The Defininitive nVidia Driver Upgrade Guide

I have a problem now. The clocks are locked at 400, 800, 300.

Actually I was messing around with Rivatuner and I'm pretty sure it was its fault, but I did a system restore and now everything is fine. I will probably try installing the driver again when I have some more patience.

 

I installed 197.17 again and it works great.

 

Does anyone have problems with OpenGL programs like Furmark in *197.16?

Edit: Updated to 197.44 and now OpenGL works again.

 

So anyone daring enough to try the new 257.15 drivers on the fx7811?

 

i installed the latest nvida drivers from nvidia's site and everything works great.

question: i don't like the native resolution 1920x1200 cuz it's too small... if i run on something smaller, say 1680 x 1050, will it cause my gpu/system to run in decreased or non-optimal performance?

i used the nvidia control panel to add a custom resolution of:

1680x1050
62 Hz
32-bit
progressive scan

do you think this will hurt anything or cause my gpu to run at higher than normal speeds? thanks in advance for any replies1
= )

 

well 1680x1050 is a non-optimal resolution when the native resolution is 1920x1200, due to the effects of scaling. but no there should be virtually no frame rate decrease. you can always make font and icons and maybe windows' graphics and stuff bigger and keep 1920x1200.

 

I'm running these right now. Not sure if it's just me but on my FX with 9800M GTS a driver is a driver is a driver. I don't see much performance difference between any of the nVidia drivers, the docx drivers, whatever. They all give me 6.8/6.8 in Windows Experience and all give me between 10120-10140 on 3DMark06. Frame rates seem identical in my games when checking with Fraps. I run my card at 700/1800/950 and it works fine in any driver.

As a person who enjoys tuning my system for maximum performance it's mildly frustrating to have every driver give identical results on my computer. But 257.15 runs as well as any other driver I've used so it's on my computer at the moment.

 

The newer drivers might all be the same under most conditions but I know for a fact that the 185.w/e driver that came with my P-7805u was noticeably worse than 195.w/e in just about everything. New drivers might just improve performance under certain conditions.

 

Has anyone noticed they can't adjust clocks with Nvidia performance? There is no option to that I can find.

 

I felt the same way, just increase your DPI and everything will be fine

 

I have installed the newest drive on nVidia site and have had no issues. Keep in mind though, I am not a gamer but, no issues none-the-less...

I am updating this post b/c there is a newer one (version 258.69 June 29, 2010); I haven't installed that one..

 

The new drivers are also working well for me.

 

I have a Gateway FX laptop with GForce 8800M GTS. I have installed the latest nvidia driver (258.96 - 2010-07-19) but it makes my Starcraft 2 crash a lot. I am downloading the old 191.00 to see if it works. Any suggestions?

 

yup

Can anyone tell me the Best driver for 8800GTS 512mb Gateway 6860fx .....Right now I am on 176.15 anyone has the best option above that.

Thanks

@ andrerip: I am also downloading 191.00 tell me how its work on your machine.

Thanks

 

Crashing in EQ2 using 195.62 with my p172fx (vista 32) with no clocking at all ugh. Can't use the new 258 Nvidia one as they're for 64.

Gonna try the 197.16. Anyone else with a similar setup playing EQ2 with pointers on which driver, speeds etc?
Thanks

 

Went with the 260.89 seems to be solid...fingers crossed.

 

Okay, that one didn't hold. I need to try a different one.
I'm able to uninstall the Phys monitor that was installed with it. But using the Add/Remove Program from CP doesn't do anything for removing the actual video driver. Suggestions? Safemode uninstall maybe?
Thanks

 

FYI,
260.99 working good on my P-171X FX, it should work on all of the P-68XXFX too. It works on my P-7805U FX, but I have not had any issues like my older models have had.

 

Cool, thankls Flynnaz. I'll grab the driver from LpV2GO. There's no modded .inf file avail tho??

 

I used the Driver right off Nvidia's website;

NVIDIA DRIVERS 260.99 WHQL

 

Wish I could use it...64bit..gives me the "no compatible hardware...." Gonna pm you flynazz...

 

Which FX lappy do you have?

179.48 version is safe for older FX's
NVIDIA DRIVERS 179.48 BETA

Driversweeper link;

Guru3D - Driver Sweeper (Setup) download from Guru3D.com

 

Cool deal. I'll check that one. Thanks for the Driver sweeper link also. I us DS it regularly as well as follow the driver upgrade guide.
Thanks

 

After many tries, I am using the last nvidia driver (260.99) on my Gateway 6860 (GeForce 8800M). When I installed the driver, it first cleaned out all the previous drivers. I don't know if this is why it worked out.

 

I really like the new Nvidia driver, very easy to update, kinda dummy proof

 

The driver 260.99 made my GPU overheat and now the laptop does not even power on. I took it for maintenance and they will need to repair the motherboard. They are charging me about $200. If you have a Gateway 6860FX, don't you ever use the newest drivers.

 

I have not had any problems with the new drivers, on any of my systems listed below. Drivers are probably not the reason for the failure, bad fan, dirty fan/cooling fins might be the cause.

Currently running 266.58, working nice.

Link for the Win7 64bit ver:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-266.58-whql-driver.html

 

I can't believe it. Now that my laptop crashed they make a new driver for it. The last official driver for my machine was dated from 2008. Thanks flynnaz, I hope they can fix my P-6860 FX... I need to play worms, black ops and starcraft 2!! :-D

 

Hi there, would you still recommend the same driver for my P 7811 FX (running on Win 7 64, 9800M GTS), or rather the newer 266.58?
If not, which one would you recommend currently?
No major graphic tasks, apart from LOTRO and photo & video viewing.

Many thanks,
E*

 

Sorry for the really late reply, this is from another post of mine:

With the newest drivers, I have installed right over the old with no issues, but like above, if you have issues, it is best to uninstall, clean the old driver files off your system, reboot, and install the new drivers fresh.

 

hi, i have a p 6860 fx, and lately i have upgraded to the driver 275.33 last week, but on this week i got a lot of overheating issues on my gpu, my lap constantly shut down while i play wow, i have openened the lap and cleaned it from all the dust but the problem persist, it might be the driver or the fans, can u recommend me a working driver for my 880mm gts on win vista 32 bits?

 

I just installed Verde 285.79 Driver in my 7811fx seems to work well...

 

I just installed 285.79 Driver in my 7805u - seems to work well...

 

How are temps (idle/load) with 285.79 driver? thx

 

I don't know the temps as I don't have the temp monitoring software installed. However, I did not notice any difference in fan noise (very quiet) or perceived heat on my palms. But it did allow the sleep function to work properly. I was having trouble resuming after sleep using the stock driver and win 7. This driver seemed to fix it. Not sure what the GPU driver has to do with the sleep function of this laptop but I am happy now.

 

I haven't updated this thread for yonks!

I'll get on it now

 

Thank you! I believe a new driver came out on Leap Day.

This thread has been very useful to me over the years (yikes!)

 

What's the difference between doing this process with the uninstalling rather than just installing the updated driver without doing all that?

 

I Have 9800 GTS CARD, How do i upgrade it and when i can i download the latest drivers?

 

If you are not having any problems then leave well enough alone. Don't fix it if it isn't broken. Some GPU driver updates can cause problems as shown in this thread.