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    Macbook Pro video drivers update.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by rogkm, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. rogkm

    rogkm Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have been looking around and haven't found it.

    What video driver should I download from laptovideos2go? What about the inf file, wich one I need?
     
    rogkm, Nov 11, 2007
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  2. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Try these ones:

    XP32bit: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15828
    XP64bit: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15827
    Vista32bit: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15825
    Vista64bit: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15826

    Download the driver, the modded inf.
    Uninstall the nVidia driver, restart, and then do the "Have Disk" method. Check it out:

    XP - http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33
    Vista - http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11997

    I have these drivers, they work great!
     
    cdnalsi, Nov 11, 2007
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  3. WilliamG

    WilliamG Notebook Deity

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    I'm using the 163.71 drivers. They're very stable and work with 1920x1200 external displays perfectly.
     
    WilliamG, Nov 11, 2007
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  4. War-Crimes

    War-Crimes Notebook Consultant

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    I want to say that the 169.04 works great.
     
    War-Crimes, Feb 19, 2008
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  5. ANorecticUS

    ANorecticUS Notebook Guru

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    Guys, thanks for the input. But don't you think that you should also mention which version (32 or 64-bit) you are using?

    Anyway, I installed Home Premium 64-bit last night. I'll give 169.04 a try and see if it works for me as well.


    EDIT: The driver seems to work, but might not be the fastest out there. 3DMark06 gave me 3755 points at the default resolution of 1280x854.

    I'm running on MBP (SR) 15.4" 2.4GHz, nVidia 8600m GT (256M), 4G PC2-5300
     
    ANorecticUS, Feb 19, 2008
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  6. itzmillertyme

    itzmillertyme Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have these drivers, they work great![/QUOTE]
     
    itzmillertyme, Jun 14, 2008
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  7. itzmillertyme

    itzmillertyme Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do you update drivers on a macbook pro. I'm a mac newbie
     
    itzmillertyme, Jun 14, 2008
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  8. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    go for the latest whql drivers. i think its 175.80. at least give them a try.
     
    masterchef341, Jun 15, 2008
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