best current Nvidia drivers

hi i'm looking over a clevo p150hm (580m) for a work friend making sure everything is ok and the drivers that came with the laptop are 268.49 can anyone tell me what are the best current Vidia drivers to use and is it worth upgrading the drivers or not. the Nvidia website says 296.10 whql are the latest should i upgrade it to these

thanks

 

hey, id recommend 301.24 beta drivers, they give u a very nice speed bump over the 2xx series drivers. ive had no issues whatsoever, been running them for several weeks now

there u go: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/656089-new-nvidia-301-24-drivers-beta.html

cheers

 

301.25 is currently the best ones according to the users @ Guru3D. You're gonna need a modded INF though.

 

huh, good to know any major changes from 301.24?

 

And what about old video like gtx 260m on 3xx driver? Any ideas?

 

u could just check the changelog and see which gpus are on the compatibility list

 

A lot of the older cards just do better with older drivers. If you're running stable on old drivers, I'd stick with them rather than risking problems with new ones.

 

Thanks. But problem is that dozen drivers not working properly. Tried about 10 releases with driver sweeper etc. Need to change compound i think

 

When it comes to video drivers, it really depends on which ones your laptop graphics card can run stably.

Some folks here in the forums are all over the 301 BETA drivers, but with BETA drivers, there comes some risk of incomplete coding.

The WHQL releases such as the 295.73 and 296.1 should be acceptable drivers for the most current graphics cards.

We have found some instances where it is recommended to use the graphics drivers from the laptop manufacturer instead of what is offered by nVidia and AMD as the drivers offered by the two graphics chip makers have caused issues (artifacting and BSOD).

For the older 260m, if the current drivers are listing your graphics card as being supported, feel free to try them out but err on the side of caution and remember to have your factory drivers ready to re-install should anything go amiss. It would probably be better to run what Sager/Clevo has listed as "current" drivers from their website in your case.