8600m gt drivers

ok ihave a good but, interesting question. i dont frequent this site much(i do work alot). here goes i have a vostro 1500 witha 8600m gt 512mb ram. ive been reading about something called a modded driver..?? i have the latest updated driver for this card i downloaded from dell. but, its like 2 yrs old . it works...ok . i can run all my games fine witout error. iDO NOT want to overclock anything in my laptop,but, i would like a updated driver?. could someone give me a rticel link or something so ill know how using a "modded driver works step by step???......im btw running vista home premuium

thankx


dell vostro 1500
4gb corsair ram
2.0ghz intel core2 duo
new "clean install" vista home premium
8600m gt 512mb nvidia card
160gb 7200rpm hdd

 

Any particular reason you wouldn't be interested in overclocking your 8600?? I just overclocked mine and it was very simple, I then ran 3DMark06 and benched it and got really nice results.

 

Updating Video Card Drivers in WinXP and Vista

 

yeah its kinda my baby and i dont want to give it undo stress from overclocking. when it dont need it. i heard you could do like a modded inf file or soemthing then use any regular desktop driver????...just what i heard not sure a link or guide to any of this would be good. as dell NEVER updated theyre drivers...

 

Is there some kind of official overclocking thread or something? It sounds appealing to me but I want to know the pros and cons of doing it before I take action (does it decrease life span of laptop, affect any other programs? etc...)

Is installing the latest drivers the same thing as overclocking or is there more to it?

 

There is NUMEROUS threads on overclocking. If you have a 8600GT video card then your options are limitless. Basically the steps are download and install drivers that are overclockable (i'm using 169.01). Then download RivaTuner and 3Dmark06. Run a benchmark test on your stock video card then you can overclock in increments of 10. The biggest thing your looking for is your temperature. Since we are using laptops, heat is the biggest thing. DO NOT let your video card go over 80 degrees C. Thats the basics. To overclock right it should take a couple hours. Look on the forum and you'll find a lot of really good info. This is a very good forum for what your looking to do.

 

If you want, download the driver for the i1520. It is v.174.31. It should install without modification.