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ForceWare Updater's Quickstart Guide


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drv_quickstart.gif If you are here to update your nVidia-based graphics card but do not know where/how to start, this ForceWare Updater's Quickstart Guide is to help you.

For quick instructions with pictures, check this (for Windows XP) or this (for Windows 7 / Vista).

Basic Information


Why I cannot install these drivers?

Which driver can I use for my graphics card?


nVidia drivers are based on a system called Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) which means all nVidia card drivers are using one driver. However for some reasons, they just remove the support for installing those drivers for some cards, and mostly laptop-based GO cards.

We, the LaptopVideo2Go.com Team, are unlocking those restrictions and also fixing some problems and tweaking the drivers for the best experience with your laptop/desktop and nVidia graphics card.

This means ALL nVidia based graphics cards (TNT2, GeForce and Quadro) can use ANY of the drivers after using our 'modification'.

If you try to install any of these drivers without modification , you will most likely get this error:

"nVidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit."

This is because of the restrictions of driver itself. To solve this issue and install the driver as it should be for your graphics card, you have to use our 'Modded INF'. Click here if you want to learn more about Modded INFs.

If your graphics card is one of those, you can use our Modded INF to alter installation restrictions:

Laptop-based GO cards:

;Mobile GPU's by www.laptopvideo2go.com

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0244.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150"

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0247.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100"

NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0530.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7190M / nForce 650M"

NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0531.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M"

NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0532.1 = "NVIDIA MCP67M"

NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0533.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M"

NVIDIA_C67.DEV_053F.1 = "NVIDIA MCP67M "

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0098.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0099.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0297.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0298.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0299.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029C.1 = "NVIDIA G71GLM"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D4.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7350"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D6.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D7.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D8.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D9.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7450"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DA.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DB.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DC.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_038B.1 = "NVIDIA G73M-X"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0397.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0398.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0399.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039B.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0407.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0408.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GTS"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0409.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 370M"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0425.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0426.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0427.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0428.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0429.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M"

NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0112.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Go "

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0174.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go "

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0175.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go "

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0176.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go 32M"

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0177.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 460 Go "

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0179.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64M "

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 500 GoGL "

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 410 Go 16M "

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0186.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go "

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0187.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 488 Go "

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go "

NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0286.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go "

NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_028C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 700 GoGL "

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0316.1 = "NVIDIA NV31M "

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0317.1 = "NVIDIA NV31M Pro "

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031A.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 "

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031B.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5650 "

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 700 "

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031D.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM "

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031E.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM Pro"

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031F.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM Pro "

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0324.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200 64MB"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0325.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5250/5500 "

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0328.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200 32/64M "

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032C.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 53x0 "

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5100 "

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0347.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700 "

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700 "

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0349.1 = "NVIDIA NV36M Pro "

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034B.1 = "NVIDIA NV36MAP "

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1000 "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C8.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800"

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C9.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CC.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400 "

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0144.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0146.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0148.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 "

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0149.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 GT"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0164.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0166.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0167.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 "

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0168.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 "

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016B.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016C.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM "

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016D.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM "

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0228.1 = "NVIDIA NV44M"

Desktop cards:

;Desktop GPU's by www.laptopvideo2go.com

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F0.1 = "NVIDIA Device ID 0x00F0"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F4.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F5.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F6.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS/XT"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F8.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F9.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FA.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FB.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FC.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FD.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro PCI-E Series"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FE.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FF.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT "

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS"

NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E4.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT"

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0240.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150"

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0241.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE"

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0242.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100"

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0243.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0245.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE"

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0246.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0248.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0249.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024A.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024B.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024C.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024D.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024E.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024F.1 = "NVIDIA C51 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430"

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405"

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400"

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D3.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61"

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D4.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D5.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 420"

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D6.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D7.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D8.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D9.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DA.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DB.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DC.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DD.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DE.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DF.1 = "NVIDIA MCP61 "

NVIDIA_C68.DEV_053A.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 SE / NVIDIA nForce 630a"

NVIDIA_C68.DEV_053B.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a "

NVIDIA_C68.DEV_053E.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a"

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7150 / nForce 630i"

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i"

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 620i"

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 610i"

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E4.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E5.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E6.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E7.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E8.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E9.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EA.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EB.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EC.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07ED.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EE.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EF.1 = "NVIDIA MCP73 "

