Guest Guest Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Will these drivers oc on the 8600M Gt? [sLI'd] If not, can you direct me to better drivers that do? Currently have 169.09. Can you run SLI with these drivers as well? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dirt Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 It's strange, but I have 8600M GT and all drivers 167.xx-173.xx work just fine on my laptop, no BSOD and all of them let OC. maybe you are installing them improperly? 1) Remove through add/remove "nvidia drivers". 2) Restart 3) Install new drivers using "Have disk" method only! 4) Restart again. When following this method I didn't have a single problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zm Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 rofl alright. i can overclock my 8800GT without any problems with all these new drivers. and yea performance is indeed better. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeGa.BR Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 My ASUS G2S, GeForce 8600M GT 260mb: 3DMark 2006 Pro 1.1.0, 1280x854, Aero ON, no overclock: 167.58 = 4226 169.25 = 4223 173.80 = 4319 To install, first uninstall with the normal uninstaller, reboot. Then, use Driver Cleaner.NET 3.2.1.0, em select nVidia and nVidia Control Panel. Wait until it finish. Reboot, and install the new driver. I recommend this driver for GeForce 8600M GT 256mb! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Acer 5920G (overclocked 600/450) 3dmark 06 169.28 4169 173.80 4121 Why I got no performance up? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wonnage Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 If you can't OC, check to see if you're using a modded BIOS, specifically one from JUANLU that unlocked the frequencies. That worked pre-169.04, but afterwards it actually breaks it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest googler Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Well I am now having an issue where almost everytime I close the lid to make the computer sleep, it just will not actually sleep. Screen turns off and all that, but the lights stay on on my HP dv9644ca. So then i have to restart to get back into windows. I have been trying many drivers, so I think I may have to clear out all the drivers, so can anyone tell me how, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygb40 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Do you have an Intel Turbo memory module installed? My laptop won't go to sleep when I have the "Windows ReadyDrive" enabled in the Intel turbo memory console. SP1 is supposed to fix this :) (Ihave SP1 insatlled and still no fix). I don't think its graphics card related as all of the drivers I have tried from the original 156.54 that came with the laptop to the 173.80 I've got from here, they all do exactly the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest azzqim Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Hey I have a toshiba x200-15 laptop with gforce 8700m GT but gears of war work kinda s***ty. so i tried 167.45 drivers but the program says my driver is uptodate. anyhow, can someone tell me which drivers should I use and what's the difference between nvidia drivers (series 160.xx) and this forceware?? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WetSawdustDemon Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) This driver seems quicker than 167.45 and also seems to run a bit cooler during games. However it runs hotter on desktop (173.80 = 58C vs 167.45 = 51C. Not sure if that is a good thing as I don't play games that often... Edited February 16, 2008 by WetSawdustDemon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest azzqim Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 anyway I updated my laptop with this forceware and it went smoothly, now gears of war work smoothly as well :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dealpapa Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 waiting for 174 driver. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest googler Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Do you have an Intel Turbo memory module installed? My laptop won't go to sleep when I have the "Windows ReadyDrive" enabled in the Intel turbo memory console. SP1 is supposed to fix this :) (Ihave SP1 insatlled and still no fix). I don't think its graphics card related as all of the drivers I have tried from the original 156.54 that came with the laptop to the 173.80 I've got from here, they all do exactly the same thing. Well I don't have turbo memory installed, so that is probably not the issue for me. And I have tried reverting to older graphics drivers like 169.09 and even the official Window update one which I believe is 167.43. The issue for me started when I installed 171.16 drivers, then every week or so it would not sleep, but now it is almost everytime. The only time that it works is when I turn it on (after it goes into its comma), and then I put it into sleep again. So I will try a few things like removing all the old drivers, and such. And I guess if it comes down to it, I may just have to reformatt, though that will be annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hans2k Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 If you can't OC, check to see if you're using a modded BIOS, specifically one from JUANLU that