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    New Nvidia Drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by invisiblegun, Jun 25, 2008.

  1. invisiblegun

    invisiblegun Newbie

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    Sorry this was posted in the other forum and should have been here:

    Hello,

    I have the GeForce 8600 and wish to update to the new Nvidia drivers that came out that other day on the 23rd..except that Dell does not support anything except their own drivers of their website (which is dated November 2007!).

    Is there any way to put these newest drivers on the computer from Nvidia without messing up the laptop?

    Thanks so much.
     
    invisiblegun, Jun 25, 2008
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  2. wywern209

    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    btw, go to laptopvideo2go.com and download the drivers suggested by the people at NBR. nothing rly bad can happen from downloading a bad driver except a BSOD but even so most of LV2G's drivers are top notch.
     
    wywern209, Jun 25, 2008
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  3. Just Lou

    Just Lou Notebook Evangelist

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    If you don't want to use modified drivers, Dell does have 174.31 from 4/08 on their site.
     
    Just Lou, Jun 25, 2008
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    nekrosoft13 Notebook Consultant

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    177.39 is probably the best driver out right now.

    with 177 series and the latest 175.19 (older then 177.39) you get re-done shaders which improove game load times and higher FPS.
     
    nekrosoft13, Jun 25, 2008
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