Dell is not big on keeping up with the lastest drivers... If you want to keep up-to-date you'd be better off getting some modded reference drivers from somewhere like omegadrivers.net. They've always worked fine for me, and if you do run into trouble you can always go back to the drivers from dell's support downloads.
thanks everyone,iv now found a way off installing the normal forceware drivers from nvidia so i dont have to wait for dell which are months behind,if anyone needs to no how just drop a reply to here cheers n:smileyhappy:
I am currently trying to update my xps gen 2 with a 6800 Go Ultra to the latest drivers. I'm using version 77.77 from nvidia's website. I have tried other versions. When I attempt to install the driver is gives the error "The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit." Any ideas on how to get the latest drivers?
I am playinf bf 2 on my XPS Gen 2 flawlessly with the latest drivers from Dell's site. I have tried other tweaked and modded drivers which will give maybe a couple more FPS and higher 3d marks but I also find quite a few tweaked or moded 3 rd party drivers buggy. So for me I choose to stick with the latest from Dell which work fine and run stable on my machine. I am not one for 3d benchmarks when gaming I want drivers that perform and are stable. If you are haveing roblems playing BF2 i don't think the problem is the drivers. How much RAM do you have? BF 2 takes a lot of Ram and if you want to play the game on high game settings and a high resolution you will wan't 2 Gigs of Ram. I f you have one gig try bumping down the game settings and try a lower resolution and also in the audio make sure EAX is off.
Best wishes
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb 6800 ultra 2 GIG's Ram 17 "(1920 x1200) WUXGA Display ( Samsung ) OS Windows XP Pro sp2 Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Laser Mouse Nostromo n52 Game pad
Actually I JUST found the updated (July-2-2005) drivers on Dell's site that fixed my problem with BF2. The problem was that shadows were shown in giant square blocks. It is a known problem unless you are using ForceWare v75.00 + , so the default drivers that came with my XPS GEN 2 were 72.01 , now they are updated to 77.24. I also found some relatively helpful sites that show how to hack the main INF files for nvidia drivers so you can run the main non-mobile ForceWare driver packs. Didnt feel like going that route tho
My specs are:
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 - shipped 8/11/2005 17" 1920x1200-32bit display w/ TrueLife 2.0ghz Dothan 2gig of DDR2 RAM 60gb 7200rpm internal + 100gb 5400 external 2.5" pocket drive. DVD+-R Drive 256mb GeForce Go 6800 Ultra Intel 2200 Wireless Bluetooth Wireless Add-on Windows XP Pro SP2
Bought my new baby for $2200 bucks at wholesale. Sold one of my main gamer workstations and my old Inspiron 8600 to get it. Pretty light too, dont even notice the size or weight difference when carrying it in my backpack versus the 8600 i got last year.
I love how i can play NFSU2 at all high settings and Call of Duty, FarCry, C&C Generals, BF2 and everything all at high settings. It even rivals my main gamer workstation that has a dual-core Athlon X2 4400+ and a GeForce 6800GT PCI x 16. Basically getting about the same framerates. Even game load times are comparable, and my main workstation is running dual 160gb Seagate SATA-II drives in stripe mode.
Yes it is a awsome machine.Mine is moreless a destop replacement because i have a broken hip and leg and cant sit it a chair at my desktop for extended periods of time. My desktop is a 4700 with 3.4 6800 Vid card and a 19 in with 2 gigs and my laptop performs better. This laptop is awsome then when I hook it up to my 42 inch plasma and game it is incrediable i love this laptop.
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb 6800 ultra 2 GIG's Ram 17 "(1920 x1200) WUXGA Display ( Samsung ) OS Windows XP Pro sp2 Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Laser Mouse Nostromo n52 Game pad
Oh yes!! You just reminded me, my TV in my office is a 44" zenith LCD projection and it has both a DVI and RGB input that i used to use on my inspiron 8600. My receiver even has an input that is compatible with the laptop for sound. I used to play NFSU on my last laptop on the TV. Now i am going to try it with NFSU2 and this new GEN 2 !!
I've got the XTRAC PRO HS gamer pad (www.xtracpads.com) which is really really good for optical mice, it has the best accuracy i've ever seen in a mousepad. I have 2 of the Logitech MX518 optical mice and a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 as a spare for my other desktop I recently sold. I even have one of the mini Microsoft "Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse" v1.0A for when i travel and things are cramped in the backpack. It works pretty good, it is real solid and so small... the USB adapter tucks up inside it which is really handy.
