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    Question about Video Driver Updates for 1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Shocka5, Nov 15, 2008.

  1. Shocka5

    Shocka5 Newbie

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    So I recently got the game fallout3 and I was told for the game to run smoothly I needed to update my nvidia geforce8600gt videocard driver to 178 version. So i went to the website, downloaded it and it says that its not applicable with my hardware. Must I only get it from the dell website? Because if so the one dell offers is out of date.
     
    Shocka5, Nov 15, 2008
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  2. Jugzwei

    Jugzwei Notebook Consultant

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    have you tried just running the game and seeing how it performed?
     
    Jugzwei, Nov 15, 2008
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    yomamasfavourite Notebook Evangelist

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    Go back to laptopvideo2go download the driver AND the modded inf (read the FAQ on the site) The driver should install happily then.

    best ones to try
    178.24
    179.13
    180.44(dox)
    178.24(dox)

    try them you should see a improvement in game performance.
     
    yomamasfavourite, Nov 16, 2008
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