Re-Publish: Increasing Performance of NVidia Graphics on Notebook

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Notebook has a lower performance than the desktop even with the same specifications between the two. Performance difference is also not excluded in the Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). For example, GeForce 8600m GT on a laptop with equivalent capabilities GeForce 8500 GT. In addition, the stability of the graphics work on the laptop is also less than satisfactory. Often occur in a significant decrease in fps while playing the game. Of course this is influenced by the quality of graphics in the game and the detail object. To reduce the problem a little, at least slightly improve the performance of the GPU, it can be fixed with a driver update the GPU to a newer version.

For example this is used with a laptop GPU NVidia GeForce 8400M G. Of the results to update a driver GPU, seen that the performance of GeForce 8400M G increased by 10.72% without overclocking. The results obtained from the driver with the default GPU driver version 182.50 (GeForce 8 desktop version)

forceware v.179.48 (notebook version)


forceware v.182.50 (desktop version)


Here's how to install the driver desktop's version to the laptop:

1. Open System Properties> Hardware> Device Manager> Display Adapter> NVIDIA GeForce> Driver> Update Driver.
2. In the Hardware Update Wizard, remove the check on the option Show compatible hardware. Select the type of GPU and click Have Disk.