nVidia GeForce GO 7950 GTX 92.77 Released

More like, released ONLY for the 7950 GTX in the XPS. Users of the 7800 and 7900gs are still out of luck.

Actually, considering that the Inspiron 9400 that shipped with the 7800 is still stuck on version v78.59, I don't have much hope that Dell will *EVER* update the drivers for the 7900gs past v84.69.

I'm using nVidia's official GeForce Go drivers right now anyhow. I'm going to hope that they do update them.

Am I the only one who finds it absolutely insane that nVidia's ForceWare, which is supposed to be a *UNIVERSAL DRIVER* for all their videocards, is now splintered into a confusing array of single-videocard releases?

It's not just Dell that's to blame. The official nVidia GeForce Go 7xxx series drivers *WILL NOT* install on the GeForce Go 7800, only the 7900gs and above. The thing is, the difference between the two cards is so incredibly minor, and the desktop drivers will support everything with an INF patch, this is getting insane.

So, to conclude my rant, perhaps the desktop driver situation is much improved from 10 years ago before Catalyst and Detonator/ForceWare, but for those of us using notebooks, the driver situation is just as bad (fractured) as desktops were before they got unified drivers.

Installs fine on my Go 7800.

The cards supported in the INF are:

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Just like the MobileForce version .

Fixes and Enhancements
Initial release for Blu-Ray support.

That isn't much, but I am going to give it a try on my 7400/7800GTX.

What doesn't make any sense to me is the fact this driver STILL doesn't shut off the lcd with the lid shut... WTF Dell?

how about the old control panel?

I like the 84 series drivers better than the 9x.xx with my M170/7800gtx. I loaded an .inf'ed 9 series driver and got 50 less in 3dmark than with the latest 8 series. I like the old control panel better too. A little note...the Dell 84.69 apparently is the same as the Nvidia 84.63, but with some of the control panel functions turned off (same 3dmarks). Just compare the .inf's from these two, figure out the line that specifies the Dell chipset name (its towards the bottom), and load the full 84.63 version, enjoy.

Hmmm sound like you have either an OS/App problem or a bad read switch. I have not had any problems with the screen turning off when I close the lid..

Zyb

No, its definately a driver issue everybody has. The only Dell driver that will turn off the LCD properly when the lid is closed, is the release driver (84.69 if I am not mistaken...) Every other driver out there will leave the screen on, as if to ignore the switch. Of course you can still set your power settings to shut the screen off after X amount of minutes, but thats not the functionality I am in need of...

My LCD turns off when I lose the lid with these drivers. However, I have an external monitor plugged in. The LCD will turn off automatically.

?? does it work??

These drivers don't come with the old control panel.

You can get the screen to shut off every time when the lid closes if you enable hibernate in power options and select hibernate when the lid closes in advanced power options. Open the lid and hit the power button and you are back up!

Hmmm, I just installed these drivers and did the LCD check and my screen turns off right before it clicks into the closed locked position. They seem to work for me. I was having the issues on previous drivers but it appears corrected. And no I dont have hibernate or suspend mode activated. I have a XPS2 with 7800GTX video card

I'm doing a fresh install with XP Pro.. I'll let you guys know after the driver install etc, what happens..

After doing the clean install, screen only turns off if external monitor is attached. If nothing is attached, LCD will just stay on with the lid closed.

guys, my LCD screen powers off automatically when I close it with tony's 92.77 drivers installed on top of the last del official release

I am not BSing you


How they were installed is in tony's thread. Works fine. I have 7800gtx

Yeah, but you're installing custom tweaked drivers, not stock drivers.

At least for me, even the stock, untouched Dell 92.77 drivers don't turn off the LCD. It's not the tweaks.

It's something Dell's doing to the drivers... I've been doing everything I can do to try and figure out the "LCD Not Turning Off" issue, and am absolutely stumped. I've yet to isolate what fixes the "problem". It's irritating the living hell outta me .