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    Best Driver for GeForce 8400M GS?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by nomisx89, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. nomisx89

    nomisx89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone know the best driver for this graphics card? For Vista 32 bit
     
  2. Juicenut

    Juicenut Newbie

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    I've just been looking around - I haven't installed these yet, but will be attempting to in a couple of hours. As I'm not on my M1330 - I can't check what the current version of the drivers are either.

    What I've found so far:

    from http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/NVIDIA/

    These are available:
    - NVIDIA Vista 32bit ForceWare GeForce Go 156.55 (? - not sure if suitable, but does seem to be for Mobile chips ie "Go").
    - NVIDIA 32bit Vista ForceWare 163.44
    - NVIDIA 32bit ForceWare 163.67 Beta

    The 163.67 Beta was released today by the looks of it - to get it to run you'd need to get a modified INF file for the drivers to install for the 8400M GS though. I haven't looked much into what it takes to make one of these though.

    from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/vista

    These are available:
    - NVIDIA Vista 32bit 165.01 + INF to get working (- but the date and version seem to be dodgy - anyone know if this version is real?)
    - NVIDIA 32bit Vista ForceWare 163.44 (no INF)
    - NVIDIA 32bit Vista ForceWare 163.14 (with INF) - This seems to be the most real looking - but not sure if it's going to be newer than my current drivers.


    Hope some of this info helped.
     
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    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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