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    The 8400M driver on the Dell website

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by newton, Aug 14, 2007.

  1. newton

    newton Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is that the same driver we have in our Vostro laptops right now? (For those who have the 8400M card)

    I'm playing a game, and the card is doing decently, smooth FPS and all, but the colors in game are a bit screwed up (water is green etc.)
     
    newton, Aug 14, 2007
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    vhawkx Notebook Geek

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    vhawkx, Aug 15, 2007
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  3. DoubleBlack

    DoubleBlack Notebook Deity

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    The driver on the Dell website is the same that came with your system, but you can get a different/better/newer one from somewhere like laptopvideo2go.com as well :)
     
    DoubleBlack, Aug 15, 2007
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  4. liquidplasma6

    liquidplasma6 Notebook Evangelist

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    which driver do you recommend for M1330 8400gs? There are so many :p
     
    liquidplasma6, Aug 15, 2007
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  5. DoubleBlack

    DoubleBlack Notebook Deity

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    Prob. 163.16
     
    DoubleBlack, Aug 15, 2007
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    ChaosKye Notebook Consultant

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    You'll probably want to go w/ the 158.36 if you want to be able to overclock though 163.16 and 162.22 worked well on my 1420.
     
    ChaosKye, Aug 15, 2007
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    Well yes, I was thinking about mentioning that...but I figured if someone is asking what version to use, they most likely don't want to overclock. But if you do, 158.36 is an insane overclocker - I can almost DOUBLE my clock AND memory speeds :)

    But at stock speeds, 163.16 is faster...
     
    DoubleBlack, Aug 15, 2007
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