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    Should I download the latest NVIDIA Geforce GT 330M drivers?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shwh45, Aug 14, 2010.

  1. shwh45

    shwh45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I have a Samsung R780 with a 1GB NVIDIA Geforce GT 330M graphics card and running Windows 7 64-Bit. I was looking on NVIDIA's website and noticed that I do not have the most up to date drivers for the GT 330M. I currently have the 189.11 version driver and the most up to date driver for the GT 330M is version 258.96. So I was wondering, is it worth it to update to version 258.96? I'm not an expert so I'm not sure if it will be safe to do this. I just bought this laptop and I don't want to mess anything up by downloading a driver that isn't necessary for me to download.

    Thanks,
    shwh45
     
    shwh45, Aug 14, 2010
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Yes.

    10 char.
     
    coolguy, Aug 14, 2010
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  3. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    it wont hurt to try them. drivers are touch and go,they help some people and they hinder others.
    try updating them and if you think they are worse than the original ones just reinstall them.

    if youve never updated drivers before follow this guide and you should be fine.



     
    MrDJ, Aug 14, 2010
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    shwh45 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok thanks for the info coolguy and MrDj.
     
    shwh45, Aug 14, 2010
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    ashish7811 Newbie

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    i have sony vaio laptop vpccw26fg
    i have also same graphic card and i facing diver problem.....
    i have downloaded latest driver from nvidia site and it shows error that
    "the graphic card could not find the compatible hardware"
    so i dont know what to do .....???
    i have format system once
    i have unistall old driver and then tried to reinstall driver but i couldn't update it.....please help me out.....
     
    ashish7811, Feb 24, 2011
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