unlocked the frequencies. That worked pre-169.04, but afterwards it actually breaks it. And im using juanlu bios :) so thats why it doesnt work...but how can i overclock without the juanlu bios ? Is there any other bios out there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nklive Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 I just love this driver My 3dmark 2006 dropped from 4200 to 4100 but the Crysis' frames per second increased by 3 (average 24.5 fps) which is great. :) That was with the Crysis Benchmark tool in DX9 with the gpu benchmark. Now I can play it at full resolution 1280x800 in High settings (Shaders, Objects and Shadows to Medium) in Dx9 mode but with no AA or AF. I just love this drivers. :P I haven't tested them with any other game though. My laptop is the Acer 5920G and the card is 8600M GT overclocked with ntune at Core 630 / Memory 460. The only bad thing is, whenever I restart the laptop, I have to put the overclocking settings again, the ntune doesn't store them. And I can play the game for 2 full hours, then it goes to stock frequencies for low 3d performance even though the temp is around 83-86oC! It says that the nvdkmm (something like that) driver stopped responding. If I restart the problem is fixed and I can play for another 2 hours. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ildawg Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 hey, first time posting here, but been using this site since i got my laptop :) anyway, i have an Acer Aspire 5920g with an 8600m gt. i have tried pretty much every release since the 167 series, and this is the best driver ive found. i dont have any benchmark numbers, but all my games run smoother. it fixed an annoying stuttering problem i had in several games. fyi, i also tried the 173.90 and got roughly the same performance, but the UI flickered in all my games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlogic Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) Drivers - OC Speed - 3DMark06 @ 1280x800v171.16 - 620/1240/750 - 5321 v173.65 - 620/1240/750 - 5377 v173.80 - 620/1240/750 - 5418 http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6387/pict0156lx0.jpg Best driver so far :) thanks to you i tried the driver for my laptop. very good driver for 8600M GT no overclock - 3DMark06 (1280 x 800) 169.28 - 4450 173.80 - 4510 :) i will try 174.12 later Edited February 18, 2008 by unlogic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joesrk Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 I installed this driver because gears of war wouldn't load on my laptop. I got the needed higher driver error as well. I have an HP DV6768se with the GF 8400M GS, 2G RAM, AMD Dual Processor, and i still have issues loading the game, it gets to the main menu then says the game quit working. Any suggestions as I thought this driver might fix the issue. I replaced the game as well, no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated as im hesitant to buy any other games if this one won't load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeGa.BR Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) ASUS G2S Windows Vista Ultimate 32bits SP1 Final nVidia Driver v173.80 3dMark2006 Professional 1.1.0 GeForce 8600M GT 256MB 3dMark06 - 1024x768, AERO ON, NO overclock @ 475/700 Mhz = 4963 3dMark06 - 1024x768, AERO ON, Overclock 570/810 Mhz = 5762 :) Really good driver... pretty stable... I'll try the new ones later... Edited February 19, 2008 by MeGa.BR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarlight Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Seems to be very stable and gives better performance than 169.28, hopefully it will fix my g1s's problem of not hibernating properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amit Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hi All, I am very new to this forum. I have read and gone thru all the NVIDIA drivers stuff that left me very much confused about the driver that I should use. I own a SONY AR51J with NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT 256mb card. Uptill now it has the default OEM driver (SONY). I have played thru Call of Duty 4 Mordern warfare (on medium details setting) without any problems or hangovers etc (I finished it with in 8hrs :) ). Then i went on to a more demanding game CRYSIS, even on low detail settings at 800x600, frame breaks and the game is slow. At this time i thought of getting an upgraded graphics drivers and I found this amazing website. The only problem I am facing now is that I am in a ocean of information and drivers and do not know what version/driver should I use to upgrade !!!!!! I am using Vista 32bit Home Premium. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Amit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone93 Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 cool will this increase my 8400m gs performance in crysis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Amit Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Try 175.19, I bet you will love these. These are officially released drivers for 8xxxx series. :) Doesnt matter, either you can download it from Nvidia website or from here, just replace the modded inf and enjoy. These should give you higher quality along with performance. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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