Outdated Vga drivers

Question

Hi there, i got a XPS M1710, and allmost every game i try (new ones) like Timeshift,crysis and steam says that my Vga drivers are outdated. I got my drivers from dell's homepage and as i can see they are from Feb 07.. old indeed.   I've tried drivers from Tweakforce.com and Laptopvideo2go.com but none of them works for my Geforce Go 7950GTX.   I cant even play Timeshift on my 'gaming' laptop because i get a bluescreen when its loading.   So my qestion is, does DELL have any future plans on making some new drivers? If so please notify me so i play on my gaming laptop...

sappyjay · Answer

Hey there, I also have a 'gaming laptop' thats useless without the drivers... I have not tried the new games besides Bioshock. The Dell limited tested drivers found a little further down on the download 7950GTX drivers page caused my games to close prematurely, so i have had to roll back to the Feb drivers. Hopefully Dell will sort this out as I'm keen to go shopping soon for Crysis etc.... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: XPS M1710 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz CPU 2GB Ram 160GB Sata HDD Nvidia Geforce Go 7950GTX 512MB Vista Home 32bit

13owman · Answer

You might want to get the Video card drivers from the Video card manufacture web site http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us  or try this site http://downloads.guru3d.com/  I don't know what OS you have I assume Vista 32 bit, just click the link for the OS you have the ForceWare 169.04 Vista 32-bit they are supposed to be the newest recommended driver for Crysis and TimeShift.

fecht · Answer

go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com download the driver and appropriate inf file an boom your good to go with all the latest and greatest. Just a word of caution though, you may not be able to utilize all of your mobiliy features with your current drivers. **if your not grabbing the INF file as well then thats why the drivers don't work I have a 1710 and it works just fine from that site Josh

Message Edited by fecht on 11-13-2007 11:04 AM

Enelias · Answer

2 things 1) Who wants vista when xp works better? 2) As i said in my first post, i've allready tried all those 3 party drivers from Laptopvideo2go,tweakforce you name it. Neverwinter nights got so much graphic glitches and screen tearings i couldnt even see what was happening.. If you got your M1710 to work, please post a link to the driver you used+the inf file.   i would be very happy :-)   And to dell if they ever read on theese forums, Get a grip of yourself and update those drivers!

Enelias · Answer

Im not sure you noticed, but the thread you made  link to is from year 2006.. And as far as i can see the drivers on that thread is the same that im currently using :smileysad:   :smileymad:   <--- This is how i feel for Dell right now

sappyjay · Answer

Found this thread, gonna try it tonight.

Let me know if you have any luck before then...

Cheers

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=xps_port_vid&message.id=3182&query.id=101728#M3182

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XPS M1710
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz CPU
2GB Ram
160GB Sata HDD
Nvidia Geforce Go 7950GTX 512MB
Vista Home 32bit

Message Edited by sappyjay on 11-14-2007 09:02 AM

Enelias · Answer

i think i found a solution!   Found out that i needed the newest version of direct X 9 which is 9d. i had 9c.. Then i downloaded the newest drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com with the new INF file.. and woopetidoo it now works great! for the moment :-)   strange thing that windowsupdate doesnt download the newest directX file..

sappyjay · Answer

Dell has released new drivers for our cards, check the Gaming Talk Forum for the link....   They work great!!!

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