after installing windows via bootcamp. drivers ?

Alright , so aside the GT 650m that comes in the rMBP . how do I know where / which drivers I need for the rest of the mac parts ? like chipset for motherboard , sound , wifi etc ?
on windows that is...

 

Simple answer - none. Only drivers I've ever needed for Boot Camp were GPU. Some of them, such as the sound, don't even have reference drivers available to the public. Even then, what you might find on some shady download site are the same version as what Apple provides anyway.

 

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Alright, thanks

Also, if there is a version of diablo 3 for mac, should i use that or go for windows version for better performance ?

 

I would vote to use Windows 7 because it's more optimized

 

If you used the Bootcamp Assistant program to create an installation USB stick, the drivers should be under the WindowsSupport directory on that stick.

 

I think he knows that, but rather was inquiring about updating hardware with newer software. What Apple puts out is not necessarily the most recent or optimized, nor does the company issue updates with any regularity.

The drivers for the chipset, audio, and other minor parts aren't that important, and you can more than get by with what Apple provides. It's the GPU that ends up being problematic, though the reference drivers are pretty easy to change.

If you have a boxed copy of the game, there is a Mac installer on the disc. If it's the digital release, I believe you can download the OS X version from your Blizzard account. Registering the game should give you access to compatible versions for Windows and Mac. D3 might be better optimized in Windows, but I've had no problems at all running the game in OS X on my older hardware.

 

Well, you know what happens when you assume. And for the sake of argument, it isn't going to hurt for me to supply the answer I did in case someone else that stumbles across the thread doesn't know that.

 

During the 9600GT MacBook Pro days, someone (Apple, nVidia?) did something and the reference drivers suddenly stopped installing on Macs. Luckily it was a simple file replacement (think they yanked the hardware ID out of the driver's compatibility list) but I don't know if they still do this with the GT650m.

 

Even if they did, the same procedure would still apply. LaptopVideo2Go makes it less of a pain because they have the drivers and modified files all ready to go. You just need to put them together. While it's a simple enough thing to do, it's just a bit time consuming. I do have to say with a Radeon-based Mac, it's simply been a case of installing the latest Catalyst Control Center Mobility drivers over the ones provided by Boot Camp. No need to overwrite .inf files, no hassle.

 

ok , so i installed windows 7 and I cant find which / where wifi driver to download...
not to mention , that when i try to download NVIDIA 650m driver through the mac OS , the nvidia website keeps on telling me that no drivers were found...
please help

 

install the bootcamp drivers that you have already downloaded. if not, get a thumb drive with at least 1gb free, and shutdown windows, when the grey screen appears, press alt/option and choose to boot at OSX, go to bootcamp assistant and ask for it to download the windows drivers. restart, boot into windows and install the drivers.

Thors.hammer was right in the end.

 

where should i see the drivers at ? as in where does it download them to , which directory

 

When you run Boot Camp Assistant, select the option to download the drivers, plug in a 1 GB or larger thumb drive, and the program does everything for you. There's nothing for you to see in the creation process. Then as Mr MM said, reboot back into Windows, open up the USB drive, and run the installer just like you would for any Windows program. Boot Camp is a kitchen sink approach in that it installs drivers for every possible combination of hardware. It doesn't do anything harmful except clutter up the add/remove programs control panel, but it's still annoying.

 

i think i just fell inlove with my mac thanks guys.
btw, iinstalled win 7 x86 , is that bad ?

 

Only if you don't mind limiting the OS to 3GB of usable RAM. FYI, FireFox has a built-in spell checker.

 

ok , so i installed windows x64 , everything works great. however i have two issues...
1) takes about 40 seconds for windows to load while OSx takes 14 ?
2) when I load up or restart , it always makes windows as my default OS... so unless i hold the ALT/option button on start
windows will load. any way of changing it ?
thanks

*edit*
Ok , i managed to solve problem #2. but still weird that it takes 40 seconds to 1 min when it boots off windows...

 

thats the normal boot time of windows on bootcamp, win 8 reduced that greatly

 

Thats Apple giving windows the bird delay.

 

ahhhh, well , can't having everything

 

install win 8 and see how that drops to 30s

 

isnt windows 8 still in beta ?
btw , can i do an upgrade from windows 7 to 8 via bootcamp or i will need to repartition etc ?

 

you can do the upgrade from the windows 7 itself, just download the iso, mount it using poweriso, and install.

beware, if you have win 7 32bits, you are going to install win 8 32bits, unless you do a complete install, i.e. put into a thumb drive and boot to that. I do recommend this way though

And yes win 8 is still beta, I like it, some hate it.