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    Which 8600M GT Driver [M1530]?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bottoj, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. bottoj

    bottoj Notebook Guru

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    I am looking to get the best gaming performance on my M1530.

    With that said, which driver version should I be downloading?

    Links are greatly appreciated :)
     
    bottoj, Jul 11, 2008
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    cacto Notebook Enthusiast

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    Right now I'm running 175.80, runs pretty well, don't have a benchmark available at the moment, though. Easily overclockable as well.

    Using this link, you can find it, though that driver is for vista 32 bit. If you need any other versions, you can just go into the driver listing.
     
    cacto, Jul 11, 2008
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    Just Lou, Jul 11, 2008
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    i don't think the driver dell released is compatible w/ the 8600GT.
     
    cT., Jul 12, 2008
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    fiveo Notebook Consultant

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    fiveo, Jul 12, 2008
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    I tried it and my performance actually dropped with that driver, and another not how do i unistall a driver and install a new one?
     
    Ahmedatry, Jul 13, 2008
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    175.97 support the 8600M GT GDDR3. I already checked the hardware id in the original inf file.
    175.97 currently the best driver for me. I got 4755 points for 3DMark06.

    174.74 only 4684 points and the latest 177.41 only 4705 points.
     

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    Is 175.97 supporting Vista 64?
     
    imzomnia, Jul 13, 2008
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    Hmmmm, is that supplied driver the one from Nvidia probably?
     
    Bowlerguy92, Jul 13, 2008
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    After reading this thread I tried the 175.97 drivers linked from Dell above. I got an extra 350 3DMark06 marks out of it, now it has about 4300.
     
    XELA NAMYT, Jul 14, 2008
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    I'm running 177.26 off laptopvideo2go. There's a lot of drivers going around right now but I find 177.26 to be incredibly stable and is performing well.
     
    jb1007, Jul 14, 2008
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