M17x Drivers thread

[Jeffa19]

Can one update ones GPU drivers directly from nvidia.com or do you have to go through Dell?

[The_Moo™]

you can get them anywhere

186 < support hybrid

also you can use older ones but you have to disable the intergrated GPU

[ex2j]

190.xx didnt work with hybrid(by me)

[airplaneman]

Uhh..kind of worried now. I just updated to the 186.24 drivers from the 179.xx ones and something weird happened. I had hybrid SLI enabled which might be my problem, but I'm not sure. I installed the driver software (downloaded from this site) and it worked OK I guess, but now the memory clocks on my 9400 are 2125 and they used to be 0 before..shader and core clocks haven't changed..

Should I do a system restore and disable the 9400 before installing the new drivers?

[ex2j]

No, its ok and normal.

[averagejo3]

Just a little confused about the drivers at this point, I've seen multiple varieties of them so when I finally get it, I have no idea which drivers to go with.

Could someone clear it up?

[The_Moo™]

well
Dell's driver support hybrid SLi but i think they suck and hybrid SLI makes my games run worse

So i run DOx 182.xx

or you can run Batboys 186.xx driver


i reccomend those 2

[monkey123456]

Can someone tell me what the new Nvidia chipset (MCP79) driver actually do... The one for the Nvidia chip, not the GPU drivers...

Ive read some peoples remarks when they installed they cant notice anything difference or impovements

Im just asking, since I hate installing drivers, so is this really neccessary? Can I just forgot about this one?
thanks

[averagejo3]

Moo,

Do Dox and Batboy's not support hybrid SLI?

[aneroid]

Dox does not. (you need to disable integrated and hybrid in the bios before installing the drivers.)
dunno about Batboy.