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    Graphics card update

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Smalley, May 24, 2006.

  1. Smalley

    Smalley Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok i recently bought ever quest an all it expansions installed and downloaded the updates, but when i went to play it i got this

    you currently have NVIDIA GeForce GO 7800 (6.14.14.7859) video card installed. We recommend taht you download version 8185 drivers before playing everquest, you can pick these drivers at http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/driver.asp

    then there is the otion to continue anyway or go to the website

    when i choose launch anyway it says this

    eqgame.exe has encountered a problem and nees to close.

    so i decided to go to the website and download the new update yet when i got there, there was no option for a The GeForce 7800 go. only for the gtx

    does anyone have a clue what is up?
     
  2. Lyshen

    Lyshen Notebook Evangelist

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    Arla Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, I'd go for the modded driver, unfortunately with laptops the "standard" drivers don't work, for some reason people can mod them quite happily, but Nvidia/Ati don't appear to be able to do this themselves.
     
  4. Smalley

    Smalley Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks you i also was looking on Nvidia website and noticed that for notebook graphic cards they dont offer updates. but they said you need to get them from the company you bought it from (in this case Dell) so i went to the Dell site and found it, the only problem is i have dial up and its 23 mb.
    which one should i use the modded one or the one from dell?
     
  5. zicky

    zicky Notebook Evangelist

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    Most would recommend a modded one. Dell underclocks a lot and the modded ones gives you more control on your video card, i. e. you can set your clock speeds manually. There are several modded ones. Run a search on the gaming forum
     
  6. Smalley

    Smalley Notebook Enthusiast

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    i would go with the modded one but i dont understand which one to download and how to use it the website that Lyshen posted up there says stuff about how to do it but im not to sure