Graphics card issue in Vista

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danneax

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Hi!

My brother got a new laptop a while ago. It's a Sony Vaio and the specs are following:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5500 1,66 GHz
2GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce Go 7400 GPU
Windows Vista

The thing is everything has been working fine for his needs. He's mainly been doing music composing in programs such as Sibelius. But he recently decided to see what kind of games he could get running on his computer. I have checked out his graphics card and it seems like an ok one for a laptop. But the thing is "I just have to say I'm a complete stranger to Vista" that in the performance information on his computer Vista gives him a score of 1,0 in both Graphics and Gaming graphics, saying he basically cant play anything at all.

This while nvidia claims on their homepage that "GeForce Go 7400 and 7300 lets you rip through all of today’s most advanced and cutting-edge games and applications. "

The computer wasn't that cheap and though I know it's not at all meant to function as a gaming machine, at least it should be able to run games to some extent.

I would really appreciate help with this issue. I'm not that good with either laptops or Vista so I'm sorry if im missing something very obvious here.
 
The score doesn't seem to be correct. Make sure the drivers for the GeForce 7400 are installed correctly.

Right Click Computer in the Start Menu -> Device Manager -> If asked, click continue -> Click Display adapters.

If you do not see the GeForce 7400, you may see "Standard VGA Adapter." Find the correct drivers at the Sony Support site.
 
Ok... I downloaded the Nvidia driver for exactly his computer from Sony's support page. I ran the update and everything went well, but nothing really happened. I can still only find the "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" in the device manager. And the computer still cant run a single game. As soon as I try to start a game it just says that the game has stopped working before it even starts and that a problem casued the program to stop working correctly.

This is really wierd. Did someone forget to even install his graphics card correctly. I really don't have a clue how to fix this...
 
That is weird. You can chat online w/ Sony at their support site. I own a Sony Vaio desktop. Sometimes their customer service reps are helpful. You might need to call them as well.
 
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