

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Amplyfied Noize, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. Amplyfied Noize

    Amplyfied Noize Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello forum!

    I have a 1st gen m15x with an 8800gtx. As of a few weeks ago it started to crash both Source games (tf2 and l4d2) and Vectorworks. I suspect it is due to patches in those programs that require a more current driver.

    Before you troll's go sending me off to laptopvideo2go, been there, done that, got the t-shirt. I have found a few that play nice with VW but cannot for the life of me get anything to work with source games. I have done everything I can think of including full format and install.

    Anyone got a driver that works for them?

    M15x
    8800m gtx
    T8300 @ 2.4gHz
    4g ram
    VISTA home premium (32-bit)

    167.55 released 8/23/07 seriously 2007???
    175.80 BETA released 5/14/08

    That's all AW has. Both fail.
     
    Amplyfied Noize, Sep 2, 2010
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Maybe the GPU is starting to fail?
     
    moral hazard, Sep 2, 2010
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