Re: nvidia geforce 6800 go driver update not working
Posted: 12-12-2006, 02:00 AM
drivers. The current drivers have problems across the entire GO spectrum.
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"Gentle Jones" <Gentle Jones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> well, been using vista on an alienware laptop and i like what works, but
> all
> my multimedia applications have been effectively murdered
>
> my graphics card, nvidia geforce 6800 go, didn't show up at first, it was
> listed as a standard vga and had no hardware acceleration, when windows
> update finally offered a driver it did not install properly (i've
> reinstalled
> the driver several times) it still shows the card as not working properly,
> and because i have no hardware acceleration from the standard driver i
> cannot
> capture any video from my sony dvx2100, windows movie maker does not work,
> media center does not work, i cannot view any dvd video, adobe premeir
> does
> not work and appears to need a reinstall, nero cannot capture or edit
> video,
> basically my pricey audio/video workstation now has the same functionality
> as
> my tmobile sidekick.
>
> you have a day or so before i just reinstall xp and curse the gods
>
> fyi my laptop is diesel i exceed all the minumum requirements, i have
> captured some video but it was piss poor quality (zebra'd out) and
> unusuable,
> there have been a handful of other quirks (including the disappearance of
> my
> disk drives) but i've worked through them, however not being able to edit
> video and audio is a deal breaker here. i do more than surf the internet
> with
> this system. the fact that dvd's won't work at all is a crying shame and
> some
> real elementary stuff here, you guys are smart enough to fix that at
> least.


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