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Display DRIVERS (CODY HELP!!!)
Hello, mdk2 came with my dell 8100 computer but I can't play it because openglsetup says its doesn't see my display drivers. Interplay says I need to download the new drivers from nivida. But are there any new drivers from dell. I've got a nvidia geforce2 ultra 64mb ddr . ALSO I WAS TOLD BY INTERPLAY AFTER I SENT THEM THE PROPPER INFO THAT THE CURRENT DRIVERS LOADED ON MY PC WERE CONSIDERABLY OLD! HELP!
Dell 8100-Win Me
P4 1.5 GHZ
256MB RD RAM PC800
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
3COM V.90 PCI Telephony Modem
12X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive
12X/8X/32X CD-RW
3.5 In. Floppy Drive
64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2 Ultra Video Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
19 In. FD Trinitron Monitor
Altec Lansing Thx Certified Speakers
Dell Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
Logitech USB Mouseman Wheel
Microsoft Force Feedback Joystick
Dell 8100-Win Me
P4 1.5 GHZ
256MB RD RAM PC800
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
3COM V.90 PCI Telephony Modem
12X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive
12X/8X/32X CD-RW
3.5 In. Floppy Drive
64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2 Ultra Video Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
19 In. FD Trinitron Monitor
Altec Lansing Thx Certified Speakers
Dell Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
Logitech USB Mouseman Wheel
Microsoft Force Feedback Joystick
- Do you have a nvidia card? If so do you or would you download the detonator drivers?
Dell 8100-Win Me
P4 1.5 GHZ
256MB RD RAM PC800
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
3COM V.90 PCI Telephony Modem
12X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive
12X/8X/32X CD-RW
3.5 In. Floppy Drive
64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2 Ultra Video Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
19 In. FD Trinitron Monitor
Altec Lansing Thx Certified Speakers
Dell Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
Logitech USB Mouseman Wheel
Microsoft Force Feedback Joystick - In dxdiag the display info says my drivers are version 4.12.01.0545 (english) now this is a brand new computerbut does dell have any newer drivers?
Dell 8100-Win Me
P4 1.5 GHZ
256MB RD RAM PC800
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
3COM V.90 PCI Telephony Modem
12X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive
12X/8X/32X CD-RW
3.5 In. Floppy Drive
64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2 Ultra Video Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
19 In. FD Trinitron Monitor
Altec Lansing Thx Certified Speakers
Dell Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
Logitech USB Mouseman Wheel
Microsoft Force Feedback Joystick - Hello, theres nothing wrong with the hardware and I EVEN reformatted to make sure there wasnt anything wrong with my setup. Do you have the detonator drivers?
Dell 8100-Win Me
P4 1.5 GHZ
256MB RD RAM PC800
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
3COM V.90 PCI Telephony Modem
12X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive
12X/8X/32X CD-RW
3.5 In. Floppy Drive
64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2 Ultra Video Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
19 In. FD Trinitron Monitor
Altec Lansing Thx Certified Speakers
Dell Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
Logitech USB Mouseman Wheel
Microsoft Force Feedback Joystick - Hey Warbird,
Gotta be something else going on with your computer. I have exactly the same computer as you except I didn't spring for the USB mouse and keyboard. I am using the same video driver and mdk2 runs very well on my system.
I have in the past used NVIDIA drivers on my Dell systems with no problems. Actually they usually give you more freedom to tweak your video settings than the Dell certified drivers. - I am using the Dell certified driver version 4.12.01.0545. I have not had time to download and install the most recent Detonator driver. Based on everything you have tried so far, I would be tempted to try the Detonator driver. BE sure to folow the install directions carefully. I recommend the you disable all non-essential programs (especially anti-virus) when you do the install. Good luck!
Jim - For more assistance, there is a forum for video problems. Maybe you should post there. I guess I will be the fourth person to tell you, go to nvidia website and upgrade your video drivers.
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Hi,
I don't know if it will solve your problem or not, given the fact that someone else is running essentially the same system and drivers as you are and having no trouble with the game, but I have been running the Det3 driver set since a week or ten days after the package came out at the nVidia site. To date, I have had no difficulty with them at all, nor have I heard of anyone running them having any trouble. They seem to be quite stable. As Denny said, any drivers you get from Dell will be out of date as compared with the reference drivers you can get from nVidia, the reason being that Dell engineers have to get the drivers, test them out on the Dell Systems they would be run on, then package them in the way Dell wants them presented. The time lag is evident in this area, given how often reference drivers are released.
HTH,
Kay- Warbird, I have the same computer u do. First thing I did, based on past experience, was to download the latest drivers from www.nvidia.com I mainly play flight simulation games, such as Jane's WWII Fighters and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. The latest detonator drivers from nvidia, the 631, are much faster then the dell standard issue version. check it out.
- OK, I can play other 3d games. But since mdk2 has to have opengl to do the 3d sometimes it will mess up. And I don't know if this is the glsetup I need, but Im going to do downlaod the driver as I would of before. Wish me luck and good bye
Dell 8100-Win Me
P4 1.5 GHZ
256MB RD RAM PC800
40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
3COM V.90 PCI Telephony Modem
12X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive
12X/8X/32X CD-RW
3.5 In. Floppy Drive
64MB DDR nVidia GeForce2 Ultra Video Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
19 In. FD Trinitron Monitor
Altec Lansing Thx Certified Speakers
Dell Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
Logitech USB Mouseman Wheel
Microsoft Force Feedback Joystick
Denny Denham
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Posted January 20th, 2001 20:00
Graphics drivers from Dell tend to be much older than those available from the manufacturers. Most users have found that installing the latest from the manufacturer's site improves performance with no attendant problems.
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