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    New ThinkPad Nvidia Drivers Out!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Hackez, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. Hackez

    Hackez Notebook Evangelist

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    Supported Devices:

    NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
    NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

    The build date is 11/16/07 making these the latest drivers available!

    See here:

    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16345

    Anyone here interested in giving these a try? I get my laptop back later this evening and am on the fence as to whether go with these or 169.04 for playing Call of Duty 4.
     
    Hackez, Nov 23, 2007
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  2. Kaskimondo

    Kaskimondo Notebook Guru

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    Good luck Hackez, playing COD4 on my 360, so I can't help you, lol.
     
    Kaskimondo, Nov 23, 2007
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  3. NeRo45

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    I thought you just pick the most recent driver and it will play games all the same.
     
    NeRo45, Nov 23, 2007
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    Those drivers are not offcially sanctioned by neither Lenovo nor Nvidia and makeshift hacked? Nvidia leaves it up to the notebook companies to modify drivers and I did not see them on the Lenovo site. Risky? Void warranty?
     
    BaldwinHillsTrojan, Nov 23, 2007
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  5. kaede

    kaede Notebook Consultant

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    anyone play around with it? :D
     
    kaede, Nov 23, 2007
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  6. tselling

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    Actually I noticed Nvidia has 169.12 of their Forceware drivers out dated Nov 21 with these highlights:

    Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
    Fixes a resume from Sleep/Hibernate issue with GeForce 8800 GT.
    Recommended driver for Crysis (no Crysis changes from Release 169.09).
     
    tselling, Nov 23, 2007
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    I am going to test it out later today
     
    gridtalker, Nov 23, 2007
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  8. Arki

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    It says released by Lenovo but I don't see it on their website. Is this official? It doesn't even state the changes. I'm currently running 156.66 and it's doing perfect.
     
    Arki, Nov 23, 2007
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  9. Rolypoly2

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    I shall try these since I've been getting nothing but **** from the 169.x drivers.
     
    Rolypoly2, Nov 23, 2007
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  10. geauxtigers

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    I tried out the new 156.83 driver but the brightness controls were not working properly. Uninstalled it and went back to the Lenovo driver. What laptopvideo2go driver works best with the T61/140M?
     
    geauxtigers, Nov 23, 2007
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  11. aadadams

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    OT:
    @geauxtigers,
    Its a sad sad sad day.
     
    aadadams, Nov 23, 2007
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  12. kaede

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    waiting for ur review mate :D
     
    kaede, Nov 23, 2007
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  13. toyotatuner

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    i am new to the information regarding thinkpads. is it possible to remove the graphics card (lets say GMA xxxx) and obviously replacing with a better card? if so...how difficult is it to do on a thinkpad? thanks.
     
    toyotatuner, Nov 24, 2007
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  14. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nope it is not possible with thinkpads. It is almost impossible to upgrade any graphics card for any laptop. Some laptops have MXM cards which are upgradeable but even then there can be problems upgrading.
    Tim
     
    Tim, Nov 24, 2007
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  15. toyotatuner

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    thanks...makes my choices more narrow and more informed.
     
    toyotatuner, Nov 24, 2007
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