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Can you use quadro drivers on a Geforce card (500 or 600 series)?
I remember reading about these 4-5 years ago, but not sure if they are still doing it. Is this possible nowadays? Basically running a GTX like a Quadro? I don't know much about hardware, but some ...
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“Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” error in Windows 7
I've put a new (second hand) graphics card (nVidia GT8800) in my PC. I forgot to delete the old drivers first... (nVidia GT8600).
Now I get a warning every 5 minutes or so. "Display driver stopped ...
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Force Nvidia driver to instal (NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT GPU)
I got my Sony VAIO VGN-AW31ZJ/B with Windows 8 and some old Nvidia drivers.
When i go to the download page of Nvidia, it says to me that only the manufacturer can provide me drivers (??!?!?). So I ...
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Asus GTX650: Underpowered it and it is no longer detected. Driver issues or damaged?
I installed an Asus GTX650 graphics card into a new computer (i3-3220, reasonable decent motherboard that would support it). I failed to take into account for the PSU, which just about matched the ...
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Where can I download driver for my LAN card on board
Belarc advisor says that my board is
Board: nVIDIA NF-MCP61
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 09/18/2009
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_winxp32_8.26_11.09.html
If I search on the ...
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What is the difference between the different nVidia Quadro drivers?
I have a nVidia Quadro FX 1700 graphics card and there are different drivers offered at the nVidia driver page:
Quadro ODE Graphics Driver
Quadro Performance Driver
Quadro Partner Certified Driver
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Linux GeForce GTX driver is underreporting RAM and underperforming in general
I have just installed Kubuntu 12.04 on an Alienware M17x R4. It has Intel integrated graphics and a GeForce GTX 660M.
#> sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
#> sudo apt-get ...
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Galaxy geforce gtx 560 driver crash and slowdown
I've had my Galaxy GTX 560 graphics card for about one and a half years and recently it had started causing me some issues.
at random, the card would simply perform very poorly and I would get very ...
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nvidia driver conflict with another display adapter
I have a laptop equipped with GT540M. Drivers are fine, games are running properly. But then, when I install my tablet driver (Yiynova DP10HD, just like a cheap replacement of Wacom Cintiq) which is ...
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How to diable Optimus and Intergrated graphics card and use only the Discrete graphics?
OS: linux 3.8.3
CPU: Intel Core i7 3630QM with Integrated Graphics Card
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2G DDR5
Chipset: Intel HM77
Storage: 8G DDR3 RAM 128G SSD/1T HD
Display: 1920x1080
So, I want to ...
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Corrupted/Missing NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Network Adaptor
Yesterday, when I went into Network Connections in Control Panel and enabled the Ethernet feature (to use an Ethernet-based router), it disappeared from the Network Connection window. When I now look ...
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Pcie x16 slot 2 broken?
So basicallly, I got a brand new px8z77-pro motherboard. All the pcie slots work appart from slot 2. Im trying to run Sli with my two gtx 680 and due to this problem, I am not able to.
My power ...
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Unable to install NVidia drivers - BSOD - nvlddmkm.sys
My objective is to run 3 monitors...
My motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131646
Primary video card: GeForce GTX 460
Secondary video card: GeForce 8400 GS
I ...
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Windows 7 Crashes using nVidia Driver, works fine in Safe Mode or without video driver
Until this morning, and for over a year, my computer worked fine. I have an nVidia GTX 465 card running Windows 7 SP-1. Today, after running about thirty seconds, the screen freezes and I have to ...
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What exactly is my graphics card doing?
I have an ASUS A43SD laptop with a built-in NVIDIA 610m graphics card.
I recently switched to Windows 7 64-bit and in the process did away with the NVIDIA driver I had installed. As far as I can tell, ...
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NVidia on startup breaks all drivers and the system
Based in friends advice, I've installed Nvidia driver on my system. Instead of improving performance, driver hooked into system startup and breaks the system. What happens:
Any external ...