NVIDIA_C77.DEV_0840.1 = "NVIDIA MCP77"

NVIDIA_C77.DEV_085F.1 = "NVIDIA MCP77 "

NVIDIA_CR11.DEV_01A0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU"

NVIDIA_CR17.DEV_01F0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0090.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0091.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX "

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0092.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0093.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0094.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800SE/XT/LE/LT/ZT"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0095.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 SLI"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_009C.1 = "NVIDIA G70GL"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_009D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500"

NVIDIA_G70.DEV_009E.1 = "NVIDIA G70GL"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0290.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0291.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0292.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS "

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0292.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0293.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900/7950 GX2"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0294.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 "

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0295.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT "

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0296.1 = "NVIDIA G71"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500"

NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029F.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D0.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7550 LE"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D5.1 = "NVIDIA Entry Graphics"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DB.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DD.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DE.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350"

NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DF.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0390.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS "

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0391.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0392.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0393.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0394.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 LE"

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0395.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT "

NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 560"

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C0.1 = "NVIDIA G78"

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C1.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C2.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C3.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C4.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C5.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C6.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C7.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C8.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C9.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CA.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CB.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CC.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CD.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CE.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CF.1 = "NVIDIA G78 "

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0190.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800"

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0191.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX"

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0192.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 "

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0193.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS"

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0194.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra"

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0197.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 "

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_019A.1 = "NVIDIA G80-875"

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_019D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600"

NVIDIA_G80.DEV_019E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0400.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0401.1 = "NVIDIA G84-350"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0402.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0403.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0404.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0405.1 = "NVIDIA G84-50"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040E.1 = "NVIDIA G84GL-850"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040F.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0420.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0421.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0422.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0423.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0424.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS "

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042E.1 = "NVIDIA G86GL-850"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042F.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290"

NVIDIA_G92.DEV_0611.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT"

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E0.1 = "NVIDIA G98"

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E1.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E2.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E3.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E4.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E5.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E6.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E7.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E8.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E9.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EA.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EB.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EC.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06ED.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EE.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EF.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F0.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F1.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F2.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F3.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F4.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F5.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F6.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F7.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F8.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F9.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FA.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FB.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FC.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FD.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FE.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FF.1 = "NVIDIA G98 "

NVIDIA_NV10.DEV_0100.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 256"

NVIDIA_NV10.DEV_0101.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce DDR"

NVIDIA_NV10.DEV_0103.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro"

NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0110.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400"

NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0111.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200"

NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0113.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro2 Go / Quadro2 MXR/EX"

NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0150.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro"

NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0151.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti"

NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0152.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0153.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro"

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0170.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460"

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0171.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440"

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0172.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420"

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0173.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE"

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0178.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0181.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0182.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0183.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0185.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0188.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0189.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with AGP8X (MAC)"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI"

NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0200.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce3"

NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0201.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200"

NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0202.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500"

NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0203.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro DCC"

NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_02A0.1 = "NVIDIA NV2A GeForce 3 Integrated (XBOX)"

NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0250.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600"

NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0251.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400"

NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0252.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti"

NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0253.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200"

NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0258.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0259.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_025B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0280.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800"

NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0281.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X"

NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0282.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE"

NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0288.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0289.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL"

NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0300.1 = "NVIDIA NV30"

NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0301.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0302.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800"

NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0308.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000"

NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0309.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000"

NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_030A.1 = "NVIDIA ICE FX 2000"

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0311.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0312.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600"

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0313.1 = "NVIDIA NV31"

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0314.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600XT"

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0318.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GL"

NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0319.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GL"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0320.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0321.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0322.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 "

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0323.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200LE "

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0326.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0327.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0329.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (MAC)"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 500/FX 600"

NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032F.1 = "NVIDIA NV34GL"

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0330.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0331.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900"

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0332.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT"

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0333.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0334.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900ZT"

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0338.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000"

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_033F.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 700"

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0341.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0342.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700"

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0343.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE"

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0344.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700VE"

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0345.1 = "NVIDIA NV36"

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100"

NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034F.1 = "NVIDIA NV36GL"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0040.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0041.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0042.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0043.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0044.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0045.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0047.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0048.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT "

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0049.1 = "NVIDIA NV40GL"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_004E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000"

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CC.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400"

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CD.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI"

