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    Geforce 8600M GS driver fro Acer Aspire 5520G

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by NvidaDude, Jun 23, 2009.

  1. NvidaDude

    NvidaDude Newbie

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    I have an Acer Aspire 5520G with a Nvidia 8600M GS video card.
    The latest driver on the Acer website is from 2007.

    Tried to download the latest driver (version 186.03) released June 09 / 2009
    from Nvidia.com which improved the performance in games a lot but they also
    recomended that the drivers from the notebook manufacturer should be used.

    The thing is that the Nvidia 186.03 driver crashes the system. So I installed
    the drivers from the Acer website which are not exactly updated and it works
    just fine except for a lack of performance comparing to the newer driver.
    So any suggestions where to find an updated Acer compatible Nvidia driver?
     
    NvidaDude, Jun 23, 2009
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    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    powerfull499 Notebook Evangelist

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    The 186.03 - 32-bit / 64-bit driver you are linking to in your thread seems to be the same as the one from Nvidia. It's not Acer-WHQL =S, it's just the original one from Nvidia.com
     
    powerfull499, Jun 23, 2009
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    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    It does have a WHQL certificate from Acer though, as well as an INF file (nvac.inf) specifically for Acer models.
    Besides, it says "Nvidia Direct" right beside it.
     
    TehSuigi, Jun 23, 2009
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    Thnx for all the answers :) Well the latest driver from the Acer website is version 101.38. Atleast its stable but games are really laggy compared to
    the newer driver.

    Read in som other forums that there is no specific driver for the 8600M GS.

    So TehSuigi could you recomend a stable driver from that list?
     
    NvidaDude, Jun 24, 2009
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