186.81 Mobile Released - get it while its hot :)

For all that got it to install, what OS are you running? Vista 64-bit or Windows 7 64-bit?

 

I will be installing win 7 ultimate 64 bit tomorrow.. Hope all goes well with video card installation

I am currently on vista ultimate 64bit

 

ohh why ohh why.
ive installed the new driver 186.81 and now i cannot find my 280m's gpu's.
ive tried under device manager and direct x tool, even though under direct x tool it shows the 9400 at 3000mb ??

 

You're in stealth mode more than likely.

 

Just fyi, I installed the drives, it did not ask me to reboot so I did that anyways.. then once I booted back into windows, it was only running on the 9400, I had to re enable the 280s...

 

well fn f7 is not my friend !!

 

did you right click the icon by the clock in the task bar and change it there?

 

Hit the little stealth mode button.

 

yeah ive tried this.
ive enabled and disabled stealth mode with no change.

my direct x tool shows 3761mb lol

ok ive tried a few things and wow.
ok i have the hybrid in the task bar and was on power save mode, when i switched it to full power i have a black screen so after a few restarts in safe mode ive managed to switch hybrid mode back to power save mode so i can see my monitor.
whats going wrong ??

 

This driver has been working great since I installed it. Waking from Sleep/Standby is working also.

Beast, what is your process when updating your NVIDIA driver? How do you install it?

 

Can't speak about Vista, but in Win7 when FnF7 would not work for me, I needed to go into the Advanced Power settings for the GPU, set the default when plugged in to "Performance boost", apply, wait for the change, then change it back to "Save power". After that, Fn+F7 would start working again.

Though I haven't had it happen again since these new drivers.

 

my installation process is uninstall previous drivers in add or remove programs.
then restart, check under device manager to make sure.
double click the new driver and install.

i was able to right click on hybrid in task bar and select boost or save. when i selected boost my screen went black.

 

Worked perfectly for me on Vista 64-bit and Geforce 260SLI. Uninstall from RemovePrograms, reboot, install, reboot. Stealth mode appears to be functioning correctly and solved some video issues I was having in stealth mode. Ran Crysis Warhead on max settings for a couple hours without issue.

 

Just use the 186.82 drivers from windows update that were posted in a post above. They work in Windows 7 off the bat, 186.81 don't (they do on Vista). Their .inf isn't working on Windows 7. 186.82 seem to be the most stable and feel the smoothest in both destkop and gaming operation for me in Windows 7 Build 7100 RC so far as well.

 

I have crashed with a blue screen twice now after installing 186.81 late yesterday. I never had this happen before, for now I am going back to 186.42. I am on vista 64

 

Didn't like gaming quality. Switching also.

 

So 186.42 is still king?

lol

 

so any fixes so i can move on from 175 drivers for better gaming ??

 

well these are actually good drivers.i gained an increase of 2 fps in gta 4 on 9600m gt ddr2.they are almost equal to dox 185.85 in performance.

 

Well, I have to say - after encountering stuttering in Source Engine based games I have switched as well. 186.82 is KING at the moment.

 

I've gotten pretty good performance increases in my games....sticking with 186.82....

 

Can anybody tell me the differance between the 186.81 and the 186.82 (I didn't see any). The 186.81 installed pretty well. Maybe performance?

 

I saw in game stuttering with 186.81, I'm installing 186.82 right now.

 

186.82 install with Windows 7, 181.81 don't (at least without a modified .inf).

Besides that, 186.82 seems to perform better.

 

The only issue I have with 186.82 and most of the other drivers is the fing mGPU is listed as a '9400'. I know, its a small matter... but I just can't figure it out - no matter what I do to the INF it still comes up as 9400. Oh well.

 

Well, the integrated card is a 9400, so I am not sure what is bothering you so much.

???

 

Because its actually a "9400M G". I think the only driver to correctly report this was the 179.85. As I said, a small matter. No big deal.

 

Wow.

OCD, much? LOL

 

Mine is saying (with the 186.81 driver) 9400M G?

