Key question: Has anyone found the ideal driver for the NVIDEA GeFORECE 8400GS for L4D for Windows XP?
That cards was running L4D fine! Then they "upgraded" the game.
I got the "latest driver" which, of course, is always advised which downloaded and happily informed me that all that finding, downloading and installing were wasted as the installation FAILED.
Their *latest and greatest* just for my card! How ironic that it doesn't work at all.
So I guessed that was too fancy a driver... I notched back a bit.
Nvidea really has a great site for drivers. I picked a slightly older but obviously newer than the original card's driver came with. No luck. I really don't want to spend all day with trial and error.
Does anyone use this card for L4D with the below noted computer and which driver version do you have?
Here are the specs:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name Mine
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061
System Model PC109A-ABA A630N
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2800 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2800 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 3.04, 7/5/2004
Total Physical Memory 3,072.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 2.39 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 4.84 GB
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E4&SUBSYS_05CC10DE&REV_A1\4&28711406&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce 8400 GS, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.12.5896
Thanks, fingers crossed that someone had a very similar problem.