MikeReed
20 Posts
0
June 13th, 2005 12:00
Urlik
208 Posts
0
July 9th, 2005 21:00
deanhey
3 Posts
0
July 10th, 2005 12:00
ineptual
4 Posts
0
August 12th, 2005 13:00
jeffcmfrt
831 Posts
0
August 12th, 2005 14:00
Here are some links for some drivers you may want to try.
http://www.tweaksrus.com/index.php
770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb
6800 ultra
2 GIG's Ram
17 "(1920 x1200) WUXGA Display ( Samsung )
OS Windows XP Pro sp2
Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Laser Mouse
Nostromo n52 Game pad
ineptual
4 Posts
0
August 12th, 2005 16:00
deanhey
3 Posts
0
August 13th, 2005 08:00
justgotmine
8 Posts
0
August 28th, 2005 10:00
Uhh, how do you do it? Let us know. I'm trying to install the latest drivers so i can play BF2 on my GEN 2. Thanks!
jeffcmfrt
831 Posts
0
August 28th, 2005 13:00
I am playinf bf 2 on my XPS Gen 2 flawlessly with the latest drivers from Dell's site. I have tried other tweaked and modded drivers which will give maybe a couple more FPS and higher 3d marks but I also find quite a few tweaked or moded 3 rd party drivers buggy. So for me I choose to stick with the latest from Dell which work fine and run stable on my machine. I am not one for 3d benchmarks when gaming I want drivers that perform and are stable. If you are haveing roblems playing BF2 i don't think the problem is the drivers. How much RAM do you have? BF 2 takes a lot of Ram and if you want to play the game on high game settings and a high resolution you will wan't 2 Gigs of Ram. I f you have one gig try bumping down the game settings and try a lower resolution and also in the audio make sure EAX is off.
Best wishes
Inspiron XPS Gen 2
770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb
6800 ultra
2 GIG's Ram
17 "(1920 x1200) WUXGA Display ( Samsung )
OS Windows XP Pro sp2
Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Laser Mouse
Nostromo n52 Game pad
justgotmine
8 Posts
0
August 28th, 2005 14:00
Actually I JUST found the updated (July-2-2005) drivers on Dell's site that fixed my problem with BF2. The problem was that shadows were shown in giant square blocks. It is a known problem unless you are using ForceWare v75.00 + , so the default drivers that came with my XPS GEN 2 were 72.01 , now they are updated to 77.24. I also found some relatively helpful sites that show how to hack the main INF files for nvidia drivers so you can run the main non-mobile ForceWare driver packs. Didnt feel like going that route tho
My specs are:
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 - shipped 8/11/2005
17" 1920x1200-32bit display w/ TrueLife
2.0ghz Dothan
2gig of DDR2 RAM
60gb 7200rpm internal + 100gb 5400 external 2.5" pocket drive.
DVD+-R Drive
256mb GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Intel 2200 Wireless
Bluetooth Wireless Add-on
Windows XP Pro SP2
Bought my new baby for $2200 bucks at wholesale. Sold one of my main gamer workstations and my old Inspiron 8600 to get it. Pretty light too, dont even notice the size or weight difference when carrying it in my backpack versus the 8600 i got last year.
I love how i can play NFSU2 at all high settings and Call of Duty, FarCry, C&C Generals, BF2 and everything all at high settings. It even rivals my main gamer workstation that has a dual-core Athlon X2 4400+ and a GeForce 6800GT PCI x 16. Basically getting about the same framerates. Even game load times are comparable, and my main workstation is running dual 160gb Seagate SATA-II drives in stripe mode.
jeffcmfrt
831 Posts
0
August 28th, 2005 14:00
Yes it is a awsome machine.Mine is moreless a destop replacement because i have a broken hip and leg and cant sit it a chair at my desktop for extended periods of time. My desktop is a 4700 with 3.4 6800 Vid card and a 19 in with 2 gigs and my laptop performs better. This laptop is awsome then when I hook it up to my 42 inch plasma and game it is incrediable i love this laptop.
Inspiron XPS Gen 2
770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb
6800 ultra
2 GIG's Ram
17 "(1920 x1200) WUXGA Display ( Samsung )
OS Windows XP Pro sp2
Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Laser Mouse
Nostromo n52 Game pad
justgotmine
8 Posts
0
August 28th, 2005 15:00
Oh yes!! You just reminded me, my TV in my office is a 44" zenith LCD projection and it has both a DVI and RGB input that i used to use on my inspiron 8600. My receiver even has an input that is compatible with the laptop for sound. I used to play NFSU on my last laptop on the TV. Now i am going to try it with NFSU2 and this new GEN 2 !!
I've got the XTRAC PRO HS gamer pad (www.xtracpads.com) which is really really good for optical mice, it has the best accuracy i've ever seen in a mousepad. I have 2 of the Logitech MX518 optical mice and a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 as a spare for my other desktop I recently sold. I even have one of the mini Microsoft "Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse" v1.0A for when i travel and things are cramped in the backpack. It works pretty good, it is real solid and so small... the USB adapter tucks up inside it which is really handy.