Help installing new display drivers

Hi all,

I'm rather inexperienced with this issue so i'd like to ask you for advice. I have an hp zd7000 (p4, 3.2 ghz, 512 ram) with an nVidia Fx go 5700 128mb (2 year old laptop). Yes yes yes i know it sucks. I have not updated the graphics drivers since i got the laptop, and i dont think hp has made new drivers since the release of it anyway haha. anyways, i've done some research, but i just have a few questions left.

1. Can i install the latest omega drivers that everyone is raving about? i mean is the fx go 5700 too ancient?
2. How exactly do i go about doing this whole process, step by step?

from what i've gathered this is what i need to do:
a. download latest omega drivers.
b. create a system restore point in case something goes wrong.
c. uninstall my current nvidia drivers. (from what i understand, without the drivers, the video card will still perform basic functions like...display, just not do complicated things like process 3D, etc... is that correct?)
d. install omega drivers and im done.

are there any steps (no matter how insignificant they may be to you) at all that im missing? ie. restart after uninstall/install, etc.

in case things go wrong, this is what i'm supposed to do from what i've read.
either:
i. go back to restore point that i set in step b.
or
ii. "roll back drivers" option in the display manager.

is that correct? if so, should i go with option i or ii?

Thats about it. Thanks very much for your time and input in advance!

 

bump. no input?

 

Omega drivers are best for ATI cards; I advise getting the latest Nvidia drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com.

-Download and extract the drivers to your desktop.
-Drop the modified .INF file (necessary to install) and overwrite the existing
-Install the drivers by launching the setup.exe in the folder.
-Restart --> done.

If something goes wrong, which I doubt, boot into Safe Mode (F8 on startup) and remove them from there.

 

I will not advise you to install the Omega Drivers since the author has stop updating his drivers for nVidia cards.

The latest Forceware drivers contain updates that the Omega Drivers don't yet have, which addresses certain issues in newer games.

 

thanks chaz! should i uninstall the current hp nvidia drivers first?

 

Yes, be sure to uninstall the old ones first.