Maitias Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Hey, I'm pretty new to this, so forgive the noob-esque questions. Anyway, I've basically been told by some games that my drivers need updating and found myself here via Google. I automatically just picked the latest build (ForceWare X 178.08) with modded inf, went ahead and installed. All seemed fine until I restarted and was greeted by a black screen, though strangely my other monitor turned on as if everything was OK. Managed to eventually rectify this through using System Restore Should I be installing a different build? Or am I installing incorrectly (simply copied the modded inf into the extracted folder and hit "setup")? Some info: OS - XP(SP2) Graphics card - Nvidia 8600M GT Current driver for display adapter - 6.14.11.128 Any help would be appreciated, Edited November 6, 2008 by Maitias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hey Matias, have the same card as you goin, and i've had quite a few problems with different drivers. The most common you're probably going to find is that quite a few drivers for the 8600m GT including even the official drivers for my dell, will cause the card to suddenly downclock and perform at abysmal levels in some/many games. I still haven't found a good driver from the 170 series, and am hoping for anyone out there who's had similar problems with the 8600m GT to help us both out =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Try 180.43 Dox's version, and be sure to go into safe mode after uninstalling your current driver and run driver cleaner/sweeper. Downclocking is a different issue. Searching for how to turn off powermizer might help if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1986 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hey Matias, have the same card as you goin, and i've had quite a few problems with different drivers. The most common you're probably going to find is that quite a few drivers for the 8600m GT including even the official drivers for my dell, will cause the card to suddenly downclock and perform at abysmal levels in some/many games.I still haven't found a good driver from the 170 series, and am hoping for anyone out there who's had similar problems with the 8600m GT to help us both out =) Most of the 170xx drivers give me a problem with downclocking too, however the 176.44 (official dell whql driver which i'm currently using and best performance) and 178.13, 178.15 do not give me any downclocking. Try those out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitias Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Thanks, I'll try one of those and report back if I run into any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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