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    vista says my 8700Gt is a 6100

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SagergamerGT8700, Sep 19, 2007.

  1. SagergamerGT8700

    SagergamerGT8700 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I changed my driver for my 8700GT to the 163.16 driver that someone recommended on this forum. It defiantly produced a huge gain in FPS over the stock so about this I am very, very happy. However, vista-64bit now tells me my nvidia 8700GT is called an nvidia 6100. Now, I don't suppose this is actually affecting my computers performance in any way, because I am getting muuuch better results with this new driver, however its really just annoying that my computer tells my my video card is something that it isn't. Is there any way to fix this without having to change my driver to one that doesn't work as well? thanks for any help.
     
    SagergamerGT8700, Sep 19, 2007
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  2. Santrago

    Santrago Notebook Consultant

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    did you unistall the old drivers before installing the newest ones?
     
    Santrago, Sep 19, 2007
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    yeah i believe so, i just followed the vista steps and it said it would uninstall the old driver to install the new one. So do I need to reinstall the old driver and install the new one without uninstalling the old one?
     
    SagergamerGT8700, Sep 19, 2007
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    guys when i install the update to geforce 6100...it doesnt get installed...even though 32bit vista is available ...it says my vista is not 32 bit...and when i try 64 bit , it says your vista is not 64 bit and installation gets cancelled....my vista home basic is 64 bit and my graphic card is compatible for 163.16 driver ...any suggestions
     
    Nocturnal310, Sep 20, 2007
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    your signature states that you have the 2090?......with the 8600m gt.......why does the thread title say 8700? im just curious.
     
    blackwidow99, Sep 20, 2007
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