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    nVidia 179.48 Beta drivers now support 9400M

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sfiorito, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. sfiorito

    sfiorito Notebook Geek

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    I know that the modded INFs from laptopvideo2go have supported this, but the latest beta drivers released today from nVidia actually support the 9400M out of the box.

    These drivers support the screen brightness controls (I had probs with this using the modded drivers) AND more importantly I can now use an external monitor and resume from sleep mode. The Apple drivers would not resume after the video card turned the external monitor off.
     
    sfiorito, Feb 11, 2009
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  2. zergslayer69

    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

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    Dumb question, but are you using the drivers for osx or for windows? Does osx even use .exe files? Last I heard (and a long time ago) they used some other type of file as their executable.
     
    zergslayer69, Feb 11, 2009
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  3. tom_bell07

    tom_bell07 Notebook Consultant

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    I downloaded the new drivers from Nvidia's website, but when i tried to install it, i got a message that no supported hardware was found on my system..
    I've got the new Unibody MBP 2.53ghz..

    Has anyone else had better luck?
     
    tom_bell07, Feb 11, 2009
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  4. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Windows only. Why would you need these drivers for OS X anyways?
     
    Seshan, Feb 11, 2009
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  5. zergslayer69

    zergslayer69 Liquid Hz

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    Not sure, better optimization for the few games that exist on osx? Maybe World of Warcraft for example? I dunno.
     
    zergslayer69, Feb 11, 2009
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  6. lixuelai

    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    9400M is disabled on the MBP in Windows.
     
    lixuelai, Feb 12, 2009
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  7. kgeier82

    kgeier82 Notebook Deity

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    Yea its not a driver issue, its just the fact that windows cant see the 9400 cause its switched off by the efi during bootup.
     
    kgeier82, Feb 12, 2009
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    kaiz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does the patch work for the 13" Macbook in Boot Camp?
     
    kaiz, Feb 12, 2009
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  9. sfiorito

    sfiorito Notebook Geek

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    Yes, sorry I didn't make it more clear in the OP, but this is on my 13" MacBook with BootCamp.
     
    sfiorito, Feb 12, 2009
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    Just to clarify for those people who are asking, the drivers are for when people boot into windows. Not within osx itself, it has its own separate drivers.
     
    sulkorp, Feb 13, 2009
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