NVIDIA GeForce v186.82 WHQL Drivers Released! (ALL CURRENT NOTEBOOKS SUPPORTED + GeForce 300M support!)

Please note that this driver has support for the upcoming GeForce 300M series (see below for product support).

My goodness, when it rains it pours -- just a week after the NVIDIA GeForce/Quadro v186.42 drivers were released, version 186.82 for Windows Vista and Windows 7 is now available (Windows XP users, see end of post). They originate from Microsoft Update and are compatible with just about every notebook GPU from the GeForce 6 generation onwards due to the NV_WHQL.inf file in the packages, regardless of OEM. In case you're wondering, these drivers also contain support for all currently supported desktop GeForce and Quadro GPUs as well. Obviously, these drivers are WHQL Certified.

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[B]DriverVer = 08/20/2009, 8.15.11.8682[/B]

PRODUCT SUPPORT LIST (from included NV_WHQL.inf)

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NVIDIA_DEV.0040.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_DEV.0041.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800"
NVIDIA_DEV.0042.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0043.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0044.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0045.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0046.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0047.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0048.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT "
NVIDIA_DEV.004E.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000"
NVIDIA_DEV.0090.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX"
NVIDIA_DEV.0091.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX "
NVIDIA_DEV.0092.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0093.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0095.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 SLI"
NVIDIA_DEV.0098.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800"
NVIDIA_DEV.0099.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX"
NVIDIA_DEV.009D.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500"
NVIDIA_DEV.00C0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.00C1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 "
NVIDIA_DEV.00C2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE "
NVIDIA_DEV.00C3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT  "
NVIDIA_DEV.00C8.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800"
NVIDIA_DEV.00C9.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_DEV.00CC.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400"
NVIDIA_DEV.00CD.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI"
NVIDIA_DEV.00CE.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400"
NVIDIA_DEV.00F1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.00F2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600"
NVIDIA_DEV.00F3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200"
NVIDIA_DEV.00F4.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.00F5.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.00F6.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS/XT"
NVIDIA_DEV.00F8.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400"
NVIDIA_DEV.00F9.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU"
NVIDIA_DEV.0140.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0141.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0142.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE "
NVIDIA_DEV.0143.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0144.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600"
NVIDIA_DEV.0145.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL"
NVIDIA_DEV.0146.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0147.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL"
NVIDIA_DEV.0148.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0149.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.014A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440"
NVIDIA_DEV.014C.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 540M"
NVIDIA_DEV.014D.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550"
NVIDIA_DEV.014E.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 540"
NVIDIA_DEV.014F.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0160.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6500"
NVIDIA_DEV.0161.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)"
NVIDIA_DEV.0162.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM)"
NVIDIA_DEV.0163.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0164.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200"
NVIDIA_DEV.0165.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285"
NVIDIA_DEV.0166.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400"
NVIDIA_DEV.0167.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0168.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0169.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6250"
NVIDIA_DEV.016A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0191.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX"
NVIDIA_DEV.0193.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0194.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_DEV.0197.01 = "NVIDIA Tesla C870"
NVIDIA_DEV.019D.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600"
NVIDIA_DEV.019E.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7350 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D4.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7350"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D6.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D7.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D8.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400"
NVIDIA_DEV.01D9.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7450"
NVIDIA_DEV.01DA.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M"
NVIDIA_DEV.01DB.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M"
NVIDIA_DEV.01DC.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M"
NVIDIA_DEV.01DD.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.01DE.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350"
NVIDIA_DEV.01DF.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0211.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0212.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0215.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0218.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT   "
NVIDIA_DEV.0221.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0222.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 A-LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0240.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150"
NVIDIA_DEV.0241.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0242.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100"
NVIDIA_DEV.0244.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150"
NVIDIA_DEV.0245.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0247.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100"
NVIDIA_DEV.0290.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX"
NVIDIA_DEV.0291.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO"
NVIDIA_DEV.0292.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0293.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2"
NVIDIA_DEV.0294.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0295.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0297.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX"
NVIDIA_DEV.0298.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0299.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M"
NVIDIA_DEV.029A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M"
NVIDIA_DEV.029B.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M"
NVIDIA_DEV.029C.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500"