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No cursor with Nvidia drivers when gdm or gnome-shell loaded
In a fresh Arch install if I install gnome and GDM with the official Nvidia drivers:
pacman -S gnome gnome-extra nvidia
systemctl enable gdm.service
nvidia-xconfig
I don't have a cursor when GDM or ...
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Dell XPS 15 fan on, fan off, fan on, fan off because of NVIDIA Drivers
Many threads with exactly the same problem:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19371524/19848260.aspx
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Is my graphic card damaged?
yesterday I installed the new tomb raider, every 2 minutes or so it froze for 10 seconds.
So after 1h I quit the game and when I tried to browse the internet chrome was making my screen go black (and ...
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Trouble with nvidia drivers and Xorg on a Macbook Air 3,1
I am literally at the limit of what I can think of to solve this problem so I am hoping to find some help here.
I have a Macbook air 3,1 and I installed the latest Debian stable (squeeze) 2 days ago. ...
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How can I stop Windows 8 from installing nVidia software?
Windows 8 is installing NVIDIA's bloated driver software packages on start-up.
A number of negative responses to this question have shown misunderstands about the differences between the core drivers ...
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Having two graphic cards at the same time [closed]
I have a ATI HD5870 graphic card as my main one but I need to use CUDA so I bought a Geforce GT630.
Can I plug them both in my PCI-E slots? I obviously want to use one at a time (I have one monitor ...
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nVidia driver prevents Debian from starting up
After I have installed the nVidia driver using this tutorial, and I try to startup it follows the bootsplash and when it's about to load the gdm3 it first shows the tty screen for a second and then I ...
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Most stable nvidia mobile driver
I have an older Dell laptop (vostro 1500) which has a "nvidia 8600M GT" card. I've updated the graphic card drivers constantly, but from about 7-8 months Windows crashes like once every 3-4 days and ...
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Low Resolution After Installing NVIDIA Drivers
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and I tried to install NVIDIA drivers (both from "Additional Drivers" and from the nvidia.com website - Using Ctrl+Alt+F1).
I restarted my computer and my resolution is now at ...
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Installing proprietary nvidia drivers while installing Ubuntu?
I've got a GeForce 6150 that unfortunately suffers bad corruption problems under the open source nVidia drivers in Linux. So bad sometimes I cannot see anything on screen.
Is there any way to install ...
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ubuntu install specific nvidia drivers command line
In short only a specific driver works for my current step up.
I know I can install current drivers with
Sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
But how would I install say version 2.91?
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New graphics card reported as “standard VGA display adapter”
After installing a new hard drive on my Sony vpccw16fs laptop, I installed Windows 7. I installed drivers from a Driver Pack Solution saved from my old hard drive. My system now only reports a ...
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Enable accelerated OpenGL on Windows 8 with NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
I have a HP EliteBook 8540w with a NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M graphics card. After installing Windows 8 (64-bit), the following graphics driver has been installed:
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M (Microsoft ...
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Corrupt graphics during Windows 8 installation
So, I've prepared flash drive with Windows 8 Pro x64, booted from it (HDD was completely clean) and seeing something like this:
Proceeding with installation this way, after first reboot display ...
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nVidia Driver keep crashing on Windows 8 [closed]
I have a little problem for about 2-3 weeks now. My nVidia driver crash. The screen comes blank, then one monitor works, the other one no. They flicker, my computer run a lot, like if it was writing ...
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Nvidia Linux Driver Huge Resolution
I'm trying to setup a working CUDA SDK on my Linux Mint. I'm new to Linux and everything connected with it. So, I tried following some steps on how to install CUDA. Firstly, I downloaded a Linux ...
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NVIDIA Driver Crashing on Custom-Built Windows 7 PC
I've got a custom-built PC with these specs:
Fractal Design Define R3
ASUS P8Z77-V motherboard
Intel Core i7-2700k with Thermalright HR-02 Macho Cooler
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 with Arctic Cooling ...
