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    Display driver crashing

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ThePope, Jun 2, 2008.

  1. ThePope

    ThePope Notebook Geek

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    When I play world in conflict once maybe two times during the game the driver crashes. What can I do to help make my card run better?
     
    ThePope, Jun 2, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Update or change the driver.
     
    Lithus, Jun 2, 2008
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  3. Dark Heart

    Dark Heart Notebook Consultant

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    In the unlikely case where that doesn't work, you might want to try decreasing some of the graphics detail settings in the game itself, worked with FIFA2002 for me, when it started crashing.
     
    Dark Heart, Jun 2, 2008
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  4. ThePope

    ThePope Notebook Geek

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    I tried to install the driver and it says that it cannot find a driver. What am I doing wrong??? I tried it twice and I still cannot get it to work!

    EDIT: its the 175.63 driver for vista 32 bit
     
    ThePope, Jun 2, 2008
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    laptop4life Notebook Consultant

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  6. andygb40

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    I would suggest changing your drivers to the anything other than the standard Dell ones. (174.31 at least) There are a lot of people having problems with these drivers crashing-me included. Read the stickies for the relevant details on changing your drivers. World in Conflict can be a graphically demanding game. Turn the settings down a bit and see if that helps. I would only do this after updating the drivers though. Try something like 174.12, or the newer 175 drivers and see what happens.
     
    andygb40, Jun 3, 2008
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  7. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    there is a difference between the Xtreme-G driver and the Xtreme-G MOBILE driver man :D
     
    brainer, Jun 3, 2008
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    N6ne 6f the Xtreme-G drivers work for me. I guess its related to the fact that I must have an obscure VID/PID. To be honest I'm quite happy to try the LaptopVideo2Go ones as they come out, I still haven't found one that works as well for my notebook as 174.12.
     
    andygb40, Jun 3, 2008
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