I recently purchased a new laptop with dual geforce 8700m GTs. I can't even run Crysis on minimal setting, and i'm pretty sure it has something to do with my graphics cards. I have a core duo 9300 2.50 ghz and 4 gb of ram. as well..

ive checked benchmarks and things like that and it all says my computer can easily handle maximum settings, except my GFX card, and it says my GFX card can't even handle the game. I think this is because either the game, the benchmark, or both are not recognizing I have TWO graphics cards. is there a way to check to make sure if they are both working and if they are both being used? I have the newest drivers and SLI enabled.

UPDATE///

I realized the issue i believe. SLI wasnt on. and whenever I do turn it on, it tells me I need to restart, and I click ok. windows loads, but the login screen never comes up and my computer screen stays black, although the computer actually progresses. i can login/etc except my screen does not work for some reason. any help? it seems to have something to do with the graphics drivers, but I have the most recent from the nvidia site, and ive tried other 3rd party ones to no avail

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***********FOR XP USERS********************


I solved it all….

I bought my laptop in febuary 2008..

Since then I wase able to play any games that I throw at it, with a driver that I found on Laptopvideo2go.com

But 2 month ago, my XPS died of a heat stroke…mobo fried and the cpu fan to….((( I'm a real gamer to that thing, but it suppose to deliver extra performance.

Send the pc to dell, and they return it to me 4 days after my sending.

Good service do.

When it came back, I install the ghost from the HDD, and install the new Nvidia driver 175.32 from the site.

OH BOY!!!! What a lag….any game that I try was choppy and ugly….so I began to tweak the machine, install around 30 drivers from Laptopvideo2go and so on…..after 2 weeks of sweating on this ting (( like if i had nothing else to do))

I solved it all….here is what I've done


****First, don't use the ghost image on your hard drive for installing windows on your new Laptop. (( that ghost is full of bugs and scrapwar install in it, dell put to much stuff that are not necessary in general. And it makes some conflicts with hardware)))***

- So, I install Windows from the cd that came with your brand new machine. = FRESH INSTALL FROM CD.
- Reboot
- Install chipset from dell site
- Reboot
- Install audio driver from dell site
- Reboot
- Install the last video driver from Nvidia: 175.32 whql
- Reboot
- Install Call Of Duty 4
- Reboot
- Test the game in 1600x1200 in aspect ratio of 16:9, Dual video card enable and the rest at maximum settings.
- *****wow, never seen the game so byutifle and fluid, no lag = PERFECT for the first time since january*****
- Install Nostromo game pad + Raser Lachesis mouse driver
- Reboot
- Test again COD4 = perfect no change
- Make a restore point
- Install Dell Quickset from Dell site
- Install Dell LCD monitor from Dell site
- Install Lan from Dell Site
- Reboot and test againe = perfect
- Made a Restore point
- Install Ageia Physx
- Reboot
- Test againe = perfect…..

So, to have a real XPS laptop without any graphic problem, you have to make a fresh install from cd, when your machine is built up, use Norton ghost to make a real ghost that you will put on a cd or on an other HDD.

Hopping it will help you run your XPS laptop like Hell…

Spamer : French Canadian dude.