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    Inspiron 1720, 256MB GeForce 8600M GT & Windows XP.....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by PostalP, May 13, 2008.

  1. PostalP

    PostalP Newbie

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    Hey guys, heres the score....

    Purchased a hopped up 1720 with a 256MB Geforce 8600M GT from Dell. Vista sucked all the fun (Read: Resources) out of gaming on it so I managed to switch over to Windows XP.

    I have managed to get all of the proper drivers for everything but the 8600M GT, Dell's suggested driver (R180917.exe, also known as "6.14.11.7431") works like crapola (On XP at least) with "nv_4display driver errors", blue screens of death, etc....

    Anything newer than Dell's derelict driver?

    *Note: I tried searching for info on this on the forums, but couldn't find an actual link to said driver.

    Thanks in advance!
     
    PostalP, May 13, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    www.laptopvideo2go.com has what you need. Check out their drivers and the modded INFs to support notebook GPUs.
     
    Greg, May 13, 2008
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  3. WyreTheWolf

    WyreTheWolf Notebook Enthusiast

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    Agreed! This is what I had to do to get the most from mine.
     
    WyreTheWolf, May 13, 2008
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  4. SomeFormOFhuman

    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    Yeah just get those modded drivers from LV2G and you're good to go. I'm using Vista and seems to be faster and got a base score of 5.3... But I agree, long live XP. :p
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, May 13, 2008
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