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Best Linux Graphics Card drivers for a Dell M1210 / Nvidia GeForce Go 7400?
I've tried both Nouveau and the NVIDIA Binary Blob, and both are terrible in terms of performance, lag and graphics corruption. The binary also doesn't support the native resolution in console mode ...
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Regarding OpenGL driver
I have some problems with installing the OpenGL driver.
I have the NVIDIA Geforce GT 630M graphics card, but when I run my programs, i get the following error:
Unable to create OpenGL 3.3 context ...
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Multiple desktop panels (xservers?) opening with each reboot
I recently installed a dual boot of Linux Mint and Windows 7.
One of the first things I did was install nVidia drivers via "additional drivers". I then proceeded to configure settings, and saved to ...
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How to use a backup copy of xorg.conf
I recently installed a new graphics card in my Ubuntu 10.04 PC due that my onboard video died. It was an Nvidia chipset GEForce 6100. The new graphics card is also an Nvidia chipset, ASUS 210 ...
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Nvidia GTX 660m crashes games
I just recently bought a Lenovo y580 with both HD intel graphics and an Nvidia GTX 660m.
It works great except for one thing: playing games. Every time I load a game, either with Steam or Games for ...
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nVidia Driver Crash
I was running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional and sometime last week I decided to give Windows 8 Release Preview a go, and so I downloaded and installed it with no problems. I did find ...
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NVIDIA graphics driver in Ubuntu 12.04
So my overall goal is that I want to be able to code with CUDA enabled applications.
However, upon many days of searching, using installation walkthroughs, and reinstalling countless times after ...
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Can I safely delete the files created by NVIDIA display drivers?
Every time I install a NVIDIA driver the files get unzipped into C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver. I assume the setup copies the files to another location and this unzipped data is only useful for the ...
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Graphics drivers could not find compatible graphics hardware
I have a desktop with Asus P5KPS/EPU motherboard and Nvidia GF 9600 GT Graphic Adapter. I just set up new windows 7.
My problem is that I cannot find a good dirver for my Graphic Adapter. I've ...
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GTX 280 purple snow on bootup, card works without drivers
i have owned a ASUS GTX280 for 3 years now. The card has been great all along but i started having problems 10 days ago. I was playing Diablo 3 for 1 week on max settings no problems, then suddenly my ...
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How to install NVIDIA Update/Updatus again?
I've been using the NVIDIA drivers 285.48 from my laptop manufacturer (ASUS). However I recently decided to upgrade the drivers to a newer version (295.55).
I eventually succeeded in installing these ...
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NVidia 7600GT periodically hangs
I have an issue with NVIDIA 7600GT video card on Windows7. Periodically it behaves strangely. In 3d games in has some strange artifacts and extremely low FPS (0-2) instead of 15-25. If I disable and ...
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Install NVIDIA Developer Drivers for GTX 630M on Fedora 16
I'm trying to install the developer drivers on my ASUS N53SM-ES72 laptop, which has the Core i7-2670QM Sandy Bridge Processor and a GT 630M.
I've done a full installation of Fedora 16, with no ...
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Downgrade my current NVidia driver to a specific version
Recently my NVidia driver was updated from 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 to 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1, but I have troubles with it. Is there an easy way to rollback with aptitude to the version before?
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Downsampling on Nvidia Optimus (with Intel HD Graphics 3000)
What this is about
The question behind the question is actually how to place four virtual machines with 800x600 resolution on a screen smaller than 1600x1200. I am trying to enable split screen ...
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Installing Nvidia developer driver over SSH; Ubuntu 11.10
I'm having trouble stopping X over SSH, on an Ubuntu 11.10 system. I'm nowhere near the computer so the usual Control-Alt-F1 is out, although I'm not sure if this actually stops X in 11.10. I'm ...
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GPU testing tool?
I'm looking for a tool that perform different operations on a graphic card in order to check for any problem or glitch.
I had a nasty freeze / crash problem with some games recently. At best I have a ...
