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    Asus - graphics driver

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Montrose, Mar 28, 2011.

  1. Montrose

    Montrose Guest

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    I will be making a purchasing decision on a new gaming laptop in the reasonably near future and currently have my eye on the ASUS G74SX (announced awhile back). The last laptop I bought quite some time ago was a Dell and it drove me nuts because it required a graphics card driver that only Dell supplied. I could not go to the Nvidia site and download the updated drivers, I had to get them from Dell. And of course they got bored with the model quickly and never released another driver after the first year.

    If I buy an Asus with an AMD or Nvidia card will I be able to upgrade drivers from the graphics card manufacturer like I do for my desktop computers?

    Thanks
     
    Montrose, Mar 28, 2011
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  2. RainMotorsports

    RainMotorsports Formerly ClutchX2

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    The answer is probably yes. Cant say I have seen too many custom releases on ASUS laptops and even if there was one it was a bug fix that was later not needed.
     
    RainMotorsports, Mar 28, 2011
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  3. josh22

    josh22 Notebook Consultant

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    yes you sure can... :)
     
    josh22, Mar 28, 2011
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  4. TomJG90

    TomJG90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Of course. With Asus you won't ever have this problem. I've already upgraded my graphics drivers quite a few times.
     
    TomJG90, Mar 28, 2011
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