Drivers... Dell... 8600M...

charles_scott · 01-23-2008, 07:49 AM

Ok, so today I found out that I need a newer patch from Nvidia in order to play Diablo II LOD, well, I have a Dell Vostro 1500 with the 8600M GT, come to find out, Nvidia doesn't support the laptop 8600M GT, and the Dell driver that they have for download is almost half a year old... Nvidia claims that they don't have any drivers available for it... So, what should I do???

Trotter · 01-23-2008, 07:55 AM

I take it the mobile cards can't use the standard drivers?

charles_scott · 01-23-2008, 08:04 AM

Nope, there is a warning on the Nvidia website saying not to install them... And the last time I did, I couldn't run ANY 3dgame... So it seems there mobile cores are quite different...

ricanflow · 01-23-2008, 01:19 PM

Try patching diablo II, because thats a really really old game (2000).

charles_scott · 01-23-2008, 05:29 PM

Oh, by the way, did I mention that I have Vista??? Anyways, turns out it is a major thing, a lotta vista users are having issues getting diablo 2 to run at a decent rate... And I thought Diablo 2 was like 98 or 99??? And I do have the latest patch for the game, 1.11.....

ricanflow · 01-23-2008, 05:35 PM

It wont run cause its not meant to run on vista, its meant for 98/me/2000/xp, the game is simply too old lol, i think its time to move on.

Peter.Cort · 01-23-2008, 08:27 PM

Never! Dual Boot And Play Diablooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

charles_scott · 01-23-2008, 09:31 PM

I will never give up on Diablo, there won't be a new version till Blizzard North comes back so.... Anyways, I can't dual boot, they don't make damned SATA drivers for xp to use on this friggen laptop... I swear...

ricanflow · 01-24-2008, 12:02 AM

I would say youre sol, but that would be rude. What about a virtual machine? Thats about all you can do, i liked diablo II also but they need to come out with a modern version.

Yo, download and install the nvidia omega drivers, the work on laptops as i just updated mine and got a 3x performance boost!!

charles_scott · 01-24-2008, 08:09 AM

Could you give me a link, and are they vista capable?

01-23-2008, 07:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
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charles_scott Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,302	Re: Drivers... Dell... 8600M... Nope, there is a warning on the Nvidia website saying not to install them... And the last time I did, I couldn't run ANY 3dgame... So it seems there mobile cores are quite different... __________________

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01-23-2008, 05:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
charles_scott Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,302	Re: Drivers... Dell... 8600M... Oh, by the way, did I mention that I have Vista??? Anyways, turns out it is a major thing, a lotta vista users are having issues getting diablo 2 to run at a decent rate... And I thought Diablo 2 was like 98 or 99??? And I do have the latest patch for the game, 1.11..... __________________

01-23-2008, 05:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
ricanflow Audio Dude/Folding Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.S. Posts: 2,696	Re: Drivers... Dell... 8600M... It wont run cause its not meant to run on vista, its meant for 98/me/2000/xp, the game is simply too old lol, i think its time to move on. __________________ 3DMARK06 Tech Forums North Texas Lan 2008

01-23-2008, 08:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
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charles_scott Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,302	Re: Drivers... Dell... 8600M... I will never give up on Diablo, there won't be a new version till Blizzard North comes back so.... Anyways, I can't dual boot, they don't make damned SATA drivers for xp to use on this friggen laptop... I swear... __________________

01-24-2008, 12:02 AM	#9 (permalink)
ricanflow Audio Dude/Folding Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.S. Posts: 2,696	I would say youre sol, but that would be rude. What about a virtual machine? Thats about all you can do, i liked diablo II also but they need to come out with a modern version. Yo, download and install the nvidia omega drivers, the work on laptops as i just updated mine and got a 3x performance boost!! __________________ 3DMARK06 Tech Forums North Texas Lan 2008 Last edited by Mak213; 05-28-2008 at 09:00 PM.

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charles_scott Wizard Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,302	Re: Drivers... Dell... 8600M... Could you give me a link, and are they vista capable? __________________

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