Updates for my alienware m15x?

I've had my alienware m15x for about a year now ( think i bought it last year in june or july ) but i haven't updated it once, I am sure that within a year updates would of come out, right? Although i am scared to go to the nvidia website and download drivers for my 8800M GTX because someone told me that i should always keep the drivers the same with laptops...

So is their any update for any parts of my alienware from last year? And if so where should i get them. Specs:

8800M GTX
Windows vista home edition
2.5 T9300
2gb ram
120gb hard drive.

Thankyou!

 

I would recommend getting more recent video drivers from laptopvideo2go.com. If you are already on the x32 bios I would recommend not updating that as it's the best bios overall (for non extreme users)

 

THank's ill go get some drivers now. But how do i find out what my Bios is to check if i have x32?

 

should be in your system information (just type "system" into the vista search bar and it'll pop up).

 

thanks, it says

BIOS Version/Date: Quanta vX32 P3, 11/04/2008

Also on laptopvideo2go i found http://laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/vista/185.66
and i think it's the latest one.

But when i try to install it it says it's not compatible..

 

yeah well you have to use the modded .inf. on a side note, you're better served with Dox' 185.20, or nvidia's 179.28.

 

Modded .inf? So i have to download one of the two you reccomended and a modded .inf? Also do which do you reccomend the most out of the two you said, 185.20 or 179.28?

 

here's the direct link for the nvidia driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winvista_179.48_beta.html

that one will work out of the box, so to speak. if you want a driver from ltv2go, you'll need to download the driver, and the modded .inf right next to it. there's actually a nice walkthrough for the whole process right next to the download links.

 

I'm downloading the one you linked, thankyou Guess that's it for updates for for now.