nVidia UK and US drivers

[slugger_2003]

I just bought a second hand laptop and there has been a fresh install of XP implemented before I got the laptop. I thought I should install the latest drivers so I go to the nvidia site. I have followed the instructions on the sticky video card faq v2 thread. I then discover that there is no uk driver for the go 7900 gs? Just on a spur I then decided to try searching under English (US) and download the international driver. Is there actually a difference in the drivers or is it an error with the search engine on nvidia's website?

 

[cthulhuiscool]

I doubt there is any difference, computer hardware doesn't have regions like dvd's, video games, ect

 

[Blahman]

With a few exceptions NVIDIA does not provide driver support for notebook video cards.
The video drivers for notebooks are officially provided by the system manufacturer, however they are rarely up to date with the latest NVIDIA releases.

But since NVIDIA drivers use a unified architecture, it is relatively easy to get any driver set to install on a notebook by using a modified INF file. The site Laptopvideo2go.com specializes in this and you can use their modified INFs to install its corresponding driver version. The latest LV2G drivers can be found on their community forums, e.g. http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showforum=72

The difference between the US and UK version of the drivers is that the UK one is the international version which includes all other language packs, increasing the download size. Most of Laptopvideo2go's (LV2G) INF files require the international version, which you can either get directly from LV2G or from either nvidia.com or nvidia.co.uk, making sure to select English (UK) as the desired language.

To use the modified INF, run the driver setup program and let it extract the files. Note where the files were extracted -- usually c:\NVIDIA\<OS version>\<driver version>. Close the installer program and open the folder where the files were extracted.

Copy the modified INF file to this folder, replacing the original. Then run the setup.exe file in the same folder, which will start the installer again. If prompted during the install, click yes or proceed to accept any warnings about the driver not being tested with your hardware.

If all goes well it will ask you to restart and you should have the latest NVIDIA drivers running with your notebook video card.