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    Nvidia Stereo 3D Driver on Dell Laptop?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by anakuper, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. anakuper

    anakuper Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all..
    i`ve just purchased Dell Vostro 1500 with T7250/2GB/160GB/8400GS specification..
    And i already have emagin z800 Head Mounted Display to play Virtual 3D games, but the problem is i can`t find any 3d stereo driver for notebook, can anyone help me? and if you have experience putting hmd unit on laptop, how well is it? please share...

    p.s: even my 7900GS desktop suffer from 3D virtualization driver, so i`ll try to oc my 8400gs, so which driver support OC?

    Sorry for my bad english.. rep for u...
     
    anakuper, Mar 29, 2008
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    MICHAELSD01 Apple/Alienware Master

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    If you're running Vista there's no NVIDIA drivers for stereo 3D, only for XP. If you have XP you can download it here:
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dstereo_archive.html

    The last update was for XP on June 29, 2006 so NVIDIA apparently gave up on stereo 3D, so you'll need XP to use your 3D display.
     
    MICHAELSD01, Mar 29, 2008
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    anakuper Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks.. really fast reply. i forgot to mention that i`m running xp home..
    but 3d provided driver is for desktop only, any info on the mobile driver side? especially that can compatible with dell laptop...
     
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    MICHAELSD01 Apple/Alienware Master

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    Wow, on a side note if you wanted to install Vista NVIDIA just added new drivers a few hours ago after not releasing anything for almost two years.

    Did you see what happens if you tried to install it? Those are the only drivers NVIDIA offer for 3D stereo. Actually, I see what the problem is. Those drivers don't support the 8400M GS (and the whole 8 series). You're actually going to need to use Vista Home Premium since that's the only OS the new drivers work with.
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d_stereo.html
     
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    anakuper Notebook Enthusiast

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    in 3dguru.com, there is updated driver 3d stereo for windows 32 bit/xp.. yet i can`t find corresponding driver number with drivers for dell mobile laptop..
    for example:
    Nvidia stereo 3d driver 174.53
    Nvidia driver Dell 174.31
    --> they say, it must matching version so driver may work.. seems i still don`t find it. any help?
     
    anakuper, Mar 30, 2008
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    MICHAELSD01 Apple/Alienware Master

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    Look at the release date for those drivers. If they're before 2007 they probably won't work with your 8400M GS, if not they should be fine.
     
    MICHAELSD01, Mar 31, 2008
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