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    Help me find the best 8600m GT 512 driver!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Charivari, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. Charivari

    Charivari Notebook Evangelist

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    I just installed Vista Ultimate 64 bit version on my bootcamp partition. Could someone direct me to the fastest/most up to date video card drivers?

    I want to test out some games!
     
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    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    other users have reported best performance with 174.16
     
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    I use 169.04 myself.
     
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    when I try to install one of those drivers the installer exits saying "windows cant find hardware to match this driver" and exits :(

    any thoughts?
     
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    did you insert the modded INF? please read the instructions.
     
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    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    I've been using the 174.16 driver from laptopvideo2go.com

    Seems to be the best by far, the newer 174.31 is horrible.
     
    Airman, Mar 4, 2008
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