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justlfc

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April 15th, 2004 10:00

When will DELL release updated Nvidia drivers??

When are Dell going to release some v5x.xx drivers for my 8600 Geforce FX Go 5650?? Nvidia have been optimizing their drivers regularly yet the only way I can get them on my laptop is to use modded .infs.

While this works, it would be nice to think that Dell could offer this officially for the average user - the performance difference is significant

Oh, I guess this falls into the CUSTOMER SERVICE category - silly me

  • justlfc

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    Posted April 15th, 2004 12:00

    I do and they work just great - but Dell shouldn't be relying on the kindness and skills of one person - Pieter to support their community, they should be delivering this themselves
  • Catarrhine

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    Posted April 15th, 2004 12:00

    DELL will release driver updated at their leisure.  Your best bet may be to go to laptopvideo2go.com for the recent modified drivers.
  • Catarrhine

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    Posted April 15th, 2004 15:00

    I agree 100%.
  • Charliebird

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    Posted April 15th, 2004 21:00

    I don't want to use modded drivers because I like to use little features such as standby and hibernate.  That's Ok, when it comes time to purchase a new laptop I'll cross Dell off my list.

     

     

  • jeh14

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    Posted April 15th, 2004 22:00

    News flash: Using the Dell drivers is no guarantee that hibernate and suspend will work; conversely, using the nVidia drivers (hacked or not) is no guarantee that they won't.
  • justlfc

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    Posted April 15th, 2004 23:00

    Indeed

    I'm using the modded mobile FX Go 5700 Toshiba drivers and S and H is working fine

  • Charliebird

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    Posted April 17th, 2004 13:00

    Look I understand what you guys are saying.  I played around with modded drivers on my Toshiba laptop for a long time but I never thought my machine worked 100% right because little problems would always crop up.  I purchased a Dell this time because I foolishly believed that Dell's support would be better.
  • 777

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    Posted April 17th, 2004 19:00

    Yeah... You would think that a big name would get you better support, but its like Nike: Big name, horrible child labour quality.