justinkw1 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) New official graphics drivers for GeForce and Quadro-powered notebooks, direct from NVIDIA. WHQL Certified. Version: 197.16 Release Date: March 29, 2010 As part of the NVIDIA Verde Notebook Driver Program, this is a reference driver that can be installed on supported NVIDIA notebook GPUs. However, please note that your notebook original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM about recommended software updates for your notebook. OEMs may not provide technical support for issues that arise from the use of this driver. Before downloading this driver: Please check to make sure that your notebook has a supported GPU (refer to the Products Supported tab below). It is recommended that you backup your current system configuration. Click here for instructions. If you own a Dell Inspiron 1420, Dell XPS M1330, Dell XPS M1530, or Dell Latitude D630/D630c it is highly recommended that you first install this Dell software update. RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS : This driver supports the following NVIDIA GPUs (please refer to the Products Supported tab for exceptions): ION notebook GPUs. GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M, and 300M-series notebook GPUs. Quadro NVS-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher). Quadro FX-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher). New in Version 197.16: Adds notebook support for 3D Vision on external displays. GPU and display requirements for notebook PCs can be found here . 3D Vision drivers for notebooks can be found here . Adds or improves SLI support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II , Avatar, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Dirt 2, Mass Effect 2, Metro 2033, Napoleon: Total War, Supreme Commander 2, World of Warcraft and more. Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0129 for new PhysX titles like Dark Void. Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs). Increases performance in several PC games from v195.62 WHQL. The following are examples of measured improvements. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration: Up to 13% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with a single GPU Up to 30% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with SLI technology Up to 13% performance increase in H.A.W.X with single GPU Up to 15% performance increase in H.A.W.X with SLI technology Up to 30% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with single GPU Up to 28% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with SLI technology Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release. Existing support: Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here . Supports for DirectCompute with Windows 7. Supports OpenGL 3.2. Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language). Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details. Supports NVIDIA PhysX hardware acceleration on GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and 32 processing cores. Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL. Supports NVIDIA SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Learn more here . Direct download links (US mirror) -- Windows Vista / Windows 7 x86 Windows Vista / Windows 7 x64 Edited March 29, 2010 by justinkw1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1986 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Been a while since the last official Nvidia mobile driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Supports 8000+ series GPU's only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Does anyone know whether this fixes the PhysX problem that people have been seeing with mobile GPUs and the 197.xx drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Does anyone know whether this fixes the PhysX problem that people have been seeing with mobile GPUs and the 197.xx drivers? It doesn't :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osideus Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 this driver makes my g51vx performance became worst than 186.82.. loose 200 point in 3dmarks.. an also the idle temp only 68c, when i use 186.86 its became 53c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakey_Jake33 Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 No PhysX for me according to GPU-Z, using the latest .222 version of PhysX. I was going to test out a few games, but the option to show the PhysX indicator has disappeared from the control panel entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolloLG Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) 188.17 are still the best for my GeForce 9600M GT! No bugs in the control panel and everything works as expected, including PhysX, CUDA, ambient occlusion, correct 2D and 3D acceleration (195 for some reasons didn't accelerate some 2D apps like Windows Photo Gallery and others...) no probs with resumes, overclocking through nVidia Performance Tools etc. etc. I won't update them. Edited March 29, 2010 by rolloLG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Dackers Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Seemed to install just fine. PowerMizer is working, PHYSX seem to work but no real performance increase. Which was to be expected with my card. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skillionaire Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 ...still doesn't fix physx. Looks like we will have to wait until 198.xx, or maybe even 200.xx if it is ever even fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2010 Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Does this incorporate some of the powermizer fixes from the dell beta drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipodman715 Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 This won't kill my gpu, right? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hi Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Physx works for me on the 260m. However OpenCL does not. Anyone know how integral this is to gaming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schmagagled Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Will not install on Sager 8690, GTX 285M, 8GB DDR3, Bios 1.01.05s, build date mid-Feb 10. "No compatible hardware" even though the GTX 285M is listed in one of the .infs in the folder. Very frustrating. S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihael Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Physx works for me on the 260m. However OpenCL does not. Anyone know how integral this is to gaming? None. Try GPU Caps to see if OpenCL is in fact not working because GPUz doesn't show it for me but it works. For those who have Physx problems, try to enable it in nVidia Control Panel if there is no option use modded inf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Will not install on Sager 8690, GTX 285M, 8GB DDR3, Bios 1.01.05s, build date mid-Feb 10. "No compatible hardware" even though the GTX 285M is listed in one of the .infs in the folder. Very frustrating. No, it's normal if the subsys doesn't match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darvin Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Alas... It looks like the 320m is the odd man out for this release. =\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Faust Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Am I the only one still using XP? Here's the link for the XP drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Danz Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 With this driver i lost scores in windows index performance. I use a 9600m gt ddr2. Does anyone know what is the best driver for that card? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vad Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Crashes during installation on my Montebello's GTX 9800M video card :-((((. Anyone knows how to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jarinawer Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Crashes during installation on my Montebello's GTX 9800M video card :-((((. Anyone knows how to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jarinawer Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 +1 :) crashed on boot in my Clevo with 9800m GTX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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