NVIDIA_DEV.029D.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500"
NVIDIA_DEV.029E.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500"
NVIDIA_DEV.029F.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2"
NVIDIA_DEV.02E0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.02E1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.02E2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.02E3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.02E4.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0390.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0391.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0392.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.0393.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0394.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0395.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0397.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700"
NVIDIA_DEV.0398.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600"
NVIDIA_DEV.0399.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.039A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M"
NVIDIA_DEV.039B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE"
NVIDIA_DEV.039C.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 560M"
NVIDIA_DEV.039E.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 560"
NVIDIA_DEV.03D0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430"
NVIDIA_DEV.03D1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405"
NVIDIA_DEV.03D2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400"
NVIDIA_DEV.03D5.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 420"
NVIDIA_DEV.03D6.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a"
NVIDIA_DEV.0400.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0401.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0402.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0403.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0404.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0405.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0406.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0407.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0408.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0409.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.040A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 370"
NVIDIA_DEV.040B.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M"
NVIDIA_DEV.040C.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M"
NVIDIA_DEV.040D.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M"
NVIDIA_DEV.040E.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 570"
NVIDIA_DEV.040F.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700"
NVIDIA_DEV.0420.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0421.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0422.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.0423.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.0424.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0425.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0426.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0427.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0428.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G"
NVIDIA_DEV.0429.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M"
NVIDIA_DEV.042A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M"
NVIDIA_DEV.042B.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M"
NVIDIA_DEV.042C.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.042D.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M"
NVIDIA_DEV.042E.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G"
NVIDIA_DEV.042F.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290"
NVIDIA_DEV.0530.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7190M / nForce 650M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0531.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0532.01 = "NVIDIA MCP67M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0533.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M"
NVIDIA_DEV.053A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a"
NVIDIA_DEV.053B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a "
NVIDIA_DEV.053E.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a "
NVIDIA_DEV.053F.01 = "NVIDIA MCP67M "
NVIDIA_DEV.05E0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E6.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E7.01 = "NVIDIA Tesla C1060"
NVIDIA_DEV.05EA.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 "
NVIDIA_DEV.05EB.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 "
NVIDIA_DEV.05F9.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro CX"
NVIDIA_DEV.05FD.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800"
NVIDIA_DEV.05FE.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800"
NVIDIA_DEV.05FF.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800"
NVIDIA_DEV.0600.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512"
NVIDIA_DEV.0601.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0602.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0603.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 230"
NVIDIA_DEV.0604.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2"
NVIDIA_DEV.0605.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0606.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0607.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240"
NVIDIA_DEV.0608.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX"
NVIDIA_DEV.0609.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS"
NVIDIA_DEV.060A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M"
NVIDIA_DEV.060B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.060C.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX"
NVIDIA_DEV.060F.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0610.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO"
NVIDIA_DEV.0611.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0612.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+"
NVIDIA_DEV.0613.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+"
NVIDIA_DEV.0614.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0615.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250"
NVIDIA_DEV.0617.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX "
NVIDIA_DEV.0618.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0619.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2"
NVIDIA_DEV.061A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700"
NVIDIA_DEV.061B.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro VX 200"
NVIDIA_DEV.061C.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M"
NVIDIA_DEV.061E.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0621.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0622.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0623.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0624.01 = "NVIDIA G94"
NVIDIA_DEV.0625.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512"
NVIDIA_DEV.0626.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 130"
NVIDIA_DEV.0627.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 140"
NVIDIA_DEV.0628.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS"
NVIDIA_DEV.062A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS"
NVIDIA_DEV.062B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.062C.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS "
NVIDIA_DEV.062E.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.062F.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 S"
NVIDIA_DEV.0630.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9700 S"
NVIDIA_DEV.0631.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0632.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0635.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO "
NVIDIA_DEV.0637.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0638.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800"
