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    best driver for 8400mGT??

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by xavibrugal, Jul 13, 2007.

  1. xavibrugal

    xavibrugal Notebook Consultant

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    hi im having some problmes with my graphics card it seems to be the video drivers that sony delivers are not to good... i was thinking to updating them to the 101.28 from laptopvideo2go, but i have read that some people r having problems with this one too... any suggestions for video drivers?
     
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Xander, Jul 13, 2007
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    It seems to me that only few people run into any problems with the laptopvideo2go driver. In my case and I suppose in the case of most people installing the driver via their instructions does not impede Fn key function.
     
    Citricacidcycle, Jul 13, 2007
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    xavibrugal Notebook Consultant

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    great i just installed the 162.18 from laptopvideo2go and its runing perfect
     
    xavibrugal, Jul 13, 2007
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    Do you get higher benchmark scores with the 162.18 drivers vs 101.28 drivers?
     
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    If you read carefully, I don't think xavibrugal ever tried 101.28:

    Although I would bet there is a difference, with 162.18 yielding better benchmarks.
     
    Xander, Jul 14, 2007
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    phantastic1955 Notebook Enthusiast

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    how do you read the serial numbers for the drivers. i don't understand how ou figure out which one is the latest driver.
     
    phantastic1955, Jul 14, 2007
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    ^^ It's not really a serial number; it's called the ForceWare driver version. There are many ways to check the ForceWare version currently installed on you computer, I'll give you one.

    Right-click your desktop background and Select NVIDIA Control Panel. [Alternatively, you can access the NVIDIA Control Panel by Start --> Control Panel --> NVIDIA Control Panel] Then Click Help --> System Information. You should be able to see the ForceWare version under the Display tab.

    The latest is not always the best as many of the drivers on laptopvideo2go are Betas. If you're not having any issues with graphics, then you should probably not update ForceWare.

    With that said, I've had no problems with ForceWare 162.18 (see my post above for links). The only issue I've read is that people are unable to Overclock with this driver, but that is not important to me at all.
     
    Xander, Jul 20, 2007
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    Guys, I did the above (downloaded 162.18, got the moded INF and followed the Vista instructions by the letter), and now I am getting a BSoD when I try to run the Vista Experience Index (says something about file nv4_inf.sys causing mayhem and reboots).

    I also noticed that the NV menus disappeared after the update (i.e. no NV menu when I right click the desktop or under advanced display settings)

    Any idea how I can fix that? Ahh btw, is a Vaio FZ15G with the 128 MB version of the 8400m GT.
     
    moadyb, Jul 22, 2007
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