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an2nymous
10-08-07, 01:15 PM
hi guys,

i have a dilemma to face in my laptop now....as you can see in my signature, that's my laptop spec and i recently updated the gfx driver to 163.11 but it can't seem to run company of heroes and when i check the gfx driver properties it shows driver version is 7.15.11.119 have i installed the driver?it should show 7.16.31.1xx i guess.

can some one help me with the same kind of laptop and have updated their gfx driver to the latest version.thanks a lot for those who can help
Dapper Dan
10-08-07, 02:01 PM
well i had some issues with mine as well (8600m gt) .... and the only way i fixed it was buy downloading whichever drivers were on the Dell website under the Vostro... seeing how they don't have any in the inspiron
an2nymous
10-08-07, 06:47 PM
well for now i did downloaded a drive from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ and what i did was uninstalled all gfx drivers and then installed the 163.11 vista 32bit driver.when i rebooted my laptop and ran Company of Heroes (with latest patch) it was running fine now.

the only concern for me now is...... Does this driver version modded from the .inf of a GeForce 8600 GT? and did i do the thing right?---->>>experts pls comment on this.thanks a lot

i visited the website again and there was news on the 156.66 driver for mobile only....have to try again this driver if it works i'll update this thread.
iD10t
10-08-07, 07:09 PM
well i had some issues with mine as well (8600m gt) .... and the only way i fixed it was buy downloading whichever drivers were on the Dell website under the Vostro... seeing how they don't have any in the inspiron

Funny thing is that the Vostro 8600 drivers and the Inspiron 8400 drivers on the Dell site are packaged in the exact same file. :beer:
ps2cho
10-08-07, 08:24 PM
Funny thing is that the Vostro 8600 drivers and the Inspiron 8400 drivers on the Dell site are packaged in the exact same file. :beer:

It's the same because they just take a default nvidia driver which works for all models as well and just edit a few files to make it compatible with the mobile GPU's.
situman
11-16-07, 08:21 AM
Does Nvidia offer forceware drivers for their mobile gpus? I can't seem to find anything specific on their site. Hope I'm not stuck with Dell drivers.
JamesXP
11-16-07, 11:12 AM
They don't, gotta stick with dells'
custom90gt
11-16-07, 12:26 PM
well for now i did downloaded a drive from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ and what i did was uninstalled all gfx drivers and then installed the 163.11 vista 32bit driver.when i rebooted my laptop and ran Company of Heroes (with latest patch) it was running fine now.

the only concern for me now is...... Does this driver version modded from the .inf of a GeForce 8600 GT? and did i do the thing right?---->>>experts pls comment on this.thanks a lot

i visited the website again and there was news on the 156.66 driver for mobile only....have to try again this driver if it works i'll update this thread.


That will work just fine. The modded inf file just allows the drivers to be installed on your 8600gs. So long as your games are working then everything is ok.
ps2cho
11-16-07, 01:30 PM
Does Nvidia offer forceware drivers for their mobile gpus? I can't seem to find anything specific on their site. Hope I'm not stuck with Dell drivers.

Follow the laptopvideo2go site.

I just saw recently on the nvidia site that mobile GPU's category was showing! It didn't contain any 8xxx series GPU's, but this is great news!