NVIDIA_DEV.063A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0640.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0641.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0643.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0644.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0645.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.0646.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 120"
NVIDIA_DEV.0647.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0648.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0649.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.064A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.064B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G"
NVIDIA_DEV.064C.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0650.01 = "NVIDIA G96-825"
NVIDIA_DEV.0651.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G 110M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0652.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0653.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0654.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0655.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 S"
NVIDIA_DEV.0658.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 380"
NVIDIA_DEV.0659.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 580"
NVIDIA_DEV.065A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M"
NVIDIA_DEV.065B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT  "
NVIDIA_DEV.065C.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M"
NVIDIA_DEV.065F.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G210"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE "
NVIDIA_DEV.06E4.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS   "
NVIDIA_DEV.06E5.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E6.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G100"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E7.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E8.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E9.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.06EA.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06EB.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06EC.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G 105M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06EF.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G 103M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06F1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G105M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06F8.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420"
NVIDIA_DEV.06F9.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP"
NVIDIA_DEV.06FA.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450"
NVIDIA_DEV.06FB.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06FD.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295"
NVIDIA_DEV.06FF.01 = "NVIDIA HICx16 + Graphics"
NVIDIA_DEV.07E0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i"
NVIDIA_DEV.07E1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i"
NVIDIA_DEV.07E2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i"
NVIDIA_DEV.07E3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i"
NVIDIA_DEV.07E5.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 620i"
NVIDIA_DEV.0844.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G"
NVIDIA_DEV.0845.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G"
NVIDIA_DEV.0846.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9200"
NVIDIA_DEV.0847.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9100"
NVIDIA_DEV.0848.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8300"
NVIDIA_DEV.0849.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8200"
NVIDIA_DEV.084A.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 730a"
NVIDIA_DEV.084B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9200 "
NVIDIA_DEV.084C.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 980a/780a SLI"
NVIDIA_DEV.084D.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI"
NVIDIA_DEV.084F.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a"
NVIDIA_DEV.0860.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400"
NVIDIA_DEV.0861.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0862.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G"
NVIDIA_DEV.0863.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0864.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300"
NVIDIA_DEV.0865.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0866.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G "
NVIDIA_DEV.0867.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0868.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 760i SLI"
NVIDIA_DEV.086A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400   "
NVIDIA_DEV.086C.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i"
NVIDIA_DEV.086D.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9200  "
NVIDIA_DEV.086E.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G "
NVIDIA_DEV.086F.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G "
NVIDIA_DEV.0870.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0871.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9200   "
NVIDIA_DEV.0872.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G102M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0873.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G102M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0874.01 = "NVIDIA ION"
NVIDIA_DEV.0876.01 = "NVIDIA ION "
NVIDIA_DEV.087A.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 470"
NVIDIA_DEV.087D.01 = "NVIDIA ION  "
NVIDIA_DEV.087E.01 = "NVIDIA ION LE"
NVIDIA_DEV.087F.01 = "NVIDIA ION LE "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A20.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 220"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A22.01 = "NVIDIA D10M2-10"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A28.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M"
[B]NVIDIA_DEV.0A29.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M"[/B]
NVIDIA_DEV.0A2A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M "
[B]NVIDIA_DEV.0A2B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M "[/B]
NVIDIA_DEV.0A2C.01 = "NVIDIA N10P-NS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A34.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A3C.01 = "NVIDIA N10P-GLM"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A60.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G210 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A61.01 = "NVIDIA NVS 2100"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A63.01 = "NVIDIA NVS 3100"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A65.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 210"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A68.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G105M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A69.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G105M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A6C.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 170M"
[B]NVIDIA_DEV.0A6E.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 305M"[/B]
NVIDIA_DEV.0A74.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G210M"
[B]NVIDIA_DEV.0A75.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 310M"[/B]
NVIDIA_DEV.0A78.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP"
NVIDIA_DEV.0CA3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 230  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0CA8.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0CA9.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M"
[B]NVIDIA_DEV.0CAF.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0CB0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0CB1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M"[/B]
NVIDIA_DEV.0CBC.01 = "NVIDIA N10P-GLM4"

