Notebook Graphic Card driver

[vuchithien95]

Hi Linus guys,

 

So I'm getting opposite oppinions around the web about the driver for Notebook Graphic Card.

1- Stick with the OEM driver that came with the CD or on the vendor's website because it's "notebook graphic card" so the OEM driver is optimized for it and the driver on the card's website (nvidia or amd main website) is just generic

2- Update everything to the lastest on the card's company website

 

So my notebook is a Sager NP8671 and I'm confused about this problem. can you guys help me out?

Thank you so much in advance.

[Ultimate0Player]

I would update, because the card is produced by amd/nvidia and not by the notebook vender. All settings are normaly saved, so that the driver knows how fast the graphic card is able to run in this notebook.

[QueenDemetria]

I personally have had issues with using drivers not provided by the manufacture. The generic drives with my Latitude e6530 prevent it from being able to change screen brightness, and with my MSI GT70 the generic drivers make optimus get stuck(then bluescreen when waking up from sleep). I have had similar issues with AMD based machines as well, so its not just nVidia. You can try the latest driver from nVidia to see if it will work, but don't be surprised if there are issues.

 

 

I would update, because the card is produced by amd/nvidia and not by the notebook vender. All settings are normaly saved, so that the driver knows how fast the graphic card is able to run in this notebook.

With desktop GPU's this isn't a problem since everything is standardized, but for laptop GPU's there are a lot of things that are dependent on the manufacture. Things like power management, screen brightness, and how it connects to the display nVidia doesn't control, so certain laptops can have issues if they don't have the right driver. The manufacture doesn't make the chip, but they make the card, so there can be differences between laptop models(Ie: Asus controls brightness one way and Dell controls it another).

[chopdok]

Well, just try it. Majority of cases - not an issue, because laptops are fairly standartised these days. Worst case, you will just roll back the drivers and thats it. Now, if you have one of these new fancy ultra-slim notebooks, then you probably want to stick to the manufacturer's driver - because they do like to take liberties with designs. "Lets reinvent the wheel, make it worse and charge extra for it" - Lenovo's laptop division motto.

[vuchithien95]

I just got a reply from the vendor Sager. They said that I should stick with the OEM driver came with the CD. But if I do this, I wouldn't be able to have the latest "patch" and "enhancement" from nVidia. What do you guys think?