can I run 2 nvidia driver versions?

[incubusdaemon]

Okay, here's the complicated story.

My Dell laptop has a GF4 440 go in it that doesn't support anything past DX7. However, I do have a docking station with a real PCI slot in it that can take video cards. I was looking and the best value is probably a FX 5600.

However, the driver needed for my laptop's internal card is a customized Detonator 44.68. The card doesn't take the standard NVidia drivers- Dell has to mod them, and 44.68 is the latest version. If I install another nvidia card and use the standard Nvidia Forceware drivers, what happens? Can I run 2 driver versions at the same time?

Thanks for any input.

[nuka_t]

install a new driver and see what happens. if it dosent work just hammer on F8 while booting up, go into safemode and reinstall the old driver. also, dont spend that kind of money on a pci video card. the 5600 is crap and the 5200 is the same as yours really. see if you can find a PCI radeon 9600 or wait for a next gen PCI gfx card like a 6200 or something.

[clonk]

I don't see why not. Windows would identify both video cards seperately, and would have one set installed for each. So yes you could.

[John Veteran]

I think you should be able to based on the way the Windows Driver Model (WDM) works, but Nvidia's drivers might not like working that way... Or maybe I'm wrong :blink: You can try it. In device manager, update the drivers for each card individually. Each time, choose to manually pick a driver to install and select the appropriate INF files for that card.

Good luck (Y)

[incubusdaemon]

thanks for the help. maybe i'll sidestep the issue and buy an ATi card instead...

[nuka_t]

anything higher than a 9200 is a good performer. a 9200 however is basically the same as what you have.

[Steven]

  incubusdaemon said:

Okay, here's the complicated story.

My Dell laptop has a GF4 440 go in it that doesn't support anything past DX7. However, I do have a docking station with a real PCI slot in it that can take video cards. I was looking and the best value is probably a FX 5600.

However, the driver needed for my laptop's internal card is a customized Detonator 44.68. The card doesn't take the standard NVidia drivers- Dell has to mod them, and 44.68 is the latest version. If I install another nvidia card and use the standard Nvidia Forceware drivers, what happens? Can I run 2 driver versions at the same time?

Thanks for any input.

This is utter crap. Everything you typed is wrong. Talking about how "Dell has to mod and customize them" please thats nonsense!!!

I have a Geforce 4 440 Go and I'm using the latest nVidia Drivers 61.12 or whatever they are on my Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop.

Take some time and do some research. There are many places to get newer drivers for your Laptop that dell doesn't offer and get 100% compatibility and get all the latest and greatest features and bug fixes from the latest nVidia Forceware.

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http://www.geocities.com/madtoast

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com

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With that said, go update your drivers.

[incubusdaemon]

  xStainDx said:

This is utter crap. Everything you typed is wrong. Talking about how "Dell has to mod and customize them" please thats nonsense!!!

I have a Geforce 4 440 Go and I'm using the latest nVidia Drivers 61.12 or whatever they are on my Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop.

Take some time and do some research. There are many places to get newer drivers for your Laptop that dell doesn't offer and get 100% compatibility and get all the latest and greatest features and bug fixes from the latest nVidia Forceware.

TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

http://www.geocities.com/madtoast

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com

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With that said, go update your drivers.

Okay, smartguy, you totally missed the point. If you would read the entire post instead of getting fixated on a single point, you might be a little more helpful.

Regardless, someone still has to modify them, whether it's dell or a third party. Anything past 44.x slows the card down anyway, so it's a moot point. I'm not upgrading.