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    Which drivers are better? (9500M GS)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Dragunov-21, Oct 31, 2008.

  1. Dragunov-21

    Dragunov-21 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an NVidia 9500M GS, which I recently updated from crappy factory drivers to the 177.79 from LaptopVideo2Go.com, which I'd heard great things about.

    This got me a little smoother performance, and let me overclock (which is a godsend for Fallout 3 I might add).

    Now they've posted a newly added driver set:

    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=21500

    And apparently, "These are the very latest from the 176 Mobile GPU series drivers".

    Now it's a certified driver set, and it's listed as supporting the 9500 M GS, whereas my current drivers are only listed for the 9500 GS (desktop version), but my current drivers are working fine, and the "new" drivers are only 176.60

    My question is this, which of the two would I be better off using, or is there a driver set that would be better than both of them?

    Can anyone advise me, or is installing the new drivers and seeing whether there's a performance increase (visually, I can't use 3DMark) the only way to tell?

    Thanks in advance, guys.
     
  2. Dire NTropy

    Dire NTropy Notebook Deity

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    I am currently using 180.42 and they are awesome! (Probably a 10-15% increase from 176.xx)