Can anyone help with video 8600m gt

Hey guys I need some help. I just recently got a Dell Vostro 1500 with a 8600 m gt and love it so far. I was checking on my forceware and it is version 156.83. Now any of you that have this card, did you download a newer version and if so where? Any problems if any compared to my version and possibly a newer version. I am not looking to over clock but just play games like CODUO, Orange Box, COD4 with a decent frame rate.

I know on the pc I can just download the latest from nvidia.com, but they don't have mobile drivers so I am looking around and seeing what all your opinions are.

 

Don't know about Dell drivers... but I play with stock Apple drivers and CoD4 runs beautifully. Not sure about the exact FPS, but it is smooth and I don't se any stuttering. You may be able to play fine with just Dell drivers.

 

Also on the Nvidia display the "let the 3d application decide" is checked...should something else be checked?

 

get drivers from laptopvideo2go.com/ i reccommend 169.04 . they are newer than yours but still not the newest but have been the best for me, alos that the box be checked as then u can enable and disable the aplication for the program u runs menu

 

go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
download the lastest driver
also download the inf mod
remember where nvidia extracts it file
when you install your nvidia driver it will fail
don't worry use your modd inf file and replace the original then install
it should work

 

i second 169.04 - they have been really good to me lol

 

there is a guide on the site if u need it

 

There is a huge sticky thread at the top of this forum. It has a driver update guide linked in it, in large font:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=64910
Continue conversation there please.