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    Alienware drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by anvienonline, Aug 3, 2014.

  1. anvienonline

    anvienonline Newbie

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    Hi
    I am considering purchasing an alienware laptop at some point in the near future, but want to be sure that it would be possible to install non-proprietary drivers - especially concerned about video drivers. I presently own an asus gaming laptop upon which it is possible to install generic nvidia notebook drivers.

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    anvienonline, Aug 3, 2014
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    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    Generic notebook GPU drivers from NVIDIA.com install just fine on Alienware systems. If you install a non-standard GPU (one that never shipped for the model the GPU is installed in, such as 780M SLI in an M18xR2) you have to mod the INF by adding the hardware ID information, but other than that minor tweak they install fine. The chipset, IGFX, WiFi, LAN and other things can use generic drivers from the ODM as well. Sometimes the generic drivers might be missing some features, like an audio chipset control panel with EQ, etc.
     
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