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CE.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0140.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0141.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0142.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0143.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0145.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0147.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014B.1 = "NVIDIA NV43"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 "

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 540"

NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014F.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0160.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6500"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0161.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0162.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0163.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0165.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0169.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6250"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016A.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016B.1 = "NVIDIA NV44"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016E.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GL"

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0220.1 = "NVIDIA NV44 "

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0221.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 "

NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0222.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 A-LE"

NVIDIA_NV45.DEV_0046.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT "

NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0210.1 = "NVIDIA NV48"

NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0211.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 "

NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0212.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE "

NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0215.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT "

NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0218.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT "

NVIDIA_MultiView = "NVIDIA Multiview"

NVIDIA_Win2KDualView = "NVIDIA Dualview"

Choosing the Driver


What is the latest driver for my graphics card?

Which driver should I use with my graphics card?

What is the best driver?


As explained above, if your card is any of the cards listed, latest driver released is the latest driver for your card.

You can check all drivers by their Release Version here. The higher number indicates more recent driver. You can install any of them, but we have some recommendations as some of them are poor and some of them are generally good drivers.

Do NOT forget there is NO best driver for everything. One is good for games, one is good for video, one fixes some problems while introducing new ones and so on.

In general which series you should use with your card is;

  • GeForce 8xxx cards -
160 and up.
GeForce 7xxx cards - 80 and up.
GeForce 6xxx cards - 70 and up.
GeForce FX (5xxx) cards - 70 and up.
GeForce 4xxx cards - 60 and up.
GeForce 3 cards - 60 and up.
GeForce 2 cards - 60 and up.
Quadro cards - 80 and up.

Latest ones usually work fine with all cards, the list is just for stating you can but should NOT go below recommended series.

You can check the Benchmarks Section to check the results of tests with different graphics cards and drivers.

Just keep your Operating System in mind while choosing the driver.

Installing the Driver


How can I install these drivers?

Where is the Modded INF?


Now that you have decided which driver to install you can proceed to next step - installing them with Modded INF.

Basically it's a 3-step process:

1. Download driver, double click and select extract,

2. Download modded INF and replace original INF in extracted folder,

3. Install & reboot.

When you open a driver thread, you will see several links like drv_drivers.gifDriver | drv_inf.gifModded INF, which are all you need to install the driver you want. First click Driver link to download the related driver which comes WITHOUT the needed INF file.

For example, if you choose 84.25 driver to install, driver file will be 8425.exe and when extracted it should create another folder named 8425.

Next step is getting the Modded INF and replacing the old one. Click on the Modded INF link to download the file. If file opens instead of downloading go back, right click the link and choose 'Save target as...' or 'Save link as' options. Now it should ask where to download the file. Select the 8425 folder. If you did it right, there should be a file replacement confirmation dialogue. Replace the file and you are now ready to install the driver.

There are 2 ways to install the driver;

Using Setup.exe (if provided): After replacing old INF with Modded INF, just open Setup.exe and hopefully it will install.

Using 'Have Disk' method (recommended): If somehow Setup fails or there is no Setup provided with the driver, you have to use this method to install. You can find very detailed instructions on how to use this method here (for Windows XP) or here (for Windows Vista)

You can learn more about driver post threads here.

Final Words and Troubleshooting


Now what should I do after installing drivers?

How can I install my previous driver back?


Restart your computer and you should be done updating your graphics card driver! Congratulations and welcome to world of modified drivers!

If you want to roll back to your previous driver, go to Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> "Your Card" , double click to open its properties and click 'Roll Back Driver' button.

There are some solutions to common problems and some more tweaks available by using INF Enhancer (only for XP/2000 32bit drivers) which can be accessed by clicking the drv_enhance.gifINF Enhancer link or going to Enhancer directly here.

You can now try any of the drivers by using this guide. Repeating again that there is NO best driver for everything. Best driver criteria is yourself and what you are looking for. Just check out the forum and read other people's comments.

If you want to learn more about Modded INF and other related topics, you can check FAQ section. Here are some highlights;

Please post any comments, suggestions, questions and other information related to the driver in its own thread.

Additionally, use of the Forum's Search function is recommended.

If you still have a general problem that is not related with the specific driver, please post in the Support section.

Don't forget to check Software , Tools, Utilities & Customized INFs section for good software and INFs made for specific laptops, and Device Drivers section to keep your other drivers up-to-date as well.

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