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    Nvidia drivers?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Burtonjp, May 31, 2012.

  1. Burtonjp

    Burtonjp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where can I find the newer drivers for the Nvidia 600m series? Theres barely any on the Nvidia website. I'm looking for the newest GTX 660m driver and can't find anything about drivers for my card anywhere.
     
    Burtonjp, May 31, 2012
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    nvidia.com or geforce.com is your best source for the latest WHQL drivers. They often have betas up as well, but those are obviously 'use at your own risk'.
    *EDIT* 301.42 is the very latest WHQL for both desktop and notebooks.
     
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    Heihachi_1337 Notebook Deity

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    At this time, there are no other driver updates for the 600m series cards with the exception of 3. Feel free to check the 301.42 WHQL drivers, only 3 6xxm series cards are listed.

    This driver will install on the following GPUs with the exception of some notebooks listed below:
    GeForce 600M series:
    GeForce GT 635M,GeForce GT 630M,GeForce GT 610M

    Notes:

    Notebooks supporting Hybrid Power technology with Intel chipsets are not supported by this release.

    Those notes are posted on the nVidia website for the drivers. It may be a while longer until nVidia releases an update to the current gen mobile graphics cards so be patient. :)
     
    Heihachi_1337, May 31, 2012
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    Kind of boggles me how nVidia can release GPU's without software to drive them. It's like putting vehicles on a dealership lot...without steering wheels and accelerator pedals...
     
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    There is no truth to that statement. There were drivers supplied by the manufacturers for these cards when they left the factory. Otherwise, no one would be able to play games on them.

    Drivers are only released if there are very clear and evident performance issues with the graphics cards or if they have found a way to fine tune the performance of the card.

    Since no one has really had complaints about the nVidia 6xxM series cards, at least nothing I have seen in the forums here, there really won't be a whole lot of reasons to put out new drivers.
     
    Heihachi_1337, May 31, 2012
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    This makes no sense. The WHQL drivers that nVidia release are reference instruction sets in which OEM drivers are based....
     
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    Then AMD better get their act together and release bearable driver support for Enduro lmao
     
    awakeN, May 31, 2012
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    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    as mentioned, whenever a new gpu is released there is always going to be short supply of drivers as is such a new card.
    oem's recommend using the driver that came pre installed and if you update and theres problems then roll back until the next release.

    best place to find a list of the last 10 drivers from nvidia can be found in my signature below. of course there is only 1 for the 600 cards at the moment but out of all the nvidia pages this is the best one to get them from.
     
    MrDJ, Jun 1, 2012
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