@Mandrake, Please let us know, If your stuttering is gone with the 186.82. Because I'm not experiencing any with the 186.81. What game(s) are you having it with?

 

I just installed windows 7 and the file linked for .81 would not install. Could not find supported device. I used the windows updated one and it worked and instlalled with no issues.. The icon in the task bar doesnt allow me to swap modes either.. I will see how it works in games once I have them installed.

I am running windows 7 RTM 64 bit ultimate.

btw in device manager there is still a coprocessor that is not installed.. I installed the MCP drivers from dell (SMU) and it still wasnt installed.. any ideas?

 

I have a stupid beyond stupid question....
Where are the 186. 82 drivers? On Nvidia I only see 186. 81....

 

Look at page 5 i believe.. it is linked in a post

 

Well i ran the installer in compatibility mode and selected vista sp2 and it finally installed all of the drivers that i needed for the co processor... geez... never easy lol

 

ok ive risked it. ive installed the driver 186.82, ran 3dmark06 and got a good result.
however why does it still say in direct x tool that i only have 480mb total memory ??

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5252335&postcount=34 for links once again

 

err if this was directed to me then it doesn't help.

 

They're available from the Windows Update side or Laptopvideo2go.com. The latter site is a great site to visit if you're looking for any driver versions for Nvidia cards (including modified .infs if needed).

 

Hey guys is it just me or do these new drivers idle your 8800m gtxes at 70-7 degree c? I have the m15x with 8800m gtx. I think I recalled using earlier 179.13 drivers and they idled my 8800m gtx at 45c

This is on high performance without stealth mode on. With stealthmode it usualy drops to 55c

 

LOL....thanks. I checked out the site. Unfortunately the military proxy servers won't let me download from that site. Oh well, I'm doing pretty good with the .81 version....

 

Okay installed the 186.82 driver, because the 186.81 just wouldn't work with Empire Total War (could be the BIOS update to A02 aswell). So I'm going to take a look now if it works alright.
@BatBoy, With the 186.82 driver my integrated card also says 9400.

 

anyone knows why it still says in direct x tool that i only have 480mb total memory ?? am not in stealth.

cheers

 

The 186.82, with the modded .inf seems to be a LOT more stable than the previous version for me.

i frequently had crashes, both in game and out of game, which would simply freeze up my M17x on the older driver...

been running it since saturday morning and so far, no problems along those lines.

however, i'm still unable to hook it up to a projector...each time i do it'll freeze up again...black screen....i've tried both with running in stealth mode and without.

any ideas on what could fix this? it's basically any projector...once i hook it up to the vga port that's it...the projector will say it's on, but nothing happens - tried both an Epson, a Dell and a Fujitsu projector..none will display anything at all.

 

Are you using Nvidia control panel to connect to projector or Windoze? Do you have Nvidia HDMI driver installed, are you using HDMI? Is HDMI enabled in BIOS? Sometimes(don't know why) disply driver changes disables HDMI in BIOS with Nvidia chipset.

 

Did you upgrade your BIOS to the A01 or A02? That's what solved my issue of the M17x freezing.

But I'm back on stock drivers (179.85) because all other drivers (186.81/82) just can't run Empire Total War, the game just wouldn't load when entering the campagn map.

 

Game is bugged..up..ze bootocks

 

I only understand "Game is bugged".

Anyway if you use version 1.3 it's very playable.

 

ie game is bugged up the a$$

 

i just got this driver today on my 8800gts, there is something wrong with the anti aliasing though. it gives very little effect, for the batman arkham asylum demo there is only about 10 FPS difference between no AA to 16xQ, anyone else noticed this? i tried a couple other games and 8x AA looks like 2x lol

 

Well, I'll take a stab at this - since you have the 8800GTS and a Gateway that does not have a mGPU, go with the 186.42.

 

thanks, but i just upgraded from 186.42 to this driver. is it possible that this driver is downclocking my GPU? after 2 hours of games the temp never went beyond 72, it was always around 75 before