#{title}

by **DaCrusader** » 26 Feb 07, 3:27 pm

My dads a noob who thinks vista has all the drivers :/

what do i say to him?

by **katsu** » 28 Feb 07, 9:17 am

DaCrusader wrote:what do i say to him?

Pwned?

by **Aetherone** » 28 Feb 07, 9:42 am

DaCrusader wrote:what do i say to him?

"sucks to be you"?

by **m3thuselah** » 28 Feb 07, 10:10 am

DaCrusader wrote:What do i say to him?

Say nothing, just point and laugh?

by **^2Lantern** » 26 Sep 07, 12:12 pm

DaCrusader wrote:My dads a noob who thinks vista has all the drivers :/

what do i say to him?

Your dad's the dude that buys the computer, pays for the internet connection and probably doesn't really care how the latest game runs on the machine.

lol I'd just get him to read this post, but then he'll see you called him a noob and made fun of him, so your better off saying

"dad we can get better drivers for a computer to make it run faster, download porn quicker and you need to ground me for a week"

hehehehehehe

by **Disruptor4** » 1 Oct 07, 4:42 pm

What's the new nVidia G80 drivers like? They improve much etc?
Because I distinctly remember them releasing like 4 versions of the current old drivers because they caused problems or something.

by **kickpushkickpush** » 6 Oct 07, 3:21 am

hey guys,

does anyone know where i can find a version of Samsung 226BW driver newer than v1.0?

i'm running 64bit vista and i want to push my desktop to a native res higher than 1680x1050 but lower than 1920x1080 as the desktop icons etc don't look proportioned (i'm looking for more resolution settings in other words).

running e6600 with 8800gtx...

cheers in advance.

by **Disruptor4** » 18 Oct 07, 10:15 pm

sapi wrote:Is having up to date mobo chipset drivers really that important?

Good question, I'd like to know the answer too.

Also is having the most updated BIOS version important? :S

by **Shinanigans** » 18 Oct 07, 10:39 pm

Disruptor4 wrote:What's the new nVidia G80 drivers like? They improve much etc?
Because I distinctly remember them releasing like 4 versions of the current old drivers because they caused problems or something.

Didn't notice much of a difference between the 163.44's and the 163.71's. Noticed a huge difference between the 165.01's and the 163.44's though. The 165.01's i don't think were an official nVidia release, but at the time i think nVidia had the 158.XX drivers out.

You'd only update your BIOS if you need to or if there's a general consensus saying it's a good update. I flashed my 965 board to the F10 BIOS as suggested, but not because i needed to.

Chipset drivers you should definitely do.

Kickpush, most/all LCD's won't run above their native resolution, which for a 22" WS is 1680x1050.

by **Disruptor4** » 19 Oct 07, 6:41 am

Alright thanks.

by **CloneClan** » 1 Nov 07, 7:20 pm

kickpushkickpush wrote:i'm running 64bit vista ... as the desktop icons etc don't look proportioned

I bet you didnt know that if you Press and Hold CONTROL and scroll UP / Down with your Mouse your icons resize themselves

Control + WheelMouse FTW!

This will fix your issue mate, not a resolution drama at all, its a Vista feature which, i think is GREAT!

by **kickpushkickpush** » 2 Nov 07, 9:51 pm

Thanks Shinanagins.

VYP3R: while it doesn't change the desktop res, it sure makes it a lot nicer. Cheers dude!

by **Disruptor4** » 2 Nov 07, 10:59 pm

=ADF=VYP3R wrote:
kickpushkickpush wrote:i'm running 64bit vista ... as the desktop icons etc don't look proportioned

I bet you didnt know that if you Press and Hold CONTROL and scroll UP / Down with your Mouse your icons resize themselves

Control + WheelMouse FTW!

This will fix your issue mate, not a resolution drama at all, its a Vista feature which, i think is GREAT!

Works in XP too. Or maybe that's just with browsers etc.. dunno.

by **CloneClan** » 4 Nov 07, 10:35 pm

Disruptor4 wrote:
=ADF=VYP3R wrote:
kickpushkickpush wrote:i'm running 64bit vista ... as the desktop icons etc don't look proportioned

I bet you didnt know that if you Press and Hold CONTROL and scroll UP / Down with your Mouse your icons resize themselves

Control + WheelMouse FTW!

This will fix your issue mate, not a resolution drama at all, its a Vista feature which, i think is GREAT!

Works in XP too. Or maybe that's just with browsers etc.. dunno.

Na, it doesnt change your desktop Icon size, it can change your browser text size and stuff tho.

kickpushkickpush wrote:Thanks Shinanagins.

VYP3R: while it doesn't change the desktop res, it sure makes it a lot nicer. Cheers dude!

I know it doesnt change your resolution

I didnt say it would - simply that it changes your Desktop Icons

Glad it worked for you mate.

by **Treloar** » 16 Jun 08, 9:35 am

When I setup a PC, I partition and format the HDD with 2 partitions.

C:\ is used for the main OS and all program files

D:\ is for storage of all non-program files i.e. my personal files, images, drivers for setting up my PC, etc

This way when I have to freshly install my PC cause its running slow for example or just to tidy things up or a virus/worm buggers up the installation, I simply do a format of C:\ and do a fresh install and refer to D:\ for the drivers. One of these days I will remember to make an image of a fresh setup to store on my D:\ drive which will quicken reinstallation.

The Drivers Thread

Setting up PC

Who is online

#{title}