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    Two drivers?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by magickraut, Jun 5, 2009.

  1. magickraut

    magickraut Notebook Enthusiast

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    Everest is listing two identical GTX 260ms. I'm thinking this is a result of messing up while updating my drivers, but I'm not sure. Is there any reason to try and fix this?
    Here's a screenshot:
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    magickraut, Jun 5, 2009
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  2. lozanogo

    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    Where are exactly the two drivers?
     
    lozanogo, Jun 5, 2009
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    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hi magickraut and welcome to NBR

    firstly what laptop have you got.
    when you updated to the 185.85 did you use driver cleaner. if not that could be why its showing 2 cards.
     
    MrDJ, Jun 5, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Can your video card run two monitors at the same time?

    If so (usually the laptop screen, and then another monitor), you simply have one video card split into two drivers.
     
    namaiki, Jun 5, 2009
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  5. magickraut

    magickraut Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, thanks for the responses :)
    I ran driver cleaner, and re installed the latest nvidia drivers, but I've still got two cards listed. I'm just going to let it be. It doesn't affect performance at all, I'm just kind of ocd.
     
    magickraut, Jun 5, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    It's normal.
     
    namaiki, Jun 6, 2009
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    You're not running SLI without knowing it are you? :rolleyes:
     
    LPTP-LVR, Jun 7, 2009
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