DOWNLOAD LINKS

• Windows Vista x86, Windows 7 x86: http://download.windowsupdate.com/m..._b22967d13ca80b3820a6b9812a4842a9caba3194.cab
• Windows Vista x64, Windows 7 x64: http://download.windowsupdate.com/m..._a264562952e6190367120219121f78e35815d057.cab

Attention Windows XP users: version 186.81 WHQL for notebooks is now available directly from NVIDIA. See post #8 for links.

 

Nice! Thanks for the heads up.

 

Nice find, going to try this right away. The last 186.42 gives me identical performance to the dox's 185.85, hope this one excels.

 

I wonder if these are better than the 186.42 ones I'm using
Downloading

 

Thanks very much!

 

Thanks for the heads up

Btw, the Nvidia site only offers the 186.81 drivers, with a build date of 27.08.2009, which seem to be newer?

Either way, I'll test both lol.

 

Microsoft is sure pumping out new NVIDIA drivers for all of us to share -- it's been only a week and we've had three WHQL releases with complete support across the entire line of desktop and notebook graphics cards: 186.42, 186.78, and now 186.82.

Plus, the team at LaptopVideo2Go are aware of these new drivers and their links should also be up shortly.

 

Well, I didn't realize v186.81 was out too starting today. It's REALLY raining in new drivers. 27.08.2009 is the release date, and not the build date of the driver. Thanks for sharing the driver info!

Edit: It seems that NVIDIA is offering Windows XP 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the v186.81 driver. Here are the links.

32-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_winxp_186.81_whql.html
64-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_winxp64_186.81_whql.html

 

LOL! I can't believe drivers are everywhere now.
I do a complain to Nvidia recently(maybe not just my complain, perhaps a lot of users), and now it releases the drivers like crazy.
Anyone test out these drivers yet? Benchmarks please. LOL.

 

I'll post both the 186.81 and 186.82 results in here, to save making a new thread.

186.81
Tropics Average FPS: 23.5
Scores: 591
3DMark 06: 9277

186.82
Tropics Average FPS: 23.5
Scores: 591
3DMark 06: 9292

Pretty good score, but doesn't beat 186.03/185.85 (Dox Optimized) for my system though.

 

I tested 186.81, and I can tell it sucks for my system definitely.
186.42 give me 4800. 186.81 gives me 4720.
Now, I gonna test 186.82.

 

Be sure to benchmark a game (I used Unigine as an example), as the 3D Mark 06 scores are usually far off from what the driver performs like in 3D applications.

 

Tested v186.82 and it score about 4778 for my system.
Basically, v186.42 and Dox 185.85 still better than these newly released drivers.

 

GTS 360M
GTS 350M
GT 335M
GT 330M

Oh snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap.

 

Yay, even my card is supported

 

I tested all again. Final result(for my system):
Dox 185.85 = v186.42 = v186.82
v186.03 = v186.81

 

My my, just did an update a few days ago and another driver set with the WHQL stamp comes out. Probably have to reserve judgement until more user comments flow in.

 

So many drivers, and 186.81 are actually coming from Nvidia themselves!
That might be enough to get me to swap drivers at some point soon.

 

Downloading NV's 186.81. Should be solid as usual. 300M support this early eh? Maybe we'll get some specs soon.

 

186.81 is a solid driver and a worthy replacement for 186.03. This is a good Crysis run, only bested by Dox 182.46, but I prefer an up-to-date driver with the most stability.

 

Not worth updating from 186.42 (maybe from 186.03), only adds 300M support and there is a drop in performance.

 

My clocks do not go down with these

 

186.81 is the official mobile driver, so I'm sticking with that. There will not be any real difference between all of these anyway (one frame per second variance), other than Powermizer issues.

 

Will migrate once my backup is made & done.

 

TehSuigi do you do a clean install everytime you install a new nVidia Driver?

 

I just hope these upcoming 300M cards support DX11 and not turn out to be a 10.1 rebrand.

 

There's no good reason to delay DX11 any longer, I see no reason to belive they'd release next gen cards without it.

 

I lost sound when installed 186.82, so I returned to 186.81 WHQL and had to reinstall audio drivers

 

No, but I do make a system image in case the uninstall/reinstall process gets boogered up or any number of things go wrong.

 

you lost sound because 186.82 does not have the sound drivers in it. they need to be installed separate if you have the nvidia sound. what i had to do was use both the 82 for the gpu and then use 81 and uncheck the graphics and just leave the audio driver checked

also 186.82 IS NEWER than 186.81

82 is from 8/20 and 81 is from 8/19 if you open the inf's and check

 

Weird, I don't have the sound problems.
However, I don't know why v186.81 have very sucks performance. But v186.82 have superior performance than v186.81 a lot. 50-100 points difference.
1 more strange question is,
Why Nvidia Official website v186.81 is so large in size(138MB), while v186.81 from LaptopVideo2Go is only so small(63.47MB)?

 

Performance is practically identical on my machine at stock clocks between 186.03 and 186.81, and when overclocked it's off by only 2 points.
Keeping 186.81 because it seems to have slightly better performance on SM3.0/HDR than .03 (and conversely worse performance on SM2.0).

