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NVIDIA Now Providing Notebook Graphics Drivers on NVIDIA.com

Posted 12/21/08 at 09:03:13 PM  by Justin Kerr

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Depending on the manufacturer of your notebook, finding updated drivers can be somewhat of a pain. After all, we are assuming that searching through a tangled index of cryptic model numbers probably wasn’t the game you intended to play when you bought your gaming notebook. That’s why we are pleased to pass on the contents of a press release we received from Nvidia which is intended to spread the good news. Your laptop’s GPU drivers can now be obtained directly from Nvidia.com. Using a generic driver platform should allow notebook owners to receive much more timely updates similar to their desktop based brethren.  As of right now, only owners of 7, 8, and 9 series GeForce chips as well as Quadro qualify for this offer, but it’s a great start.

To further sweeten the pot, owners of 8 and 9 series GeForce chips will be given both PhysX and CUDA support through the beta driver available. A WHQL certified driver is planned for release early next year. This will go a long way towards ensuring better compatibility on gaming laptops and is something I’m sure we would all like to see migrate to other hardware manufacturers.

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TAGS: laptop, nvidia, gpu, geforce, hardware, Drivers, consumer electronics, quadro
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avatarNo GeForce 7 series support

Submitted by windbane on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 9:46am

There is no GeForce 7 GO series support only 8 and 9 series GeForce M, I have been trying to find new drivers for my sisters laptop for ages, looks like she's gonna have to make due for now.

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avatarGeforce 7 Series and down

Submitted by Bravo_18 on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 9:51pm

I'm using Geforce Go 7600 and the modified 179.28 Vista 32bit video driver from Laptopvideo2go seems to work fine even on lower nvidia cards..

in which i had better results rather than using Nvidia's original driver, just before you install the driver use the modified driver from the site and replace the existing one..and viola!!..it works out fine..

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22324

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avatarThanks

Submitted by windbane on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 4:55am

I give this a try...thanks!

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avatarhp wont let you down load

Submitted by houstonsn on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 8:17am

hp wont let you down load from nvidia you can't even get upto date drivers from hp at all for laptops i have been trying for a long time to get nerwer drivers

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avatardriver says i don't have 64 bit OS??

Submitted by croman4872 on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 12:25am

i just downloaded this driver (for 64 bit) and just as i was starting to get excited it's saying that i am not running a 64 bit OS. that's really confusing because i am running windows vista home premium 64 bit and i even ran an hp diagnostics app to make sure. i was gonna try installing the 32 bit driver but i don't wanna risk screwing with my new hp iq816 all-in-one. can anyone help me out on this?

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avatarDoesent seem to show support to lower models?

Submitted by Bravo_18 on Sun, 12/21/2008 - 9:56pm

It seems this link from nvidia is only for the 8000 & 9000 series only?...

Laptop2Go has better options..since their modified " inf " are much more helpful for the lower graphic cards models..

 Nice try Nvidia..still its not useful for me...

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avatarLaptopVideo2Go.com has been

Submitted by avanish11 on Sun, 12/21/2008 - 7:42pm

LaptopVideo2Go.com has been converting all the newest desktop drivers to work with notebooks for a while now. Its good to see that nvidia is finally supporting them

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avatarConsidering how neglectful

Submitted by Five Rabbits on Sun, 12/21/2008 - 7:08pm

Considering how neglectful most PC manufactuers are of their laptop video drivers, or drivers in general, this is welcome news.

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