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    GeForce 8600M GT drivers?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by omega2, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. omega2

    omega2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello again. One of my interests in high definition content and I have a Vostro 1500, the graphics card is '256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT'. this graphics card has a feature called 'Pure Video HD' but this feature wasn't available for XP.

    I believe there are now new drivers which run 'Pure Video HD' on XP. so do Dell offer these? or am i mistaken?

    also, i'd like to try this http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/dvd_decoder_1.02-150-trial.html would this work on a vostro with xp???
     
    omega2, Oct 10, 2007
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  2. linkin_parker92

    linkin_parker92 Notebook Geek

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    I think the 8600 is 128GB and the Pure Video HD was enabled when you had the Blueray Disk Driver

    In fact, the link you showed me, the graphic driver does support lol
     
    linkin_parker92, Oct 10, 2007
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    no, the 8600gt in the vostro is a 256mb graphics card.
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 10, 2007
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    linkin_parker92 Notebook Geek

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    linkin_parker92, Oct 10, 2007
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