 

Why didn't you just reinstall the audio driver while .82 was installed?

 

I think it's because the one Nvidia offer on their website includes PhysX.

 

Nvidia website v186.03 and v186.81 have the same performance. =.=!
I have PhysX from v186.82(LaptopVideo2Go) if not mistaken. It doesn't matter, I just know Nvidia website v186.81 sucks. v186.82(LaptopVideo2Go/MS) is WAY better.

 

I'm sure this question has been beaten to death, but what is the difference between the 8 and 9 series of drivers?

 

OK!
Very easy method to explain. GPU not driver. Driver is the same(geforce).

8-series:
Bigger size
Higher Temperature
Higher Voltage needed
Performance(10%) slightly weaker than 9-series(eg: compared using same model like 8800 vs 9800)
Due to higher temperature, chance being toasted is higher(8400 and 8600 issues).
Basically Core:Shader ratio is 1:2.

9-series:
Smaller size
Lower Temperature
Lower Voltage needed
Performance(10%) slight higher than 8-series(eg: compared using same model like 8800 vs 9800).
Due to lower temperature, the chance being toasted is lower too.
Core:Shader ratio is 1:2.5(some is still 1:2).

 

I was referring to the drivers, but the information on the line of NVIDIA cards is enlightening too, thanks

So if the drivers are identical between the 186.XX and the 190.XX, what's the point of having two separate sets of drivers that need to be upgraded? I'm currently using 190.62 with a modified INF to support my GT 130M, but when I was trying out 186.XX, none of them supported my 130M either except the 186.03 from the NVIDIA site.

 

You should tell 18X.XX vs 19X.XX instead of "9-series" or "8-series".
19X.XX is currently known as modded or non-WHQL or beta drivers. They are basically for desktop geforce GPU but some people have modify them. So, they can be installed to notebook geforce GPU. Some people notice performance(minority) gain with 19X.XX driver. However, some people(minority) doesn't notice any performance gain and sometime even sucker than before.
18X.XX is basically(currently) for notebook geforce GPU. It have modded one and non-WHQL and beta too. Since they're made/mean for notebook, it is safer and better to use them. Some people(majority) noticed performance boost with 18X.XX but some didn't. Moreover, 18X.XX is stabler than 19X.XX.

 

Ah, I didn't know "8 and 9 series of drivers" could be that misinterpreted, heh.

Thanks for the answers, I appreciate it.

 

You're welcome.
I would have miss some points and tell wrongly(due to my poor english) sometime.
You need to double-check my post because I may edit it.

 

i guess i won't be using these. i'm still on 186.42, and they are running perfectly.

 

When I am trying to install the new drivers from NVidia, I only get to choose to install the sound drivers. When checking on the NVidia homepage hardware check, it tells me to install the ASUS drivers. They are way old though, from May and verson 179.xxx or something.

Anyone knows how to make the installer install the NVidia drivers for the graphic card?

I've got a ASUS N51Vf-series with a GT 130M card...

 

Got it to work when I was finally able to download the 186.82 drivers from MS. Previously, I have only tried the 186.81 drivers from NVidia, the 186.82 worked fine!

 

I'm back to the 186.42 one's, since these give me better performance.

The official Nvidia's 186.81 gave me over 400 pts less in 3Dmark05 - ~8100, with 186.42's I get ~8550

 

Agreed. The official Nvidia's 186.81 from Nvidia official website really sucks.
I tested it on 3DMark06, it got almost 80points lower than 186.42 and 186.82.
Now, I am on 186.82.

 

Your 9500m GS must be very highly OC'ed since my 9650m GT is suppossed to be much better yet it scores 4750 in 3Dmark06 - 50 less than your 9500m GS, I didn't do any OC yet tho'...I wonder how high could I go and how much could I squezze out from my 9650m GT - currently I get 73' C in stress

 

Strange indeed that nvidia site calls for the v186.81 and microsoft v186.82... it's official the drivers from the link?

I was using the v186.03 from nvidia, what should be safe to download?

 

The bottleneck for your Geforce 9650M GT is DDR2.
That's why it have lower performance. Basically, 1000-1500points(3Dmark06) lower than Geforce 9650M GT DDR3.
You should try OC it but be careful.

 

Your 9500m GS also has DDR2, yet you managed to OC it to 4800 pts ( well the other guy managed to push his to little over 5200, but that is insane lol )