 Free Scan: Update Your PC's Outdated Drivers to Optimize Performance 
February 10th, 2007, 11:06 PM
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| | White and nerdy
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| Just bought Vista...no SLI means no gaming, what do I do?
OK I just bought Vista Home Premium and installed all the drivers and fired up UT2004. After changing the resolution settings the display was corrupted and I had to exit.
Looks like I don't get SLI support in Vista. WTF, that's absurd. "SLI support will arrive in a future driver update" according to nVidia.
So, can I use the XP drivers and get SLI? Or am I going to have to wipe and install XP so I can go to the LAN party this weekend that I paid dearly for?
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February 10th, 2007, 11:08 PM
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| | A hero in training
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I dont think xp drivers will work, and if they do it wouldn't work well. It has been well known that nvidia has been behind on getting some decent vista drivers out.
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February 10th, 2007, 11:12 PM
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| | White and nerdy
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Yeah, rock!
Time to find a bootloader and re-install XP, hope it works after I install chipset drivers.....
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February 10th, 2007, 11:13 PM
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| | Super Stealthy Moderator
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February 10th, 2007, 11:17 PM
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| | White and nerdy
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Yes, but I have two 6600GT's and they don't work for those either....*sigh* | |
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February 10th, 2007, 11:20 PM
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| | A hero in training
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you might want to look around at guru3d.com for some modified drivers. | |
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February 10th, 2007, 11:26 PM
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| | Ultimate Member
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My next upgrade is to add another 2GB of ram for a total of 4GB and a 150GB raptor drive for Vista 64bit. I'm going to do a dual boot config and keep my curent XP setup specifically to avoid problems such as these.
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February 10th, 2007, 11:32 PM
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| | that aint a lightsaber
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64bit? Why, its worthless at this point. there is zero driver support for it. It'll be years before its anywhere close to good shape.
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February 11th, 2007, 12:03 AM
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| | Onii-san
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Are you able to game with SLI disabled?
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February 11th, 2007, 12:03 AM
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| | SoMuchAnime-SoLittleTime
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