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    Latest trend of drivers?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by miscolobo, Sep 20, 2009.

  1. miscolobo

    miscolobo Notebook Deity

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    Hey guys i have not been up to date with my computer and hardware in general due to work and other personal affairs. Well im back on my laptop now and i see that laptopvideo2go has updated to the 190+ drivers and i feel like im really outdated.

    My current performance driver used is the 182.46 Dox Optimised drivers for my 8400M GT.

    Could anyone keep me updated on the best rated / best overall performance driver that has come out since then?
     
    miscolobo, Sep 20, 2009
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  2. Kerozinn

    Kerozinn Notebook Enthusiast

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    the ones in my sig kick
     
    Kerozinn, Sep 20, 2009
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  3. Shaythong

    Shaythong Notebook Evangelist

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    I like 186.91 but I'm trying out 191.00 now. For my GPU it's hard to really tell if there is a big difference between all of the drivers I've tried. The newer ones compared to the older ones make a big difference though. Xtreme-G drivers are great but I wish that they would keep the mobile line updated. Dox drivers are okay too but only in some cases I see some major differences with less stuttering but there are some problems down the line.
     
    Shaythong, Sep 20, 2009
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  4. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    I always go for the Nvidia.com WHQL releases, so 186.81 for me.
     
    TehSuigi, Sep 20, 2009
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  5. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    Me too mines 186.81...
     
    sean473, Sep 20, 2009
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  6. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    186.42 has been the best driver for me so far. Go for that one.
     
    rot112, Sep 20, 2009
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  7. Shadows1990

    Shadows1990 Notebook Evangelist

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    186.81 here.

    No major problem, but it sometimes needs a little kick in order to remember the HDTV Colour settings.
     
    Shadows1990, Sep 20, 2009
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  8. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    The 190.XX are desktop drivers modded to work with mobile hardware, I doubt you will ever get better performance or optimisation in those compared to official or Dox optimised mobile drivers.
     
    LaptopNut, Sep 20, 2009
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  9. Galdere

    Galdere Notebook Consultant

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    Dox 185.85 is still the best.

    He'll update them when a worthwhile successor comes along.
     
    Galdere, Sep 20, 2009
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  10. DarkSilver

    DarkSilver MSI Afterburner

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    I do agree some people have better performance with Desktop Modded Mobile Drivers. However, majority did not.
    The latest driver(186.81) which can download directly from Nvidia website is a lame driver which give suck performance.
    186.82 is the best for me currently and majority do like it. I tested it on other laptops and it works perfectly. In addition, I got 1-3FPS extra from 186.82 compared to 186.81.
     
    DarkSilver, Sep 20, 2009
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