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    XPS M1730 + Vista 64

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by KracsNZ, May 21, 2008.

  1. KracsNZ

    KracsNZ Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the dual 8800M GTX version and am wondering if theres a good enough 64 bit driver available for the GPU to upgrade to Vista 64. Annoyed at having 1gb of my 4gb being useless.

    Those that are using Vista 64, is the performance still pretty good and is there a way to get around having to press F8 to get past that unsighed driver issue with Vista 64?
     
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  2. XPS1330

    XPS1330 Notebook Deity

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    Yes, the 174.74,.93, and 175.16(WQHL) drivers are great for both x86 and x64.
    I'm not sure about performance, but I know there's a way to get around the F8 driver issue. I saw it a couple of days ago.
     
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  3. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    The performance is great. Unless you run anything in 16 bit, there isn't anything to keep you from moving on.
     
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