Jarith Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) Hi all, I have been pulling my hair out on this so I thought I'd ask here. What is the recommended, best drivers currently for this laptop? I am running Vista 32bit, which came with the laptop, and it uses a nVidia 8800M GPU. The most recent drivers I've been able to use are 178.13. Anything else newer than that I've tried have not worked properly. I fail to see the NVidia control panel when I right click on the desktop and when I look at the driver specs they don't even support Dx10. I just gotta think there's newer 'working' drivers than from Sept of last year. Any suggestions? I just got done trying 3 of the most recent drivers on this site and I had no luck. I just don't wanna have to go thru and try every driver since 178.13. :) Edited March 8, 2009 by Jarith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 I think the link is removed from the Dox driver purposely, but it is still there I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 And you tried the drivers with the modded inf? If you haven't try 182.06 with modded inf. There may be better older drivers than 182.06 but I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarith Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Yup, I did try the drivers with the modded .inf. 182.06 was one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarith Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Ok maybe I'm not understanding how some of the newer drivers work? I am used to seeing the NVidia Control Panel show up with I right-click on the desktop. I reinstalled the 182.06 drivers and although I don't see this option, the drivers are working. I usually use Lord of the Rings Online as a quick test of Dx10 functionality and it was working in that game (aka I can see dynamic shadows working). I did a screen cap of what I get when I go into Display Properties. Seems kinda weird that it only says Dx 8.1 there. Is this normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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