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    What graphics driver should I use for my P6860FX W7 32-bit?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Nathand, Jul 21, 2011.

  1. Nathand

    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    After reinstalling windows 7 (32-bit) I noticed that games were really choppy. So, I thought installing the latest NVIDIA driver would help. I went to the website, selected my graphics card, and installed 275.33; it didn't help. In fact, it hurt. My 3dmark06 score went from 7006 (default driver) to 6835.

    Which driver should I use?

    Thanks for your help!!
     
    Nathand, Jul 21, 2011
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    Nobody has any advice?
     
    Nathand, Jul 22, 2011
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    ***bump*** :)
     
    Nathand, Jul 26, 2011
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    pelenor, Jul 28, 2011
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    Hi, thanks for your advice. I tried installing that driver, but when doing so was given the following error message:

    So apparently it won't work.

    Are there ANY drivers for the Gateway 6860FX that work well with Windows 7? It sucks that this gaming laptop is only a few years old, but can't play even the most basic games..
     
    Nathand, Jul 28, 2011
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    When you downloaded the Nvidia driver, did you download th e32bit or 64bit? Let Nvidia suggest the driver for you.
     
    pelenor, Jul 28, 2011
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    Also, have you tried playing the games at lower settings? Even though it's a gaming laptop, newer games are more graphich intensive. My 7805u has problems running many newer games at high settings. Play with the settings to get smoother playback.
     
    pelenor, Jul 28, 2011
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