Graphic Card Issues

liquid303 — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:05:25 GMT

From NVidia Site:

The GeForce M series and GeForce Go series notebook GPUs use drivers that have been customized by the notebook manufacturers to support hot key functions, power management functions, lid close and suspend/resume behavior. NVIDIA has worked with some notebook manufacturers to provide notebook-specific driver updates, however, most notebook driver updates must come from the notebook manufacturer. Additionally, the desktop GeForce graphics drivers will not install on Geforce M series and Quadro M series notebook GPU's.

liquid303 — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:02:00 GMT

Thx IRID1UM, i have went to nvidas website for the correct driver but it tells me they do not have support or drivers for that card anymore and for me to visit the manaufacturers website, hence why i keep by sent to Dell. I will re0visit the laptopvideo2go site again, i did it when i forst read your post but i ran into problems, i dont remember what.

Thank you for confirming that fullscreen i better than windowed mode. i will go back to fullscreen. i will note though that i have alot more problems running in fullscreen? is it because windowed mode runs off of the basic video settings? and fullscreen is 100% hardware (video card)?

also, when i run Dxdiag and get some info on my display this is what i get:

--The file nvd3dum.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.--

i am running a Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 (integrated ramdac), DirectX v.9Ex, and a generic PnP display. which doesnt make sense....or does it? its the laptops regular screen.

for anyone that may have had the same issues and have a good idea as to what may be missing here i have the saved DxDiag.xml file for review. i will post new info regarding the video driver ASAP.

IRID1UM — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:50:19 GMT

First of all: Windowed mode = lower FPS than in fullscreen. Always. Second: follow what I posted below. This newer driver is better for sure than your old one. Third: Computer assemly companies never really provide up to date drivers, go to nvidia directly or, as mentioned, to laptopvideo2go to get the most current drivers.

liquid303 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:24:21 GMT

did this help, i have a nvidia card in my laptop in a new dell inspiron 6400 (about 1.5 years old) . used only for warcraft). at time i can cruise along at 11 fps which is workable, sucks but workable). i have to run the game with a video enhancements lowered or more times than not disabled. i also run in windowed mode. ive DL'd the right driver ( i know its the drive becuase eveyone once in awhile it will freeze nad say it was because of the video card driver. i get major problems when patches are DL'd. and i have to uninstall all my add-ons. make a long story short, i went to the dell driver site for my card, which i dont remember what it is now, it doesnt list my driver anymore. so i write Dell and they send me a link. i delete some cache stuff. old driver files and instal the new one (which is actually the one that came with game and for the first log in i can see visuals ive never seen befor, cruising at a nice 90 fps. then it go back within 5 minutes. im tired of this. anyone have any solid ideas or anyone that is in tech repair that can really spend a bit of time to give me a hand? i really need help.

IRID1UM — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:35:13 GMT

Go to www.laptopvideo2go.com and enter the forum. Enter the 180's series subforum. Look for a suitable driver (Vista 32 bit I guess). Download the driver and the corresponding .inf file. Extract the driver files and copy the .inf file into this directory. Install the driver and reboot. Should work fine then.

fixitman — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:17:01 GMT

Another thing to note- it is always a good idea to uninstall your old nvidia driver, and then reboot, before installing a newer version. I'm an XP user, but Vista should be the same.

yodli — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:19:43 GMT

It's just an idea, but u should delete ur config.wtf file in ur WOW/WTF directory. This file stores ur settings for Wow, also the values for graphic settings. When u delete it, the program would start with the standard settings. This procedure has no side effect for ur addons. Maybe u can use than the latest driver for ur nVidia card.