Which driver to use for the 256mb Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT on Dell 1520?

I'm receiving mine tomorrow, but I wanted to know which driver from laptopvideo2go.com is the best for this card and gaming.


Thanks in advance if anyone able to help.

 

I would also like to know. Ive been reading around, sounds like 162.18 and 163.14 are pretty good.

 

im using 163.16 and its running great. would like to get a hybrid driver but that i'll have to look into

 

Well, if you're planning on getting Bioshock the 163.44 drivers with the modified INF are available now. I just tried them with the demo & it improved a bit... I'll have to try it with my other games now.

 

if all fails roll back to 158.45, after trying pretty much all of the recommended ones, the last one to not crash on every game i've tried is 158.45. I tried 162.18, performance increases in most games except oblivion crashes all over the place

 

163.16, or 158.36 if you want to overclock

 

When you install the drivers, do you uninstall the official dell driver first or do you click Update driver?

And what does INF enhancer mean?

Thanks for all the help

 

I'm also using the new 163.44 Bioshock drivers, which seem to have given a slight boost in performance overall.

Here are 3dmark06 comparisons, which were done on default settings with the exception of resolution, set at 1680x1050 and done from a fresh boot. As always, results may vary for different users but this is what I got.

162.18 -> 2342
163.44 -> 2379

I only recieved a 37 point increase but it's still something, mind you I won't be playing any current games at this resolution anyways.

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Inspiron 1520 - Sunshine Yellow
Intel C2D 7100
WSXGA+ SEC330 - 'sparkly' but not bad, near zero light bleed, still beautiful.
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT - 163.44 Bioshock Drivers
2GB RAM

 

How about crashing in other games? 163.14 has a nasty habbit of crashing in Overlord, but works sweet with World of Warcraft. If I find one that works best with Bioshock, WoW, and Overlord I'll be happy lol.. but that may be asking too much.

 

If you're in XP Pro SP2, I use the 163.16's and they work great in CS: Source. Can't speak for other games though, don't play any others.

 

im using stock drivers and they work fine with cod2...

 

Wait....you guys can actually run bioshock? My 1520 crashes to desktop as soon as I start the demo.

 

Where did you get the demo from? seems the one from Steam wasn't working right for me at first, then later in the demo I had no sound.

 

I'm using 162.18 with no problems so far (FEAR and BF2 atm)

 

i installed 163.75 and now it shows my onboard vram is 512 mb:S:S

 

Yeah, same for me. I suspect it is sharing system RAM for buffering.