The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Updating Optimus Graphics Drivers Separately

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Gorgonesh, Sep 2, 2011.

  1. Gorgonesh

    Gorgonesh Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    16
    My T520 has NVS 4200M Optimus switchable graphics. The current drivers from Lenovo appear to be a huge package which contain both the Intel HD 3000 drivers and NVIDIA drivers. Can each driver be updated independently? Can I get the latest Intel drivers and upgrade just that or are these drivers packaged in some special way to handle the switching aspect of the graphics? The VERDE drivers from NVIDIA state that they shouldn't be used for switchable graphics unless I'm reading it wrong.

    I didn't find anything in any searches.
     
    Gorgonesh, Sep 2, 2011
    #1
  2. kirayamato26

    kirayamato26 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    146
    Messages:
    972
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You can use the Verde drivers for switchable graphics. Intel drivers, though, are a different story.
     
    kirayamato26, Sep 2, 2011
    #2