nVidia does not supply laptop video drivers (except the Go 7800 GTX i believe); Dell is in charge of modifying nVidia's drivers to work with their laptops. In Dell's defense, yes they are waaaaay behind in the video drivers, but this is because they are very paranoid about having stable drivers for their customers. They current release (from 1/18/06) is the most stable version according to Dell. Of course this doesn't work for gamers who need the most up to date drivers. A good place to get them is LaptopVideo2Go.com they even display the most stable modified version (according to whom? i don't know). They have new versions almost weekly. Basically how it works is; you download the regular drivers (linked from nVidia's website) and then copy the modified files from laptop2go into the driver directory and run the setup as usual. nVidia's drivers will actually support your laptop, but for some reason they add a file in the setup to block most laptops from being able to use it, hence you see the 'Setup did not detect compatible hardware in your system' message. With the modified INF files from laptop2go you can run any nVidia driver install.
In most cases the drivers and modified INF files work flawlessly. But if for some reason the newest drivers don't work with your system and you get a blue screen...just reboot and you're back in business with your old drivers.
i download the nVidia video driver for the "go 7900" and it works. it's the version 84.29 as i remember...just search "go 7900" in the drivers download page...
Thanks usingthat driver That removed the glitches I was having with Half Life 2: episode 1. No crashes, and 400 more 3d marks score. My Inpsiron 9400 has the Go 7800 video card.
Interesting...I have been testing all the beta drivers from nVidia. The most recent one is 91.37, and with those drivers on my e1705 w/ Go 7800 (auto detect OC) I get 3363 on 3dMark06. I just downloaded the latest supported Dell drivers, 84.69, and I get 3432 on 3dMark06. So it seems like even though Dell is a little behind on the drivers, they are well configured to drive our 9400/e1705's properly and efficiently.
The biggest surprise to me was the auto detect OC speeds:
Wildcatt
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April 28th, 2006 13:00
hi
they dont change them much do they . but there is one more option and that is to load a mod driver
DHzer0point drivers they are better in my opion and you can do things like check your gpu temp ect.....get them at
<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed / replaced from this post by Dell> DHzer0point Drivers
cbass64
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May 1st, 2006 17:00
In most cases the drivers and modified INF files work flawlessly. But if for some reason the newest drivers don't work with your system and you get a blue screen...just reboot and you're back in business with your old drivers.
riven
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May 16th, 2006 08:00
nVidia driver 84.29 for GeForce Go 7900GS from DELL, it works with my Go 7800
riven
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May 16th, 2006 08:00
garygeneral
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August 2nd, 2006 06:00
cbass64
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August 3rd, 2006 07:00
eLFLiNG
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April 24th, 2007 06:00
Message Edited by eLFLiNG on 04-24-2007 08:42 PM